the name of the peninsula upon which the Greek mainland is located
Balkan
A Greek city-state was known as what?
polis
the first Athenian victory against the Persians in 490 BCE
Battle at Marathon
After his father's assassination in 336 BCE this person became leader of the Greek army -
Alexander
This famous Greek was known as "The Father of History" -
Herodotus
Because this ancient Greek doctor believed that diseases came from natural causes and created a list of rules for doctors, he is regarded as "the father of medicine".
Hippocrates
the sea where islands of Greece are located
Aegean
The name of the hilltop fort at the center of each polis -
acropolis or high city
the battle at which 300 Spartan warriors slowed the Persian attack of Greece in 480 BCE
Battle at Thermopylae
After crushing Persian forces at Granicus in 334 BCE, Alexander then led his forces to defeat Darius III and the Persians at this place -
Issus
This Greek historian was a general in and wrote about this war -
The Peloponnesian War
branch of mathematics that shows how points, lines, angles, and surfaces relate to one another
plane geometry
rugged mountains and deep valleys made communities in Greece this
fiercely independent
The name for the Greek marketplace outside of the acropolis -
agora
name fo the sea battle won by the Greeks over the Persians in 480 BCE
Battle of Salamis
In 331 BCE this city was named by Alexander in Egypt -
Alexandria
a person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics, metaphysics, logic, and other related fields
philosopher
this Greek mathematician advanced the field of mathematics by describing plane geometry in his book called Elements -
Euclid
the island, city, and king associated with the Minoans
Crete, Knossos, and King Minos
Name for citizen solider of ancient Greece -
hoplites
the name for the land battle in 479 BCE where the Greeks defeated the Persians
Battle of Plataea
What happened to Alexander after defeating the Persian Empire, defeating some armies in India, and returning to Babylon in 323 BCE?
Alexander died
Early group of Greek philosophers who travelled to different places and taught how to debate ideas and speak in public -
Sophists
established the science of physics and explained the lever and compound pulley
Archimedes
Mycenaeans were originally from where?
Central Asia
Name for the Greek battle formation featuring hoplites marching shoulder to shoulder in rows -
phalanx
the name for the defensive league founded to protect all Greek city-states from outside threats located on the island of Delos
The Delian League
What era began after the death of Alexander the Great?
The Hellenistic Era
Greek philosopher who used questioning to better understand the nature of things -
Socrates
the Athenian leader that reposnded to farmers calls to action by ending their debts and freeing slaves in 594 BCE -
Solon
Myceanaean civilization was greatly influenced by this civilization's culture -
Minoan
Someone who seizes power and rules with total authority -
tyrant
the leader of Athens during its age of prosperity from 461 BCE to 429 BCE
Pericles
The art of the Hellenistic Greeks expressed the ideas of what three things?
reason, balance, and harmony
Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates, founded the Academy, and wrote The Republic -
Plato
tyrant who took over Athenian government in 560 BCE dividing large estates among farmers who had no land, provided loans to farmers to buy tools, gave citizenship to Athenians who didn't own land, and hired the poor to build construct temples and other public works projects
Peisistratus
This group invaded from the north with iron weapons and took control of the region of the Mycenaeans -
Dorians
Name for a collection of fables from ancient Greece
Aesop's Fables
the name for the war that came as a consequnce of Athens abusing its power in the Delian League
The Peloponnesian War
To which goddess was the Parthenon in Athens dedicated?
Athena
Greek philosopher who was a student of Plato, studied the stars, plants, and animals and classified living things according to their slimilarities and differences -
Aristotle
under Peisistratus this noble restored democracy by making the assembly the city-state's major governing body, and helped to create a new council of 500 citizens to manage government affairs
Cleisthenes
The people who returned to Greece in around 750 BCE after the Greek Dark Age called themselves what?
The Hellenes
powerful empire centered in what is today the country of Iran
Persian Empire
this city-state ruled other Greek city-states harshly after the end of the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
What three types of columns were created by the Greeks that are used in buildings today?
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian
the philosophy that stated that people should not try to feel joy or sadness
Stoicism
form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand in the decision-making process
direct democracy
The Greeks adopted their alphabet from these people -
The Phoenicians
the monotheistic religion adopted by most Persians at this time -
Zoroastrianism
After the Peloponnesian War weakended many Greek city-states, this city-state to the north was growing in strength -
Macedonia
The Greeks created and performed stories written in the form of a play called what?
dramas
Greek thinker who studied astronomy and mathematics as well as making discoveries and developing theories by observing and thinking -
Thales
form of democracy where citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
representative democracy
Between 750 and 550 BCE the Greeks founded these things along the coasts of the Mediterranean and Black Seas -
colonies
a Perian territory governed by an official known as a satrap
satrapy
Name for the king of Macedonia who led his army to victory over all the city-states of Greece -
Phillip II
Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, and Aristophanes were famous for what in ancient Greece?
playwrights
This Greek mathematician believed that all relationships could be expressed in numbers and developed the Pythagorean Theorem to detemine the length of the sides of a triangle -
Pythagoras