Rise of the Greeks
What isolated the Greeks and made them so independent?
The mountains and seas
Where were the Persians located geographically in the world?
Southwest Asia
Political system in which all citizens share in running the government.
Democracy
At what age were Spartan boys taken for training camp?
7 years old
Who won the war between Athens and Sparta?
Sparta
The fall of the Mycenaean civilization by the invasion of the Dorians brought which period in Ancient Greece history?
A dark age
King that expanded the Persian empire with his army
What type of currency did Athens use and what type of currency did Sparta use?
Athens: coins
Sparta: iron bars
What is the type of government in which a few wealthy people hold power over the larger group of citizens?
Oligarchy
Thanks to Pericles, Athens became a center of ________ in Ancient Greece?
Arts and education
The Minoans lived on the island of Crete. Which civilization on the mainland of Greece came in contact with them and took influence of their culture?
The Mycenaeans
What was the professional, paid, full-time working Persian army that guarded the king called? Why did they have that name?
They were known as Immortals because when one died, another soldier took their place immediately.
Tyrants
What requirements did you need to have to be a citizen in Sparta?
Be a man, be an adult, and own land
Sparta lived on a island that inspired the name of the war between Athens and Sparta. What was the name of the war?
Peloponnesian war
What is a settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland?
A colony
Why did the war between Athens, and the city-states of Greece, against Persia start?
Persia had settlements in Anatolia (Greece) and Athens interfered by trying to help the rebels in that area by giving them ships.
What did people learn in schools in Athens?
Math, drawing, music, and public speaking
How were girls educated in Sparta and why did they get that type of education?
Girls were trained in sports like wrestling and javelin throwing. Women were expected to be physically fit to have healthy children.
Name of the group of city-states that made an alliance to protect each other against the Persians, that was lead by Athens
Delian League
What were hoplites?
Citizen soldiers
Who won the war between Greece and Persia? How many battles did Persia win and how many did the Greeks?
Greece won the war. The Greeks won 3 battles and the Persians won 1.
What was the difference between an assembly and a council in the Athenian government?
The assembly was the main governing body of Athens. The assembly was aided by a council of 500 citizens, who introduced laws and helped run the daily affairs of the city-state.
Why didn't the Spartan government allow people to travel and trade with other city-states?
If new ideas like free-thinking arrived to Sparta, they feared loosing their slaves.
Which city-states defeated the Spartans and ended the Spartan empire after 30 years of rebellion?
Thebes