The mainland of Greece is located on this type of landform..
What is a peninsula?
100
Sparta was a military society because they did NOT want the ___________ to rebel.
What are helots/slaves?
100
What ancient empire was the largest in the ancient world with forces that greatly outnumbered the Greeks?
Who are the Persians?
100
A group of armed foot soldiers fighting together in tight rows is called a _______________.
What is a phalanx?
100
The Persian War was fought because ______________?
What is the Persians were expanding their empire into Europe?
200
Name at least three features of Greece's geography.
What are mountains, peninsulas, islands and valleys?
200
In a ____________, citizens share in running the government.
What is a democracy?
200
One of the greatest contributions to government by ancient Greece is __________.
What is Democracy?
200
A ___________ is a type of government ruled by a few wealthy people.
What is an Oligarchy?
200
Greek citizens were required to vote, serve in government, and ____________________.
What is defend their polis.
300
To solve the problem of not being able to grow enough food for the growing population, Greece set up ____________ along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
What are colonies?
300
In the 600's and 500's there were many changes in the way city-states were governed. These types of rulers were replaced by an oligarchy or a democracy.
What is a tyrant?
300
Name three contributions from Greece to the modern world.
Democracy Philosophy
Olympics
Architecture
Myths
Ideas in medicine, math, and astronomy
Drama- Plays- Comedies and Tragedies
300
In 478 B.C. Athens became the head of the ____________which was a group of allies that joined forces to defend themselves against the Persians.
What is the Delian league?
300
After the Persian wars, Athens entered a Golden Age that was led by a general named ___________________.
Who is Pericles?
400
The time period after Alexander died, when Greek culture spread to non Greek civilizations is called the _____________ ____________.
What is the Hellenistic Age?
400
The Greeks were so busy fighting one another during the Peloponnesian War that they grew weak and were taken over by the _____________.
Who are the Macedonians?
400
Stories about Greek Gods and Goddesses are called___________.
What are myths?
400
The primary focus of much of the culture of Sparta was ____________________
What is war and conquest?
400
The Persian Wars were fought against ________ and _________?
Who is Persia and Greece?
500
This group of people began a civilization on the island of Crete and were the first to develop in the Aegean area.
Who are the Minoans?
500
What war ended Athenian power in ancient Greece?
What is the Peloponnesian War?
500
After the Persian Wars, Greece became stronger and flourished in the areas of arts and knowledge. The time period is described as the _____________ _________.
What is the Golden Age?
500
What were the Greeks' most important economic activities? Name 3
What is farming, fishing and trading?
500
Once the Greeks defeated the Persians, it left Greece.