Battles and Wars
Rulers and Leaders
Philosophers & Storytellers
This is Sparta
Potpourri
100
What was Homer’s epic about the Trojan war?
The Iliad
100
Rule by a king or queen?
Monarchy
100
Blind storyteller who wrote the Iliad?
Homer
100
What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?
Military service
100
What is the geography of Greece like?
It is a collection of separate lands (rocky, mountainous)
200
What two Greek City-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
200
Rule by a small group of powerful merchants and artisans?
Oligarchy
200
What nobleman developed a legal code based on equality of citizens?
Draco
200
An agreement to work together?
Alliance
200
What Egyptian city became the center of Hellenistic civilization under Alexander the Great?
Alexandria
300
What happened to the brave 300 Spartans who fought the Persians at the Battle of Thermopylae?
They fought bravely, but were all killed defending Sparta
300
Persian King who battled the Greeks?
Xerxes
300
Greek philosopher who believed in teaching through questioning?
Socrates
300
What two Greek City-states fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
300
How did the sea shape Greek civilization?
Traveling by land was difficult so ship building was necessary for travel and Greece's proximity to the sea & a lack of resources encouraged trade
400
What two sides fought in the Trojan War?
Myceneans against the City of Troy
400
This Greek leader was tutored by Aristotle, became king when he was 20?
Alexander the Great
400
Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic about an ideal society ruled by philosopher-kings?
Plato
400
What military state had three social classes: citizens, free non-citizens, and helots?
Sparta
400
Who invented drama, including chorus, dance, and poetry, as an art form?
Greeks
500
What happened at the Battle of Marathon?
Athens defeated the Persian army
500
Athenian who was a skillful politician, inspiring speaker, and respected general?
Pericles
500
Greek philosopher who used rules of logic for argument and tutored Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
500
People who had the right to participate in Spartan government?
Citizens
500
Who could be a citizen in Athens?
Native-born property-owning males
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