what the Greeks ate a lot of because of the mountainous terrain and poor soil
What is seafood?
100
the language the Minoans did not speak
What is Greek?
100
a type of government in which people rule themselves
What is democracy?
100
the city credited with the idea of democracy
What is Athens?
200
the landform that best describes the geography of mainland Greece
What is a peninsula?
200
what the Greeks became very good at since they had so much coastline and could not do as much on the mountains
What is sailing?
200
the island the Minoan culture developed on
What is Crete?
200
wealthy landowners
Who are aristocrats?
200
the main way the Greeks votes aside from the secret ballot
What is raising hands? or What is a show of hands?
300
the large sea to the southwest of of Greece
What is the Mediterranean?
300
what developed because the mountains kept the Greek people separated
What are isolated cultures? or What are city-states?
300
the earliest civilization to speak Greek
Who are the Mycenaeans ?
300
a leader who holds power through the use of force
What is a tyrant?
300
a name for Cleisthenes who thought the the aristocrats shouldn't run the government and had too much power
What is "the father of democracy"?
400
the sea to the east of Greece
What is the Aegean?
400
what developed since the Greeks were such good sailors and had such poor soil
What is trading?
400
how the Mycenaeans conducted their "trading"
What is attacking other kingdoms? or What is "anything but peaceful"?
400
people who have the right to participate in government
Who are citizens?
400
the Athenian leader who encouraged democracy, paid public officers, and tried to show how great Athens was by having great buildings like the Parthenon built
Who is Pericles?
500
the sea to the west of Greece
What is the Ionian Sea
500
a three level rowed ship that had a bronze battering ram at the front
What is a trireme?
500
what may have caused the decline of the Minoan empire
What is a volcano or volcanic eruption?
500
a government in which only a few people (like aristocrats) have power