Important Leaders
7.1 The Early Greeks
7.2 Sparta and Athens
7.3 Persia Attacks the Greeks
7.4 The Age of Pericles
100
This leader is credited for turning Athens into a democracy.
Who is Cleisthenes?
100
These 3 oceans surround mainland Greece.
What is the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas.
100
These were people who took power by force and ruled with complete control.
What is a tyrant?
100
This battle was won by the Greeks because the commander made a mistake when ordering the troops to board the ships.
What is The Battle of Marathon?
100
This was the type of democracy that Athens used.
What is direct democracy?
200
This ruler united Persia into one kingdom.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
200
These people conquered the Minoans.
What is the Mycenaeans?
200
Spartan boys left home to train for the military at this age.
What is age 7?
200
This person ran to Athens and reported victory before dieing from exhaustion.
Who is Pheidippides?
200
These two city-states became allies with Sparta.
What is Thebes and Corinth?
300
This leader reorganized the Persian Empire when he came to the throne.
Who is Darius?
300
This period of time was a time when many skills were forgotten.
What is the Dark Age?
300
These people enforced laws and managed tax collection.
What is an ephor?
300
At this battle Greek soldiers held off the Persians while Athenians built a navy.
What is The Battle of Thermopylae?
300
This speech was made by Pericles during the first winter of the war.
What is Pericles' Funeral Oration?
400
This leader was a trusted noble who canceled the farmers debts.
Who is Solon?
400
This area in a city-state served as a market place as well as a meeting spot.
What is the agora?
400
This was the type of government Athens had.
What is a democracy?
400
This battle was won by the Greeks because of how their ships were so easy to maneuver.
What is The Battle of Salamis?
400
This was the amount of residents in 400s B.C.
What is 285,000 residents?
500
This Athenian widow was not a native Athenian and was well educated and taught public speaking.
Who is Aspasia?
500
These were armies that were made up of ordinary citizens.
What is hoplites?
500
This was how the Athenians chose members of the council.
What is through a lottery?
500
This Battle was the final battle of the Persian war and a Greek victory.
What is The Battle of Plataea?
500
This was what the Golden Age of Athens was also known as.
What is The Age of Pericles?
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