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Rich landowners
What are aristocrats
100
Who created democracy?
Cleisthenes
100
Greece lies on what types of landforms?
peninsulas and islands
100
Who were the first people to live on Greece?
Minoans
100
Who is the most famous fable writer?
Aesop
200
A leader who uses force to hold power
What is tyrant
200
What does "demos" mean in Greek?
people
200
What separates each Greek community?
mountains
200
What did the Minoans build?
ships
200
What did Homer write?
poems and epics
300
People who have the right to participate in government
What are citizens
300
Where was an assembly held?
on the side of the hill/acropolis
300
Greece is a part of which continent?
Europe
300
Who was the first civilization to speak Greek?
Mycenaens
300
Where did the Minoans live?
Crete
400
A high hill that often had a fortress on its top
What is acropolis
400
Who made democracy the best and spread it throughout Greece?
Pericles
400
Why does Greece experience natural disastuers such as volcanoes and earthquakes?
It is on the border of a tectonic plate/fault line
400
What did the Mycenaeans build?
fortresses
400
Who was the first tyrant?
Peisistratus
500
Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live
What are fables
500
In a democracy, how is voting done? What 2 ways?
1. a show of hands 2. breaking pottery and placing it in piles
500
What 3 seas surround Greece?
Ionian, Mediterranean, Aegean
500
How did the Minoans die? How did the Mycenaeans die?
Minoans-volcano and tidal wave Mycenaeans-invasions and 3 earthquakes
500
What two forms of government did Greece have BEFORE democracy?
kings oligarchy/aristocrats