1.1-1.2:
Minoans and Mycenaeans
Minoans and Mycenaeans
The civilization that was conquered by the Mycenaeans.
Who are the Minoans?
The government where free citizens pass laws.
What is Democracy?
The method Greeks used to move their trade goods.
What are ships?
The city-state where women had more rights and independence.
Where is Sparta?
The reason the Greek win over the Persians was surprising.
What is the Persian army was huge/powerful?
The civilization that was the first to speak Greek.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
Term for upper city; highest point of the city.
What is acropolis?
The geographic feature that made farming and trade on the land difficult between city-states.
What are mountains? (Or islands, peninsula)
Where is Sparta?
The reason Sparta and Athens joined together.
What is the fight against Persians (or Persian invasion or war with the Persians)?
The half-man/half-bull creature that lived under the city of Knossos in the legend of King Minos and the labyrinth.
What is the minotaur?
These told stories of mythology and history of Ancient Greece.
What are epic poems?
The main Sea that was used for trade in Ancient Greece.
The city-state that valued education over military.
Where is Athens?
The Persian leader that invaded Athens.
Who is Xerxes?
The island where Minoan civilization began.
Where is Crete?
Type of government where a person rises to power by taking over.
What is tyranny?
Term for: the spreading of ideas from one culture to another.
What is cultural diffusion?
The city-state that made money by conquering instead of trading.
Where is Sparta?
The name of the place that Sparta occupied and was able to hold off the Persians to help Athens.
Where is Thermopylae?
The reason both the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations declined.
What is natural disasters?
Type of government where a small group of powerful citizens has control.
What is oligarchy?
The reason Greeks colonized other territories.
The name of the man that helped transform Athens into a Democracy.
Who is Solon?
The reason Darius I vowed to punish Athens.
What is Athens support for the Ionian revolt?