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Early Greeks
Athens/Sparta
Religion
Alexander the Great
Vocabulary
100
These people were considered the earliest of the greek civilizations.
Who were the Minoans.
100
Athens relied on their protection using a strong _________.
What is navy.
100
The king of the gods.
Who is Zeus.
100
He came from this part of the world.
What is Macedonia.
100
Greek-like
What is Hellenistic.
200
The island that the earliest Greeks settled on.
What is Crete.
200
Sparta had this form of government throughout their reign.
What is a monarchy.
200
The goddess of wisdom and justice.
Who is Athena.
200
To start his empire, he defeated this other empire.
Who is the Persian Empire.
200
A period in a society's history marked by great achievements.
What is a golden age.
300
A group of Greeks who lived on the mainland and conquered the Minoans.
Who were the Mycenaeans.
300
Sparta disapproved of contact with outsiders, so they did not ___________ with any other city-state.
What is trade.
300
If you were sent to the underworld, you would meet this god.
Who is Hades.
300
One of Alexander's goals was to spread this throughout the lands that he conquered.
What is Greek culture.
300
A system where the people elect leaders and rule by majority.
What is a democracy.
400
Because of the poor soil, the Greeks' jobs were mainly _________, ________, _________.
What is fighters, sailors, and traders.
400
This 27-year war was fought between the Athenians and Spartans, but ultimately destroyed the Greeks.
What is The Peloponnesian War.
400
The home of the Greek gods and goddesses.
What is Mt. Olympus
400
He was the one, single ruler of Greece and his empire for ______ years.
What is 11 years.
400
A landform that has 3 sides surrounded by water.
What is a peninsula.
500
He was a Mycenaean who wrote epic stories, legends, and recorded history of the early Greeks.
Who was Homer.
500
Sparta had 3 times the amount of these in their city-state and they treated them much more harshly.
What are slaves.
500
The Greek titan who is considered the father of the gods.
Who is Cronus.
500
The Greek philosopher who taught Alexander as a young boy in school.
Who is Aristotle.
500
Political units made up of a city and all the surrounding lands.
What is a city-state.