People & Places
This island was the center of Minoan civilization
What is Crete?
Where was the Trojan War fought?
What is the city of Troy.
The type of government Athens allowed when Solon reformed it (an assembly of free citizens could do this).
What is a democracy
Why did Athens and Sparta form an alliance?
What is to fight against the Persians?
The Greek city-state famous for its military training and little interest in the arts
What is Sparta?
The two epic poems that give insight into Greek mythology and history.
What is the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Which city-state’s economy depended mostly on farming and conquest rather than trade?
What is Sparta?
What Persian emperor vowed to punish Athens?
Who is Darius I?
The author credited with writing the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
What year was the Trojan War fought around?
What is 1200 BC
Which city-states experimented with forms of government other than aristocracy and monarchy (choose from Argos, Athens, Corinth, Sparta)?
What is Athens and Argos?
What war resulted in there being only 300 Spartans left to fight?
What is The Battle of Thermopylae
The place on a Greek city-state that was built at the highest point for defense and temples.
What is the Acropolis?
Describe the trick that Odysseus decided to play on the Trojans
The Greeks leave a huge wooden horse as a gift and pretend to sail away from Troy.
What geographic features of Greece encouraged the independence of city-states?
What are mountain range and coastline?
What Greek General defeated the Persians?
Who is Miltiades?
Name the civilization that conquered the weakened Minoans.
The Mycenaean
Describe the dramatization of Homer’s epic poems
Homer's epic poems dramatized how gods and goddesses influenced the lives of humans. They also helped establish the characteristics of Greek gods and goddesses.
Which group challenged aristocratic rule in some city-states (farmers, merchants, priests, or warriors)?
who are farmers?
What is a greek warships proper name?
What is a Triremes?