Athens
Geography
Sparta
Conflict
Ancient Greece
100
The primary purpose of an Athenian education
What is to produce thinkers/well rounded citizens ready for times of peace or war
100
Modern Greece occupies a large peninsula that juts into the Mediteraanean Sea this is called the
What is the Peloponesian Peninsula?
100
This many people were members of this polis
What is 9,000 members
100
In the 400's bc Greece was involved in this number of war's
What are 3 wars
100
This poet wrote the famous "Odyssey" and Illiad" which shaped Greek culture
Who is Homer?
200
When a punishment or law is considered severe or harsh this is called
What is "Draconian"
200
This geographic feature helped encourage the fiercly independent nature of the various city states in Greece
What are mountains?
200
At this age, boys began their military training.
What is 7 years old
200
This war was fought between 20,000 soilders led by Darius the Great and Greece (mainly the Athens and Plateans)
What is the First Persian war
200
This highly advanced civilization built large stone palaces, had its own writing language , and was said to have had running water
Who are the Minoans?
300
How many people lived in this city state?
What is 45,000
300
This amount of land is actually fertile for farming in Greece
What is less 1/4th of the land?
300
Their greatest military strength was their
What is their infantry
300
The name of the battle where the Spartans held off the Persians for days at this mountain pass
What is the Battle of Thermopolye
300
The Trojan war was fought between who?
Who are the Myceneans and the Trojans
400
Before developing into a direct democracy Athens was first established as
What is an Aristocracy or Oligarachy
400
This civilization came after the Minoans
What are the Myceneans?
400
At what age and for how long did members of the Council of Elders serve
What is age 60+ / elected for life terms
400
The leader of Athens during the Peloponessian War
Who is Pericles?
400
How did the Trojan War end?
The Myceneans won this 10 year long conflict when they tricked the Trojans into accepting a "trick" wooden horse filled with Mycenean soilders
500
People that could NOT vote in Athens
What are Free foreigners, Women, Slaves
500
2 famous pieces of literature which described the Trojan War in great details
What is the Iliad and the Odyssey?
500
After conquering their neighboring city-state of Messenia this group of people were forced to handle all of Sparta's farm work
What are Helots?
500
Punishments given to Athens after their defeat in the Peloponesian War
What is removal of their democratic government
500
The single most important feature of Greek culture
What is the city state/polis
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