Geography & Early Greece
This geographic feature divided Greece into many isolated communities and helped create independent city-states.
What are mountains?
This word means a Greek city-state.
What is polis?
This Persian king wanted revenge after Athens helped the Ionian Revolt.
Who is Darius I?
This city-state was known for democracy and naval power.
What is Athens?
This Macedonian king built the army Alexander inherited.
Who is Philip II?
This early civilization lived on Crete and became wealthy through sea trade.
Who were the Minoans?
This part of a city-state was the marketplace and public meeting area.
What is the agora?
This battle in 490 BCE ended with Athens defeating a larger Persian army.
What is Marathon?
This city-state was known for military discipline and land power.
What is Sparta?
These long spears gave Macedonian soldiers an advantage.
What are sarissas?
These three seas surrounded Ancient Greece and made trade important.
What are the Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean Seas?
This government is ruled by a small group of wealthy people.
What is oligarchy?
This Spartan king became famous at Thermopylae.
Who is Leonidas?
This alliance led by Athens increased Greek tension after the Persian Wars.
What is the Delian League?
This empire Alexander conquered first.
What is the Persian Empire?
This long period followed the collapse of Mycenaean civilization.
What is the Greek Dark Ages?
This government allowed citizens in Athens to vote directly.
What is democracy?
This naval battle trapped Persian ships in narrow waters.
What is Salamis?
This weakened Athens during the Peloponnesian War.
What is the plague?
This Egyptian city founded by Alexander became a center of learning.
What is Alexandria?
This geographic reality forced many Greeks to establish colonies around the Mediterranean.
What is limited farmland / lack of farmland?
This group had full political rights in most Greek city-states.
Who are adult male citizens?
This final Greek victory forced Persia to retreat from Greece.
What is Plataea?
This long war weakened all of Greece.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Alexander’s soldiers refused to continue farther into this region.
What is India?