Geography & Early Greece
Which 3 seas surround Greece?
Aegean, Ionian & Mediterranean
This Greek city-state became famous for democracy.
What is Athens?
Greece fought this enormous empire who invaded them twice.
What is the Persian Empire?
Greeks believed their major gods lived on this mountain.
What is Mount Olympus?
Who was the King that united Greece and was the father of Alexander the Great?
Who was Phillip II?
What geographical feature separates Greek communities and created the development of independent city-states?
Mountains
This Greek city-state became famous for its military society.
What is Sparta?
This battle produced the legend that inspired today's 26.2-mile race.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
Who was the Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great?
Who was Aristotle?
After Alexander's death, this general took control of Egypt.
Who was Ptolemy I?
Bonus: Which general took over Greece?
Bonus 2: Which general took over Persia?
This island was the center of the Minoan civilization.
Crete
Athens depended heavily on this type of military power.
What is naval power/a navy?
The Spartans famously resisted the Persians at this narrow mountain pass.
What is Thermopylae?
This philosopher taught by questioning his students and left no writings of his own.
Who was Socrates?
Bonus: Who wrote the Republic?
This term describes the blending and spread of Greek culture throughout Alexander's conquered territories.
What is Hellenistic?
This open area in a Greek city-state served as both a marketplace and a gathering place.
What is an Agora?
Sparta's government was primarily this form of government, meaning rule by a few.
What is an oligarchy?
This battle was final major land battle of the second Persian invasion of Greece?
What was the Battle of Plataea?
Bonus: What was a famous Greek victory at sea against the Persians?
This Greek historian wrote about the Persian Wars and is often called the first great Western historian.
Who was Herodotus?
This mathematician said "Give me a lever and a rock and I will move the world"
Who was Archimedes?
This fortified hilltop area often contained temples and provided protection during an attack.
What is an Acropolis?
These conquered people worked the land for Sparta and were treated as serfs.
Who were the helots?
Explain how the Peloponnesian War helped make it possible for Macedonia to conquer Greece.
The war weakened Athens, Sparta, and the other Greek city-states, leaving them divided and unable to resist Macedonia.
The Greeks adopted and modified the alphabet of this Mediterranean trading people.
Who were the Phoenicians?
Who is known as the "father of geometry" and wrote Elements?
Who is Euclid?