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Geography of Ancient Greece
Early People of Greece
City-States and Greek Culture
The Golden Age of Athens
Alexander's Great Empire
100
A piece of land connected to the mainland by a small strip of land. (Peloponnesus was one of these)
What is an isthmus?
100
Early Greeks who settled on the island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
100
A large community, or city-state.
What is a polis?
100
Humorous plays.
What are comedies?
100
Agreements formed by city-states to help each other.
What are alliances?
200
Area known as "Little Asia"
What is Asia Minor?
200
Early Greeks who settled on the Greek mainland.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
200
Rule by the people
What is democracy?
200
Groups of allies.
What are leagues?
200
An empire of many cultures.
What is multicultural?
300
The largest of the 2,000 islands surrounding Greece.
What is Crete?
300
The process by which a culture takes ideas from other cultures.
What is cultural borrowing?
300
A small ruling group.
What is an oligarchy?
300
Serious plays in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
What are tragedies?
300
Alexander's answer when a soldier asked, "To whom will rule of the great empire go?".
What is "To the strongest!"?
400
A sheltered place with deep water close to shore.
What is a harbor?
400
Long story-poems.
What are epics?
400
An open-air market and gathering place.
What is an agora?
400
Deadly sickness.
What is a plague?
400
Another name for the "Greek-like" Age under Alexander's Rule.
What is Hellenistic?
500
Large fighting ships made my the Greeks
What are triremes?
500
Two of Homer's more famous works.
What are the Iliad and The Odyssey?
500
Wealthy ruling class.
What is an aristocracy?
500
Bad leaders.
What are demagogues?
500
What stories say that Alexander slept with under his pillow (2 items).
What are a dagger and the Iliad?