People
This Persian Ruler built up his army and expanded his empire.
Who is Cyrus?
What is a helot?
This city-state is a democracy.
What is Athens?
Citizens have the power in this government type.
What is Democracy?
Athens´ navy was defeated and the city was blockaded.
What is How Sparta won the Peloponnesian War?
This Spartan king was defeated at Thermopylae during the Persian War.
Who was Leonidas?
A person who takes power by force and rules with total authority.
What is a tyrant?
This city-state sent its boys to military camps.
What is Sparta?
Citizens vote for officials, who then make laws, in this type of democracy.
What is representative?
Carry out the the laws of Athens, including presiding over court cases and calling the assembly.
What is the job of Athens´ generals?
This Persian ruler reorganized the empire AND attacked the Greeks at Marathon
Who is Darius I?
A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government.
What is democracy?
This city state kept enslaved people.
What is both or Athens and Sparta?
This type of democracy worked well in Athens because there was a small number of citizens.
What is direct?
A period of time when farming failed and few read or wrote.
What is the Dark Ages?
This Persian ruler defeated the Spartans at Thermopylae but lost at Salamis.
Who is Xerxes?
A system of government in which a few people hold power.
What is an oligarchy?
This city-state won the Peloponnesian War.
What is Sparta?
Often confused with democracy, this government type also has a constitution that protects its citizens.
What is a republic?
This caused the Greek city-states to become fiercely independent.
What are mountains and valleys?
This Greek tyrant gave the landless farmers their own land.
Who is Peisistratus?
In Athens, feeling a sense of duty to the city-state and obeying the law were both reasons for doing this.
What is reasons to be a soldier OR reasons to fight?
This city-state led the Delian League.
This famous general of Athens made Athens more democratic.
Who is Pericles?
What is Phoenician?