Vocabulary
Very old stories that are told to justify beliefs and actions
What are myths?
Around what body of water was most of the Greek trade carried out?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
What enemy of Greece did Darius I and Xerxes lead?
Who are the Persians?
Who introduced democratic government in Athens?
Who is Solon?
Which civilization began in Crete?
Who are the Minoans?
Another word for "a maze"
What is a labyrinth?
Was most Greek influence spread across coastal areas or inland areas?
What are coastal areas?
What is a trireme?
What are Greek warships used in the Persian Wars?
What was stressed the most in Spartan society?
What is military conquest and dedication to Sparta?
Which people took over from the Minoans?
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Long poetic stories, such as The Iliad and The Oddysey.
What are epic poems?
A large island south of mainland Greece where Minoan civilization was established.
What is Crete?
What led Athens and Sparta to fight together?
What is the invasion of Greece by the Persians?
What type of government did merchants form in some Greek city-states?
What is an oligarchy?
Which Minoan King supposedly built a labyrinth beneath his enormous palace?
Who is Minos?
The highest point in an ancient Greek city was known as what?
What is acropolis?
Over which continents was Greek culture spread?
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Darius I was upset that who helped the Ionians fight against the Persians?
Who is Athens?
Which city-state developed a democratic form of government?
What is Athens?
How are the histories of Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations similar?
What is they were both great at trade and both declined mysteriously?
A form of government in which citizens have a direct role in governing.
What is democracy?
What geographical features contributed to city-states being isolated from one another?
What are high mountains, valleys, plains, seas, rivers, etc.
This well-known battle is where King Leonidas and his Spartan warriors fought against a much larger Persian force in order to allow Athenians to retreat and regroup.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
Which city-state obtained what it needed through conquest?
What is Sparta?
Which are the two theories mentioned in the textbook for the decline of the Mycenaeans?
What are natural disasters and invasions by the Sea Peoples?