Government
A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives
What is a democracy.
City-state that was the first to have a democracy.
What is Athens?
Who is King Darius?
A great leader who developed Athen's culture, democracy, and power during the Golden Age.
Who is Pericles?
The ruler of the gods.
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.
What is a monarchy?
What is Sparta?
The son of King Darius, and ruler or Persia from 486 to 465 b.c.e.; eventually defeated by the Greeks at the end of the Persian invasion of Greece.
Who is Xerxes?
What is the Parthenon?
Who is Athena?
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people.
What is an oligarchy?
City-state known for its athletic competitions.
What is Olympia?
First revolt in Ancient Greece to rebel against Persian control.
What is the Ionian Revolt?
A hill above a Greek city on which temples were built.
What is the acropolis?
God of sun, poetry, and music.
Who is Apollo?
A government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king.
What is a tyranny?
What is the agora.
Battle in which the Greeks were outnumbered, but attacked Persians from three sides and won.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
What is a drama?
God of fire and metalworking.
Who is Hephaestus?
A member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society.
What is an aristocrat?
City-state whose economy relied on farming and conquests of other people.
What is Sparta?
Battle in which a Greek traitor showed the Persians a secret path through the mountains to defeat the Greek army.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
a great ancient Greek philosopher who taught by asking his students thought-provoking questions.
Who is Socrates.
Goddess of agriculture.
Who is Demeter?