Geography
What physical features dominated the geography of Greece?
Mountains and seas
The first civilization to arise in ancient Greece and made their living by trading
Minoan
Pericles was a dominant figure in this city-state
Who won the Persian Wars?
Greece
Athenian or American
All citizens, male and female, can vote
American
What physical feature best describes the Greek mainland?
Peninsula
What started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization
earthquake and civil war
Used the military to control citizens
Sparta
In 431 Greek city-states chose sides to fight in what war
Peloponnesian War
Has a direct democracy, where every citizen can vote on any law
Athenian
The Greek city-states were fiercely independent because they were separated by these physical features
Mountains and valleys
Which early civilization learned how to make iron weapons and tools
Dorian
What was the Age of Pericles a golden age of?
Prosperity, culture and achievement
What was one effect of the Persian Wars?
Greek city-states remained free and independent
The type of leader who came to power in Greece around 600 B.C. due to growing political and economic unrest among city-states was a(n)
tyrant
Greeks needed to establish colonies by around 700 BC because they needed
to have more food to feed the increasing population
The Greek alphabet was based on the alphabet created by what people
Phoenicians
What were the 3 goals of Pericles
Strengthen Democracy
Expand Empire
Beautify Athens
What was one effect of the Peloponnesian War
Greek land was destroyed, thousands of Greeks died from war and disease, city-states were divided and weak
Monarchy, Tyranny, Oligarchy, Democracy
The Delian League, a group for mutual protection, was named after what island?
Delos
Cyrus the Great held his growing empire together by doing what
treating conquered people fairly
Name one important leaders from both Athens and Sparta during the Persian Wars
Themistocles and Leonidas
How was Sparta finally able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War
Under the early Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship (4)
free native born men who owned land