The Polis
Early Greece/Geography
Sparta
Alexander the Great
"Engineering An Empire"
100
The term "Polis" represented each of these in Ancient Greece
What is the city-state?
100
The Minoans settled on this island where they founded their capital, Knossos
What is Crete?
100
Due to a population explosion in Sparta, they conquered this society to gain more land
Who are the Messinians?
100
Alexander wasn't exactly "Greek" - he was actually from this nearby civilization.
What is Macedonia?
100
This Greek statesman and general had the task of uniting all of the Greek city-states to fight the Persians
Who is Themistocles?
200
A fortified area atop each city-state; this served as protection from invasion but also the center of Greek culture/life
What is an acropolis?
200
This geographic feature led Greece's city-states to develop distinct cultures and rivalries with each other.
What are islands?
200
Once Sparta took over Messinia, they made the citizens of that society into basically slaves - this was what the Spartans called them
What are helots?
200
Alexander conquered Bucephalus as a teenager, which showed his skill and tenacity - what was Bucephalus?
What is a horse?
200
This series of stories, written by Homer, were seen as the "Greek Bible"
What is the Iliad?
300
The open area on the acropolis, used as a place of worship, gathering, or marketplace
What is the agora?
300
Many of Greece's islands sit in this sea, which gave Ancient Greeks access to the Mediterranean Sea and beyond
What is the Aegean Sea?
300
This group of Spartan men were over 60 years old and in charge of much of the city-state. That they survived until to 60 showed their toughness
What is the Gerusia?
300
This Ancient Greek philosopher was one of Alexander's teachers
Who is Aristotle?
300
This prominent Greek statesman and general led Athens through its "golden age", some of which was due to his introduction of democracy
Who is Pericles?
400
This Greek city-state had about 300,000 citizens, and was also the birthplace of democracy
What is Athens?
400
Powerful monarchies, in areas surrounded by gigantic stone walls, housed the governments of this civilization that followed the Minoans
What is Mycenae?
400
This school was where boys learned the disciplined, militaristic lifestyle of Sparta.
What is the agogae?
400
Darius was one of Alexander's main rivals in his conquest for a Greek empire. Darius was the king of this empire
What is Persia?
400
Athens made money to build structures such as the Parthenon partially because of this alliance with other Greek city-states
What is the Delian League?
500
This temple for Athena is located on the acropolis in Athens
What is the Parthenon?
500
This is another landform (not islands) that forced Greek city-states to develop independently, and become rivals
What are mountains?
500
The citizen-soldiers of Sparta were known as this
What are hoplites?
500
Alexander and his depleted troops made it to the mouth of this river before deciding to turn around.
What is the Indus River?
500
This entrance to the army's quarters in Mycenae introduce the corbelled arch and dome, which would be used in tombs throughout Greece known as tholos
What is the Lion's Gate?
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