Wars and Empires
Name the two major wars that shaped Ancient Greece
Greco-Persian and Peloponnesian
Name two things that the Greeks traded
Sheep, goats, pigs, barley, wheat, olives, grapes (wine)
The ancient Greek king of the gods
Who is Zeus?
Type where the people rule
Democracy
What was the result of the Peloponnesian war?
Made Greece weak and allowed Phillip II of Macedonia to take over all of Greece
Why was trade important in Ancient Greece
little farmland - needed to trade for what they needed
exchange of ideas happened this way
What does Hellenistic mean?
What is Greek (or Greece)?
He introduced direct democracy in Athens
Who was Pericles?
Philip II of Macedonia want to do?
Which city-states fought in the Peloponnesian war?
Sparta (Peloponnesian) nd Athens (Delian League)
Greece became part of this empire
What is the Macedonian Empire?
Means one to rule
Monarchy
What was Alexander the Great known for?
Becoming king at 19
Great military leader
Conquering Persia
What was a polis?
A city-state
(City-states were like little independent countries and existed all over Greece)
Name two reasons travel was hard for the Ancient Greeks.
Mountains, few/unpaved roads, shallow rivers, no place to stay, carts and wagons would break.
Means illegitimate ruler
Tyranny or Dictatorship
What was Philip II of Macedonia goal that his son, Alexander was able to accomplish?
What is conquer Persia?
Athens used Delian League money to build this
What is a powerful navy?
The geography in Ancient Greece isolated people to their cities. What was one of the main consequences of this isolation?
The formation of city-states
Means few to rule
Oligarchy
What different plans did Athens and Sparta develop to win the Peloponnesian War?
What is Athens used sea power while Sparta used land power?
We know about ancient Greece through the writings of these three historians
Who were Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon?
What was the difference between Athenian and Spartan government?
Athens was a democracy Sparta was an oligarchy