Geography
The Persian Empire controlled Ionia, Egypt, and THIS region that we studied earlier.
What is Mesopotamia?
He was the "father of history" even though he was quite biased.
Who is Herodotus?
This was the name of the common battle formation the Greeks used.
What is a phalanx?
This was the name of the common Athenian clothing.
What is a chiton?
Xerxes built a boat-bridge across THIS geographic feature so that his huge army could march across.
What is the Hellespont?
He was the famous Athenian politician and general, who eventually died, leading to the downfall of Athens at the hands of the Spartans.
Who is Pericles?
This was the name of the war between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian Wars?
This was the name of the Greeks' superior ships.
What are triremes?
This is where the battle took place in which Athens pushed the Persians back into a marsh.
What is Marathon?
He was the leader of the Persian Empire at the time of the Battle of Salamis, where he sat watching from a golden throne.
Who is Xerxes?
To beat the Persians, who outnumbered them at the naval battle of Salamis, the Greeks used their knowledge of local geography and the clever strategy of a _____ ______.
What is a fake traitor?
This was the philosopher who wrote "The Republic."
Who is Plato?
This is where the "Battle of 300" took place.
What is Thermopylae?
Who is Leonidas?
This (a phrase) is what Athens wanted to be during the Golden Age. Early settlers of America used the same phrase to describe the goal of our young nation.
What is "a city upon a hill"?
This type of logic is more likely to result in an incorrect conclusion.
What is inductive logic?
This is the name of the island where Athens kept all the money that different city-states gave them for protection after the war.
What is Delos?
He was the nephew of Leonidas who finished off the remaining Persian armies at the end of the war.
Who was Pausanias?
One way that Athens bullied other polises into staying in the Delian League was by cleverly making everyone adopt THIS.
The walls that Athens built for protection (but ended up spreading the disease) went to THIS coastal city.
What is Piraeus?