Section 1
A ruler who has complete power..
Tyrant
Sparta was a ____________ society.
Military
The Persian Empire under Cyrus the Great was the strongest _____________ power in the world.
Military
Greeks developed the ____________ style of art and architecture.
Classical
Spartans had little use for __________.
Women
Why was farming difficult for the Greeks?
Greece was very rocky, mountains land that made farming difficult. The crops could raise successfully were grapevines and olive trees. The Greeks took to the sea and became traders.
__________ was the goddess of wisdom and learning.
Athena
After the Athenians beat the Persians, an excited Greek citizen ran 25 miles to Athens. The _____________, an Olympic event, is named for that run.
Marathon
Wars
How did the Greeks eventually defeat the Persians?
The Greeks took to the seas and used their powerful Navy.
What were some items the Greeks traded?
olive oil for wheat. They would also trade to get ebony, ivory, and papyrus.
__________ was the king of the Greek gods, and Hera was the queen.
Zeus
__________ led the Persian army in destroying the Greek Parthenon in 480 B.C.
Xerxes
Euclid and __________ helped invent geometry.
Pythagoras
They were separated by rugged mountains, which limited the contact between the city-states.
Why did Greek city-states often fight with each other?
People in both Athens and Sparta had _________.
Slaves
The Persian Wars lasted about ________ years.
50
Early Olympic Games were held to ____________.
Honor the gods and goddesses
What was the reason for the "Golden Age?"
The Athenians were at peace under the rule of Pericles and had time to study science and geography. This is when they wrote their greatest plays and created their finest statues.
The sea Greece was surrounded by...
Aegean
In Athens, women and slaves were not allowed to be ___________.
Citizens
The Peloponnesian War last __________ years.
27
The Greeks provided us a model of democracy. In this model, the power of the government is in the hands of the _____________.
People
Winners of an Olympic event in Ancient Greece received....
a crown of laurel leaves