This was a public market and meeting place in an ancient Greek city
What is an agora?
100
This was the center of Athens’ religious life.
What was the Acropolis?
100
Great Greek thinkers were determined to seek truth. These men were also called "lovers of wisdom."
What were philosophers?
100
A boy began his military training at this age.
What is 7?
100
This king united Macedonia, formed alliances with Greek city-states, and built a strong army. He then began to capture Greek city-states
Who was Philip II?
200
Term in ancient Sparta for slaves who were owned by the state.
What is helot?
200
This was the center of Athens’ public life
What was the agora?
200
This is the type of government found in Athens
What is a democracy?
200
They had considerable freedom, especially in running family estates when their husband's were at war.
Who were Spartan women?
200
After his father’s death, this person took over as king of Macedonia
Who was Alexander?
300
This was the war fought between Athens and Sparta in ancient Greece; the war involved almost every Greek city-state
What was the Peloponnesian War
300
In ancient Athens, these people stayed at home, did not take part in politics or vote; they could not own property
Who were women?
300
Persian soldiers gathered at this place which was about 26 miles north of Athens. Pheidippides ran from here to Athens to bring news of Persia's defeat.
What is Marathon?
300
An army of foot soldiers standing side by side, each holding a spear in one hand and a shield in the other.
What is a phalanx?
300
In eleven years, Alexander the Great conquered Persia, Egypt, and lands beyond this river
What is the Indus River?
400
This was the king of Macedonia who conquered Persia and Egypt and invaded India
Who was Alexander the Great?
400
Greeks created these traditional stories about their gods.
What are myths?
400
The Greeks invented drama as an art form and wrote these two kinds of drama.
What are tragedy and comedy?
400
A trait greatly admired by Spartans.
What is obedience?
400
The blending of Greek culture with Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences.
What is Hellenistic culture?
500
This term describes Greek history or culture after the death of Alexander the Great.
What is Hellenistic?
500
These people were captured by pirates or by armies during war. Others were born into this
What are slaves?
500
This wise statesman led Athens through much of its Golden Age.
Who was Pericles?
500
Early historian who wrote about the Pelopponesian War
Who was Thucydides?
500
Greece was this land form surrounded on three sides by water.