People & Places
Who organized and wrote laws for cities?
lawgivers
What means "the love of wisdom"?
philosophy
What were the wealthy, landowing people called?
Aristocrats
What kind of government did Athens have?
democratic
Jainism and Buddhism were created to escape from what belief system?
reincarnation
Who was the first Persian king to to fail in conquering Greece?
Darius I
What words literally means citizen rules?
democracy
Draconian law refers to what kind of law?
harsh
What taught people to use reason and observation?
Philosophy
Where did the god Zeus have his throne?
Mt. Olympus
Where was the first major European civilization?
Crete
What is the process of non-Greeks adopting Greek customs?
Hellenization
Who promised reforms and took control from kings?
tyrants
How did Socrates get his students to think and reason?
He asked them questions
Did Alexander the Great rule before or after Philip of Macedonia?
after
Who built Sparta and invaded southern Greece?
Dorians
Who ruled during the Golden Age?
Pericles
What was the conflict between Sparta and Athens called?
Peloponnesian War
What civilization copied the Mycenaeans?
Minoans
Events of Athens fall... a. Sparta and the Persians destroy the Athenian navy and laid sieg. b. Sparta started a war against Athens. c. Athens surrendered and the city was ruined.
b a c
Who settled on Crete and built Knossos?
Mycenaeans
Who settled on the southern end of the Greek peninsula?
Minoans
What massive empire was unable to conquer Greece?
Persia
What improvements did Perciles bring about? 3 things
government officials received pay, common people held government positions, created more jobs
What did the Greeks start doing as they recovered from the Dark Ages? 3 things
started colonizing, developed a new writing system, trade increased