The type of government meaning the rule of the many.
What is democracy.
100
The author of the Illiad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer
100
This term meant city-state.
What is the polis
200
The Greek forces of 7,000 held of the Persian army of 180,000 for 2 days at this famous pass.
What is Thermopylae.
200
The type of religion were you worship many gods.
What is Polytheism.
200
This group were rulers who seized power by force from the aristocrats which ended the rule of the aristocrats in many city-states and allowed new people to take part in the government.
Who were the Tyrants.
200
Greek hero from the Illiad
Who is Achilles
200
This was a government that was ruled by a few.
What is oligarchy
300
The conquest of this person created the Hellenistic Era, and age that saw the expansion of the Greek language and Greek ideas to the non-Greek world.
Who is Alexander the Great.
300
Believed "the unexamined life is not worth living."
Who is Socrates.
300
This Greek city-state stayed an oligarchy despite the growth of democracy in Athens.
What is Sparta
300
The greatest historian of the ancient world.
Who is Thucydides.
300
This was usually found on top of a hill and was a fortified place and religious center.
What is acropolis.
400
After Alexander's death four Hellenistic Era kingdoms emerged, Macedonia, Syria, Pergamum, and this state located in northern Africa.
What is Egypt.
400
He shouted "Eureka!" after discovering specific gravity.
Who is Archimedes.
400
He brought the foundations of democracy to Athens by creating a council of 500 that supervised foreign affairs oversaw the treasury and proposed laws that would be debated on and passed by the assembly.
Who is Cleisthenes.
400
He was an Athenian who ran from Marathon to Athens.
Who is Pheidippides
400
This was found located below the acropolis and was an open area used as a market and meeting place.
What is an agora
500
The effects of these two stories influenced the Greek civilization by creating Greek history, gave Greeks heroes to look up to, and taught the values of courage and honor.
What are Illiad and the Odyssey.
500
He wrote History of the Persian Wars which is often seen as the first real history in Western civilization.
Who is Herodotus.
500
He began the idea of direct democracy, in which every male citizen participated int the governing assembly and voted on all major issues.
Who is Pericles
500
Playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex
Who is Sophocles
500
This type of writing is usually long and used to tell the deeds of great heroes.