Geography
This geographic feature caused the separated and isolated city-states in Ancient Greece.
Mountains
What is the term for belief in many gods?
Polytheistic
Who convinced the Athenians to invest in ships with the newly found silver ?
Themistocles
The type of government that siezes power by force.
Tyranny
This words mean all free men that had voting rights.
Citizens
The top of this mountain was thought to be the home of the Gods.
Mount Olympus
The ancient Greeks believed in many gods, which means they did not believe in one god, which is called?
Monotheistic
He made a heroic run to Sparta and back and then on to Athens from Marathon.
Phidippides
An elevated section of Athens that housed a fortress of the city-state
Acropolis
This word means rule by one, usually a king
Monarchy
Greece is surrounded by the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and ___________ Sea
Mediterranean
This important athletic event was held every four years as a part of a festival to help honor Zeus.
Olympics
Give 3 factors that led to a Greek victory in the Persian wars.
Wally Has Hairy Steps
(Better weapons, Home field advantage, Fighting for homeland, and Better strategy)
Stories about gods and goddesses that attempt to explain different events
Mythology
What government means rule by the people?
Democracy
The large island in the Mediterranean Sea where the Minoans settled, who were expert shipbuilders.
Crete
The Greeks had to 2 groups of gods called?
Titans and the Olympians
What Athenian general ordered a surprise attack on the run at Marathon?
Miltiades
What is the Greek word for city-state
Polis
The type of government where only a few of the most wealthy and powerful people rule.
Oligarchy
The closeness to the sea caused the Greeks to be great what?
Sailors/Traders
Heracles was able to clean the Augean Stables by doing what?
Diverting a river
Who was the Persian king who brought his army across a bridge of boats to attack Greece?
Xerxes
Name and describe the two types of democracy.
What is a direct democracy where all citizens vote on all government issues and representative democracy where citizens choose government officials to represent/vote for them?
What were the rich landowners called?
Aristocrats