People to Know
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Facts 1
Facts 2
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discovered the Minoan civilization
Who is Arthur Evans
100
A large fighting ship used by the Ancient Greeks and others beginning in the late 6thcentury B.C.
What is trireme
100
A small strip of land, with water on both sides that connects two larger areas of land
What is isthmus
100
Balkan
What is the peninsula is Greece located
100
grapes and olives
What is main crops in Greece
200
wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
Who is Homer
200
a cruel ruler, someone who usually took control of a government illegally and ruled alone
What is tyrant
200
a deadly sickness
What is plague
200
About 2,000
What is the amount islands that are part of Greece
200
War-like
What is the type of people the Mycenaeans were like
300
son of King Darius, led Persians against the Greeks
Who is Xerxes
300
a slave owned by the state in ancient Sparta
What is helot
300
an agreement to cooperate
What is alliance
300
3/4
What is How much of Greece consists of mountains
300
Minoans were peaceful, and the Mycenaens were war-like
What is one difference between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans
400
leader of Athens, believed jurors should be paid and believed in democracy
Who is Pericles
400
a walled fort built on a hill
What is acropolis
400
an open-air market and gathering place in Greek city-states
What is agora
400
thin
What is the type of soil is in Greece
400
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
What is the three Greek columns.
500
Spartan leader that led the Greeks against the Persians
Who is Leonidas
500
a bad leader
What is demagogue
500
a long story-poem
What is epic
500
hot and dry
What is Greece's climate
500
He felt that every citizen had the right to vote – not just the wealthy. He arranged for jurors to be paid so they would not lose money being away from their jobs
What is one key idea that Pericles developed for the Athenian people