Ancient Greece
The ancient Olympic Games, which occurred every four years in Greece, were held in honor of
Who is Zeus?
Slavery in Athens
What is was very common?
Sparta’s strict government
What is discouraged free thinking and new ideas?
After the Peloponnesian War,
What is the Greek city-states were divided and weak?
The Greek alphabet was based on which alphabet?
What is Phoenician?
Greece’s mainland could best be described as a(n)
What is a peninsula?
Upper class women in Athens
What is could only leave home accompanied by a man.
Since Spartan men lived away from home, Spartan women:
What is could own property and travel?
The Persian Empire finally ended when
What is it was invaded by a young and powerful ruler named Alexander.
The reason the Delian League failed was that
What is Athens had become so powerful that it took control over it.
Mycenaeans could pay their taxes in
What is wheat, livestock, or honey?
Athenian men often spent their afternoons
What is exercising at the gymnasium?
Why did Sparta’s leaders favor a military society?
What is they thought it created obedient and loyal citizens?
The Greeks were able to defeat the Persian fleet at the Strait of Salamis in part because
What is their ships were smaller and faster?
Many communities in ancient Greece were separated by mountains and valleys which resulted in?
What is the development of fiercely independent states?
Many city-states developed into this type of government, where a few wealthy people held power over the larger group of citizens.
What is oligarchies?
Girls in Athens
What is were educated at home by their mothers?
What help did Sparta receive from Persia in exchange for some Greek territory?
What is Persia gave Sparta gold so they could build their own navy.
After the Persian Wars ended, Athens
What is became the economic and cultural center of Greece?
The Mycenaeans came to Greece from
What is Central Asia?
Many tyrants came to power in Greece after 650 B.C. because
What is there was growing unrest among merchants, artisans, and farmers?
At age 18, boys in Athens were expected to
What is take an active role in public affairs?
Spartans differed from the rest of the Greeks in that
What is they discouraged trade, leading to isolation?
Even though the Greeks were defeated, the bravery of the Spartans at which location was much celebrated?
What is Thermopylae?
Which Athenian leader was responsible for creating a new council of 500 citizens to help the assembly?
Who is Cleisthenes?