Terms
A traditional story about gods and goddesses
What is a myth?
This is what a person leaves behind when they die
What is a legacy?
First civilization to arise in Greece
What is the Minoan civilization?
People who used military force to control the people they conquered
Who are the Spartans?
The Trojans believed this was a gift to the gods from the Greeks
What is a horse?
Government that is ruled by the people
What is a democracy?
These people qualified for Greek citizenship.
Who are native born men who owned land?
He wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
This was a major sea battle between the Greeks and the Persians. Mrs. Z thinks it because they ate it all.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
Father of all people; chief of all gods
Who is Zeus?
Prediction of the future
What is prophecy?
In Hellenistic kingdoms, government business was conducted in this language.
What is Greek?
These were three things Spartan women were trained in.
What are running, wrestling and javelin throwing?
The Greek city-state where democracy began
What is Athens?
A festival to honor the gods and goddesses that still takes place today
What are the Olympics?
A person who takes power by force and rules with authority
Who is a tyrant?
This is the reason for the fall of the Mycenaeans.
What are earthquakes?
He created a legal code that called for citizens to participate in government
Who is Solon?
Name 3 differences between Athenian women’s lives and Spartan women’s lives
*Spartan women: Could own property, Could go where they wanted,Trained in athletics to fit as healthy mothers
Athenian women: Children were taught household duties, spinning and weaving; wealthy learned to play instruments, read and write, Could not own property, Could not participate in government, Took care of home ,Could not leave home unless escorted by a man, Poor women might have had to work
The goddess of war
Who is Athena?
Enslaved workers captured by the Spartans
Who is a helot?
Public speaker who warned the Greeks about the Macedonians
Who is Demosthenes?
This person freed the Greeks from Persian rule
Who is Alexander the Great?
Philip II defeated the Greeks at this battle
What is the Battle of Chaeronea?
King Acrisius was killed by this in the myth Perseus and Medusa
What is a discus?