Rise of Democracy
This form of government usually comes first in a city-state's history.
What is monarchy?
In Athens, this group debated and voted on laws.
What is the Assembly?
The alliance of which two city-states was crucial for the Greek victory at Plataea.
What are Athens and Sparta?
This leader was key to the rebuilding of Athens and the development of their golden age.
Who is Pericles?
The Peloponnesian War ended with a Spartan victory over Athens and the growing strength of this kingdom.
What was Macedon?
Villages in ancient Greece developed their governments independently because Greece is covered in these landforms.
What are mountains?
At age 20, Spartans faced a fitness test that would award them this.
What is citizenship?
This event prompted Darius the Great to plan an invasion of Greece.
What is the Ionian Revolt?
What is corinthian?
By 334 BCE Phillip II of Macedon had united all Macedonian tribes and conquered much of this area.
What is mainland Greece?
Military leaders were most likely to become this kind of leader.
What is a tyrant?
Spartans were fearful of new ideas hurting their government. As a result, they mostly avoided this.
What is trade?
This city was burned to the ground by Xerxes and his men in 480 BCE.
What is Athens?
Early Greek sculture was influenced by this civilization.
Who are the Egyptians?
This philosopher was the tutor of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
In a direct democracy, these people do the voting.
Who are citizens?
These Athenians were eligible to serve on the Council of 500.
Who were citizens aged 30+?
Persians asked for these two things from the Greeks to symbolize their surrender.
What are earth and water?
What is hemlock?
Alexander the Great encouraged loyalty using religion by associating himself with this Egyptian god.
Who is Ammon?
Oligarchs were usually part of this group.
What are aristocrats?
Military training was an important part of Spartan education for children beginning at this age.
What is seven?
This narrow body of water is where the Persians crossed from Asia to Europe.
What is the Hellespont?
These annual games were to honor the goddess Athena.
What were the Panathenaic Games?
After Alexander's death in 323 BCE, his empire collapsed into spheres of influence dominated by his former generals. These included kingdoms in Syria, Greece, Macedonia, and this northern African civilization.
What is Egypt?