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Early Greece
Politics
Times
Places
Words
100
The first Greek people who were likely destroyed by a volcano on the neighboring island of Thera.
Who are the Minoans?
100
A Greek city-state.
What is a polis?
100
The time period in ancient Greece when poets wrote about epic heroes and mythology.
What is the Heroic Age?
100
The name the Greeks gave their land.
What is Hellas?
100
The name the Greeks called their land.
What is Hellas?
200
The ancient Greeks who enjoyed bull jumping and were great sailors.
Who are the Minoans?
200
The type of government where the people have the power.
What is a democracy?
200
The time period in ancient Greece when poets began to write about everyday life.
What is the Lyric Age?
200
The sea that ancient Greek life centered around; the sea that united the Greek islands and peninsula.
What is the Aegean Sea?
200
What is the Greek word meaning "power"?
What is kratos?
300
The early Greeks who were good sailors and came from the city of Mycenae.
Who were the Mycenaeans?
300
The type of government where a king has the power.
What is a monarchy?
300
1100-800 BC
What is the Dark Age of Greece?
300
The formal (or fancy) name for the Greek peninsula.
What is the Peloponnesus?
300
The Greek word meaning "people".
What is demos?
400
The invaders who brought and end to the Mycenaeans.
Who are the Dorians and Barbarians?
400
The type of government where an elite few have the power.
What is an oligarchy?
400
800-500 B.C.
What is the Lyric Age?
400
Greece was rocky, rugged, had many islands, and a peninsula. This made the different city-states isolated.
What is the geography of Greece?
400
The Greek word meaning "local unit" or "neighborhood".
What is deme?
500
The Greeks developed a written language.
What is the end of the Greek Dark Age?
500
The type of government where an elite wealthy few have the power.
What is an aristocracy?
500
The time period when Greeks flourished in art, architecture, philosophy, politics, and theatre. The peak of ancient Greece.
What is the Classical Age?
500
The land near Sparta that was conquered due to their fertile land.
What is Messenia?
500
The word coming from a Greek leader who was cruel in his law-making.
What is draconian?