Fab Vocab
What is a Polis?
Government where one person rules
What is a monarchy?
The physical features, mountains caused the following in ancient Greece
What are:
- Communities separated and little contact between groups due to poor travel?
- Few flat areas for farming?
These people were skilled shipbuilders and sailors
Who are the Minoans?
This is another name for a Greek city-state
What is a polis?
A period where Greek city-states were established and settled
What is the classical era?
Government where the power is in the hands of a person who seized control
What is tyranny?
The physical features of the seas caused the following in ancient Greece
What are:
- Made skilled shipbuilders and sailors?
-Allowed travel which led to trading, food sources and the exchange of ideas with others?
These were the first people to speak Greek
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Much of daily life centered around this area in the city-states
What is the agora?
A period of warfare and disorder in ancient Greece
What is the Dark Age?
These are some components of how democracy worked in ancient Greece
-Government where the people ruled
-Athens was the birthplace of democracy
What is
-All males could vote
- A rich man (Cleisthenes) formed democracy because he wanted everyone to have a voice
- Had assemblies where everyone could speak and vote
- Eventually elected city officials to make decisions
These are the three seas surrounding Greece
What is Crete?
Ancient Greeks created colonies because
What is communities banded together for support and stability?
A fortress on top of a hill in the center of city-states
What is an acropolis?
Government where the power is in the hands of a few people
What is an oligarchy?
This is located at the southern tip of the Greek mainland
What is the Peloponnesus Penninsula?
The Mycenaeans built these all across the Greek mainland
What are fortresses?
This is the birthplace of democracy
What is Athens?
A marketplace and social center in ancient Greek city-states
What is an agora?
These ancient Greek people had monarchies
Who are the Myceneans?
This mountain chain lies on the Greek mainland
What are the Pindos Mountains?
These people became major traders and set up colonies from which they shipped goods to markets around the Mediterranean and Black seas
Who are the Mycenaeans?
The creation of city-states led to this era
What is the classical era?