Geography & Settlement
Greece is a land surrounded by water on three sides, a geographic feature known as this.
What is a peninsula?
This form of government features a single ruler, such as a king, who usually inherits power.
What is a Monarchy?
Unlike the trade-heavy economy of Athens, this city-state relied on farming and conquering local neighbors.
What is Sparta?
This massive empire was the common enemy that forced Athens and Sparta to work together.
What is the Persian Empire?
Because of these steep geographic features, Greek communities developed into isolated "city-states" rather than one united country.
What are mountains?
In this form of government, power is held by a "few" wealthy individuals.
What is an Oligarchy?
At age 7, boys in Sparta were sent here.
What is Military Training Camp?
This battle saw a small Greek force defeat a much larger Persian army on a plain, and a messenger allegedly ran 26 miles to deliver the news.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
To get the resources they lacked, such as timber and metal, Greeks relied on this activity across the Mediterranean.
What is trade?
This type of leader usually takes power by force and is often supported by the poor or the military.
What is a Tyrant?
In Athens, these people had no rights and were often forced to work in silver mines or as household servants.
Who are enslaved people?
During this battle, 300 Spartans famously held off the Persians at a narrow mountain pass.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
Because farmland was scarce, many Greeks sailed across the sea to start these in places like Turkey, Italy, and France.
What are colonies?
Athens is famous for developing this "Rule by the People" system.
What is Democracy?
Unlike Athenian women, Spartan women had the right to own this.
What is property?
The Greeks defeated the Persian navy at this battle by using their smaller, faster ships to ram the Persian vessels.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
Ancient Greek sailors often stayed close to the shore because they lacked these two things for navigation.
What are compasses and lighthouses?
Cleisthenes created this 500-member council to help advise the assembly.
What is the Boule?
Athens used a busy marketplace called this.
This was the final decisive battle in 479 B.C.E. where an allied army of 80,000 Greeks finally ended the Persian threat.
What is the Battle of Plataea?