Geography
Where were the Greek city states located?
By the Aegean sea
Who was the first Greek civilization?
Minoan Civilization
How was Athens ruled in the beginning?
rule by a king or queen
What did Sparta do to its neighboring states?
took over the territory of its neighbors and made them slaves
Who was the first leader of Macedonia?
Philip the second
What kind of jobs did most Greeks have?
Greek city-states developed trading fleets to trade with the surrounding areas
What was the great Minoan city?
Knossos
What was the Delian League?
Greeks formed a military alliance
Who were the Helots?
captured people of the Spartans
Who took over after him?
Alexander the Great
Why was trade necessary for the Greeks?
They had limited agricultural resources
Who was the legendary king of the minoans?
King Minos
Who brought a golden age to Athens?
Pericles
What happened to children at birth?
Children seen as defective or too weak were left on a hillside to die
What were some countries Alexander conquered during his reign?
Greece, Egypt, Persia, India, Babylon
What led to the development of many independent Greek city-states?
rugged terrain
What was the reason for the destruction of the Minoan civilization?
natural disaster
Name at least two things Pericles brought to Athens as a leader?
paid salaries to men who held public office
Pericles rebuilt the city of Athens after its destruction in the Persian wars
made participation in the government more accessible
What kind of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
Why was Alexander so successfull as a ruler?
He became allies with the powerful and pardoned the weak
Due to the Greek city-states being so isolated, name two effects:
Greek city states each had their own distinct culture.
prevented unification
Some people speculate that the island of Thera and the Minoans was really which civilization?
Atlantis
What did Athens become during the Age of Pericles?
center of Classical Greek Culture.
What was Sparta considered by the other city states of Greece, and what did they go down in history for?
backward and uncultured
the greatest militaries that every lived.
What was the blending of all the cultures that Alexander conquered called?
Hellenistic culture