Government
Famous Athenian leader during the Golden Age of Athens, had Athens rebuilt after destruction during Persian Wars
Pericles
Explain one result of the Persian War
Greece won, Athens burned, preserved independence, Athens emerged as the dominant power in Greece...
Describe the battle of Thermopylae
A Spartan force of 300 held off the Persian army of 180,000 for three days...
The Greek mainland is considered a ____________. (geographic feature)
peninsula
Describe the importance of the library of Alexandria.
Collection of scrolls
A government where one King or Queen rules the people.
Monarchy
What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?
His exhausted troops refused to fight anymore.
At what age were Spartan men done serving in the army?
60
Explain why independent city-states developed instead of one unified Greek kingdom.
mountains, islands
The Ancient Greeks invented this "study of knowledge"
philosophy
According to the Athenian constitution, who was allowed to vote?
free adult male citizens
Alexander The Great's tutor
Aristotle
Explain the Athenian and Spartan strategies during the Peloponnesian War.
Athens- remain behind the city's protective walls and receive supplies from their colonies and navy.
Sparta- The Spartans and their allies surrounded Athens, burned farmland around the city.
Greece is located on this major sea
Mediterranean Sea
What form of architecture, developed in ancient Greece, do we see in our culture today.
columns
After the death of Alexander, ___________gained control over Egypt by ______________.
Ptolemy, stealing Alexander's body
Explain the cause of the Persian War.
Athens helped Iona revolt against Persia.
What was the name of the alliances set up by Athens AND Sparta after the Persian War?
Delian League- Athens
Peloponnesian League- Sparta
How many miles from West to East did Alexander The Great conquer.
3,000
Describe the Socratic Method
Compare and contrast the democratic system of ancient Greece and the United States.
Greece- direct democracy
United States- representative democracy
Name two Kings of the Persian Empire that fought against the Greeks.
Darius and his son Xerxes
Explain two causes of the Peloponnesian War
Athens was using money from the Delian League to rebuild their city. Sparta was jealous of the power Athens had after the Persian War.
Name the largest Island of Greece.
Crete
Hellenistic Culture was a blend of what cultures?
Greek, Persian, Egyptian, Indian