Early Greece
Vocab
Important People
Golden Age of Greece
Wars and Battles
100

Group of people that settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 BC

Who are the Myceneans?

100

A state or government ruled by a King

What is a monarchy?

100

This was the leader of the 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae

Who is King Leonidas?

100

The two types of drama invented by the Greeks

What is tragedy and comedy?

100

Animal that Greeks hid in during the Trojan War, then escaped and took out the city of Troy

What is a horse?

200

The group of people that influenced the Myceneans

Who are the Minoans?

200

A state ruled by its citizens, majority rules decides a vote

What is democracy?

200

Leader of Athens during the Golden Age

Who is Pericles?

200

Also made possible during this age, Herodotus and Thucydides are known in this subject

What is history?

200

Revolt that started the Persian Wars

What is the Ionian Revolt?

300

Group of people that moved in after the Myceneans, known for not continuing the art of writing

Who are the Dorians?

300

Most powerful fighting formation in the ancient world, commonly associated with the Spartans

What is the phalanx?

300

Person who united Greece, created Hellenistic Culture, father was also a king 

Who is Alexander the Great?

300

One of the three philosophers that gained attention during the Golden Age of Greece

Who is Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle

300

In this battle, the Greeks were severely outnumbered, but King Leonidas and his 300 Spartans held the pass to allow the other Greeks to retreat

What is the Battle of Thermopylae?

400

This is the person who is known as the first poet in Europe (Hint: You can see him on the Simpson's)

Who is Homer?

400

State ruled by a small group of citizens, known as "power in the hands of few"

What is an oligarchy?

400

This person estimated the value of pi

Who is Archimedes?

400

One goal of Pericles 3 for Athens

Multiple answers:

Strengthen Athenian Democracy

Hold and strengthen the Empire

Glorify Athens

400
After this battle, Pheidippides ran 26 miles back to Athens to deliver the news of victory

What is the Battle of Marathon?

500

Name at least two of the bodies of water surrounding early Greece

What is Mediterranean, Ionian, Black, and Aegean Seas?

500

A narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds

What is an epic?
500

This philosopher provided basis for scientific method today, mentored Alexander the Great

Who is Aristotle?

500

The Greek art portrayed during the Golden Age

What is idealism?

500

This was the war that took place between Athens and Sparta

What is the Peloponnesian Wars?