This island in the Mediterraean Sea where the Minoans lived.
What is CRETE?
100
Type of government started in Athens where everyone has a role.
What is a democracy?
100
This is someone who takes over a government by force and rules with a MEAN ATTITUDE TOWARDS others.
What is a Tyrant?
100
Then it was called Perisa, today we know this area as?
What is Iran?
100
A body of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
200
As excellent ship builders, the Minoans made their wealth from this industry.
What is trade?
200
These games were developed by the Greeks and still celebrated today every four years.
What are the Olympic Games?
200
When Sparta captured the enemy, he was called one of these..
What is a Helot?
200
His job was to collect taxes, recruit for the military and head of the police.
What is a Satrap?
200
An open area that serves as a market and a place where people meet and debate issues.
What is an agora?
300
These are settlements in a new territory that keep close ties to its mainland.
What is a colony?
300
He gave land to poor farmers and helped provide jobs by building markets and temples.
Who is Peisistratus?
300
This is a type of government found in Sparta where a group of people make all the decisions.
What is an oligarchy?
300
These were built throughout the Persian empire to help travelers get from one place to another, but more importantly helped various areas communicate with each other.
What are roads?
300
A system of government where everyone participates in the decisions.
What is a democracy?
400
A tiny independent Greek city-state.
What is a polis?
400
Girls were trained in these various activities.. name three
What is house keeping, cooking, and cloth making.
400
Girls were trained in these various activities.. name two.
What is running, wrestling, throwing?
400
This battle led by King Darius, was the first stop of the Persians. We now know this battle more familar as a race.
What is Marathon?
400
He ran nearly 26 miles only to collapse but not before delivering the message "VICTORY!"
Who was Pheidippides?
500
At this age, boys were sent off to military training to become soldiers
What is age 7?
500
He helped organize Persian into the GREATEST empire by uniting all the conquered lands.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
500
The Persians were finally defeated by the Greeks at this pivotal battle. A battle that would lead to the fall of the Persian Empire.