Vocabulary
What is a aristocracy?
A government ruled by a few powerful people
How much of Ancient Greece's land could be used for growing crops
25%
What was Sparta most concerned with?
A strong army
What country was he king of?
Macedonia
What is a democracy?
a government ruled by the people
Powerful individuals, usually nobles or other wealthy citizens, sometimes seized control of the government by appealing to common people for support.
Tyrant
What was the average temperature in the winter in Ancient Greece? What was the average temperature in the summer in Ancient Greece?
48,80
Where was the Parthenon built?
Athens
How old was he when he died?
32
What happened to the empire after Alexander died?
It fell apart
What is a acropolis?
What were THREE of the most common cash crops in Ancient Greece?
Olives
Grapes
Figs
Athens was the birthplace of ________________
Democracy
What nations did Alexander conquer?
The Persian Empire
India
Greece
What is a city-state?
A city surrounded by farmland
Because he was different, he was __________________ by the other students.
Ostracized
About how many islands did Ancient Greece consist of?
1,400
A typical polis had a marketplace called an
agora
What country did he die in?
Babylon
This began in Ionia on the coast of Anatolia
The Persian Wars
His ______________ cost him whatever slim chance he had of actually pulling it off.
Hubris
What direction did the mountains tend to run in Ancient Greece?
northwest to southwest
Athens produced many great
philosophers
Who was Alexander the Great's teacher?
Aristotle
What were the 5 technologies of the early Greeks?
* ship building
* trading
* jewelry
* sporting events
* navigation