Greek Political System
A group of people living in an independent town
What is a Polis?
The battle in which Philippides runs from polis to polis warning of the Persians.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
The famous conqueror who drove the Persians out of Egypt.
What is Alexander the Great
The Successor who built a kingdom based in Egypt
What is Ptolemy I Soter?
Ms. Riley's favorite color
What is orange?
A government in which every citizen has an equal say in the decisions made by the government.
What is a democracy?
The founder of the Persian Empire.
What is Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great)
The Persian king defeated by Alexander the Great.
Darius III
The Successor who built a kingdom in Thrace.
What is Lysimachus?
What is the Delian League?
A government in which the people elect leaders to make decisions and to vote on laws for them.
What is a Republic?
What is Darius I?
An ancient kingdom to the north of Greece whose people spoke a Greek dialect and were influenced by Greek culture
What is Macedonia?
The conflict between Athens and Macedonia that marked the end of Athen's attempt to be independent.
The poleis league created by Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian League?
What is a chosen or elected official who takes on the role of administrator, judge, or commander?
What is a Magistrate?
The Athenian political leader who convinced the Assembly to increase the size of the Athenian navy
What is Themistocles?
The term referring to making the world more Greek-like
What is hellenized?
The Successor who built a kingdom that started in Babylonia and eventually included most of Alexander's eastern conquests.
What is Seleucus I Nicator
The lengthy war fought between Athens, Sparta, and their allies.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
The three groups of people making up the Greek political system
What is a magistrate, council, and assembly?
The group of Greek who settled in western Anatolia and revolted against the Persians.
What are the Ionians?
The kingdom Alexander the Great desperately wanted to conquer
What is Persia?
The general chosen to be regent after Alexander the Great's death.
What is Perdiccas?
The leader of the Delian League
What is Athens