Geography and Early Greeks
A high hill with a fortress
Type of government that is lead by its own people
What is democracy
This emperor believed in allowing the people he conquered to keep their way of life
Who is Cyrus the Great?
They believed in a military way of life
Who was Sparta?
Because Greece was covered by these, it made trade by land very difficult
What are mountains
Rich land owners
What are aristocrats
A famous poet who wrote The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
A group of soldiers
What is a cavalry?
This city believed in education and the arts
Who was Athens?
Greece is this geographic feature
What is a peninsula
A government in which few people have power
What is an oligarchy?
A famous female poet who used music
Who is Sappho?
This Emperor built roads throughout Persia and couldn't get over his beef with Greece.
Who was Darius?
What is an alliance?
Because of its many mountains, Ancient Greeks preferred to travel by this
What are boat or by seas
A leader who held power through force (meant a good leader, but now means a bad leader)
What is a tyrant?
He wrote many fables
This was a series of battles between Ancient Persia and Ancient Greece
What are the Persian Wars?
This city-state eventually beat Athens and became the strongest in all Greece
Who was Sparta?
These were the first two major civilizations in Ancient Greece
What are the Minoans and the Mycenaeans?
A brilliant democratic leader (the mother of democracy ;)
Who is Pericles
Short stories that teach a lesson or moral
What is a fable?
This was the place near Athens where the Persian Wars began (and a runner died!)
These were considered not important enough to get an education or have basic rights in Athens
Who were women?