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Geography & Government
City-States
Persian Wars
The Macedonians
The Legacy of Greece
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Because they found travel through the mountains to be more difficult.
Why did the greeks preferred sea travel to land?
100
Sparta trained both boys and girls for this purpose.
In what city-state did the education of both boys and girls include military training?
100
Because their empire was the largest and Greece had less land with fewer people.
Why the Persians believed it would be easy to conquer Greece.
100
The Macedonians were able to conquer Greece.
What was the major effect of the Peloponnesian War?
100
Hipparchus
Who is the man who calculated the distance from the Earth to the Moon?
200
Because they didn't need flat land to grow them.
Why were goats, sheep, olive trees, and grapes well suited to Greece?
200
Because they used iron rods for trade.
How do we know that Sparta discouraged trade with other city-states?
200
King Darius
Who was the ruler of the vast Persian Empire?
200
After Alexander's death.
When did Alexander's empire fall apart?
200
Pythagoras and Euclid
Who are the two Greek men associated with geometry?
300
First was consulting an oracle, second - gathering food and supplies, third - traveling by sea, and fourth - choosing a good location.
What were the four specific actions the Greeks took to start a colony?
300
Only free men, who were citizens, were allowed to speak there.
In Athenian democracy, who were the only people that could speak in the assembly.
300
King Leonidas
Who is the Greek king that force the Persians to fight in a narrow pass at Thermopylae?
300
Alexander the Great because he gave them a common enemy.
Who was responsible for uniting the Greek city-states under his command?
300
In Greek temples.
Where did Greek gods live in Ancient Greece?
400
In a Greek oligarchy because the rich became richer.
Under what type of government did the poor become poorer?
400
Under a Greek oligarchy because the rich became richer.
Under what type of government did the poor become poorer?
400
The battle of Salamis.
What is the name of the Greek battle in which the Greeks won using their knowledge of waterways?
400
He encouraged people to believe he was a god.
What is the way Alexander used religion to control his empire?
400
Because the Greeks loved sports.
How do we know that ancient Greeks valued physical health as much as intellect?
500
The first is taking government rule by force, the other inherits the power.
How does a tyrant and king come to rule?
500
They were selected for the Council of 500.
In Athens, the men were selected for members of what council in a random drawing?
500
The battles of : Marathon, Salamis, and Thermopylae.
What are the names of three famous battles in which Greeks used a clever strategy to win?
500
He adopted Persian practices.
What did Alexander do after his military victories in Persia?
500
Because they built her the Parthenon on top of a hill.
How did the Athenians show they highly honored Athena?