Trade, transportation, fishing, and natural harbors were a few of the benefits of living near this.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
100
This group of people were some of the first to call Greece home. They were expert sailors and settled on the islands.
Who are the Minoans?
100
During this time many Greeks left the mainland to settle on the islands of the Aegean Sea.
What are the Dark Ages?
100
In this type of government all citizens take a share in running the government.
What is a democracy?
100
A Greek city-state is called this.
What is a polis?
200
These things made it hard to travel within Greece.
What are mountains?
200
These people were trained in wrestling and were expected to be fit so they could raise fit children.
Who are women in Sparta?
200
This was a time when poverty took over and trading slowed. It was started by earthquakes and fighting.
What are the Dark Ages?
200
Sparta had this type of government.
What is an oligarchy?
200
This was the area located on top of a hill. It was a place that provided safe refuge in times of attack.
What is the acropolis?
300
This is an open space that serves as a market and a place where people could meet and debate issues.
What is the agora?
300
The Spartans didn't believe in setting up colonies. They did this instead.
What is conquer new lands?
300
During this Sparta conquered Athens, causing many city-states to rebel against Sparta and fighting between several Greek city-states.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
300
This is a form of government where the ruling power is in the hands of one person who has seized control.
What is a tyranny?
300
Greeks made a living doing these things.
What are fishing and trading?
400
This was the trading center of the Greek world.
What is Athens?
400
This group of people became Greece's first kings.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
400
Some of the benefits of this included a source of more food and more land for people to settle and farm.
What is colonization?
400
What are the Assembly, The Council, and The Courts.
What are the bodies of government in Athens?
400
Spartans called their captive workers this.
What are helots?
500
Isolation of city-states, lack of unity, and lack of resources were all a result of this.
What are mountains?
500
His father took over Greece, and eventually the Persian Empire. He led his armies into India but died shortly after at age 32.
Who is Alexander the Great?
500
This group of people moved south from the mountains to Peloponnesus. They brought with them iron tools and weapons. They were the first people to find what was known as Sparta.
Who are the Dorians?
500
In the Atheanian Government, this group was made up of all adult male citizens who held meetings 40 times a year. They made decisions about war and foreign policy and wrote and revised laws.
What is the Assembly?
500
The conquests of Alexander the Great marked the beginning of this era.