Geography
What limited contact between Greek communities?
Mountains mad travel between villages difficult
these people were the first to be considered Greek
who are the myceneans
What is a polis
Greek word for a city-state
What is a direct democracy
What is polythiesm
greeks believed in many gods
What did the Greeks rely on for food and trade?
the sea
this civilization focused heavily on sea trade
who are the minoans
What is an acropolis
fortified hilltop found in Greek city-states
what is a tyrant
a ruler who takes power by force
who is Zeus
king of the Greek Gods
Why were the coastal plains and river valleys important to the Greeks?
The minoans were affected by this natural disaster
what is a volcanic eruption
the marketplace and center of daily life
what is the agora
who is solon
the leader created laws allowing all free ment to be citizens
who is the god of the sea
who is poseidon
What activity did the Greeks become skilled at because inland travel was hard?
sailing/shipbuilding
the myceneans became powerful after taking over this island
what is crete
how did athenians vote ?
they raised their hands
who is the leader known as the father of democracy
who is cleisthenes
this hero completed an impossible tasks by killing the hydra
Greeces location near this sea helped them trade widely
what is the mediterranean sea
these people were more warlike and built fortresses inland
who were the myceneans
What is an oligarchy
government ruled by a few
how does a monach receive power?
through bloodlines
why did Greeks write myths
to explain how the world works