Geography
Balkan
Time period of the rise of Aegean /Minoan/Mycenaean civilizations
2000 BC
war famous for the Mycenaean trick of steaking into the city in a giant horse statue
Trojan War (Trojan Horse)
form of government means "rule by the best"
aristocracy
Writer of Iliad and the Odyssey, who had a huge influence on the thinking of the Greek people.
Homer
True or False: Greece includes many Mediterranean islands.
True
the first date in the Greek calendar, 776 BC relates to this event
first Olympic games
war fought between Athens and Sparta and their opposing alliances
Peloponnesian War
Which ruler was known for his merciless law code?
Draco
the champion of the people who introduced the practice of ostracism
Cleisthenes
Name the three seas which border Greece.
Ionian Sea (west), Aegean Sea (east), and Black Sea (northeast)
Time period of Classical Greece, during which the Parthenon was built, Homer, Aesop, and Herodotus wrote, and Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle philosophized.
700 BC - 338 BC (Macedonian conquer)
Name the first tyrant of Athens.
Peisistratus
name of the many gods in Greek religion
Olympian gods
Borders of Alexander the Great's empire
Greece (west) to India (east)
Black Sea/Caspian Sea (north) to Egypt (south)
Greek culture spread rapidly in 334 BC because of this ruler's conquests
Alexander the Great
league formed by Athens to prevent any Persian aggression
Delian League
great Athenian statesman who ushered in the Golden age if Greece
Pericles
Who were the helots?
Spartan slaves
location of Ionia (in terms of ancient history)
Asia Minor (modern Turkey)
A period of time after the Alexander the Great's death, which lasted approximately 300 years.
Hellenistic Age
Greek city-state which used slaves to work the fields while the ruling class trained to fight
form of government means "rule by the few"
oligarchy
Which ruler brought reform and improved laws to Athens?
Solon