Geography
Greece is surrounded by water on 3 sides, making it a __________________
a peninsula
Name the 4 types of governments used in Ancient Greece
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny & Democracy
What type of government did Athens and Sparta have?
Athens = democracy
Sparta = oligarchy
What is the name of the Greek fighting formation?
phalanx
Alexander the Great was from
Macedonia
Most of mainland Greece is covered in
mountains
In this form of government, all the political decisions were made by one person called a king
monarchy
Athens economy was based on
trade
What was impressive about the Greeks win in the Battle of Marathon?
they won although they were significantly outnumbered
For 27 years, Sparta and Athens fought in which war?
Peloponnesian War
Mountains caused city-states to be ____________ from one another
isolated/separated
In this type of government, one person seizes power by force and rules single handedly.
tyranny
Sparta's focus was on having a strong ___________
military
300 Spartan soldiers helped fight in what battle?
Thermopylae
Name one way Alexander spread Greek culture
~ built Greek marketplaces, temples and theaters
~ brought Greek laws, art and literature
~ soldiers & gov. officials were to speak Greek
Settlements in distant places are known as
colonies
In this type of government, people vote to make political decisions
Democracy
In which city-state did women have more rights?
Bonus: what were some of those rights?
Sparta
Rights = own land, play sports
Which two battles during the Persian Wars were won by the Greeks?
Marathon and Salamis
Alexander required all Greeks to accept him as the son of ____________
Zeus
_______________ were sent to distant lands to grow food and send it back to the mainland
colonists
In an oligarchy, political decisions were made by oligarchs. Who were these oligarchs originally?
aristocrats who overthrew the monarchy
Most of the work in Sparta was completed by ___________
helots (slaves)
What were the names of the two Persian kings who fought during the Persian Wars?
Darius I and Xerxes
Alexander died at the age of _____ in the city of ______________
33; Babylon