Early Greece
The name for a Greek City-State
What is a polis?
The largest peninsula in Greece.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
The type of government that Athens is known for inventing.
What is a democracy?
This polis would eventually win the Peloponnesian war.
What is Sparta?
This building is considered to be the most famous in all of Greece and is still standing today.
What is the Parthenon?
The type of terrain that makes up most of Greece.
What are mountains?
The greek Polis located on the Peloponnesus Peninsula.
What is Sparta?
The battle that ended the first Persian War.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
This alliance was led by Athens.
What is the Delian league?
This Greek playwright wrote "Oedipus Rex" and was known for his skill in drama.
Who is Sophocles?
These were established by the early Greeks across the Mediterranean Sea.
What are colonies?
The Greek name for slaves.
What are Helots?
The leader of the Persians during the 2nd Persian War
Who is Xerxes?
This alliance was led by Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian League?
Known as the father of geometry.
Who is Euclid?
This semi-mythological war was fought between the Trojans and Greeks and composed into an epic poem.
What is the Trojan war?
This type of government is made up of a few wealthy people who make all of the decisions.
What is an oligarchy/aristocracy?
This battle resulted in the destruction of the Persian fleet and Greek victory in the 2nd Persian War.
What is the battle of Salamis?
He was the leader of Athens during its Golden Age, but his life was tragically cut short by sickness.
Who is Pericles?
These three philosophers continue to influence modern thought today.
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
This semi-legendary, blind poet composed the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This tyrant was known as the "bad tyrant" and proposed a harsh code of laws.
Who is Draco?
This historian wrote about the Peloponnesian War in a revolutionary way-- focusing on people instead of myths.
Who is Thucydides?
This resulted in the deaths of a third of the population of Athens and defeat in the Peloponnesian War.
What was the Plague of Athens?
Known as the "Father of medicine", this Greek doctor invented the idea of "Do no harm" and using reason to cure illnesses.
Who is Hippocrates?