These Soldiers lived in Greece and swore to protect their city's constitution.
What are Athenian Soldiers?
100
Greeks based their alphabet on this ancient cultures alphabet.
What is the Phoenician?
100
This form of government was used by Athens and is a system where all citizens share in running the government.
What is a Democracy?
100
He was the famous king of the Spartans who died at Thermopylae.
Who is Leonidas?
100
Focused almost entirely on the military.
What is Sparta?
200
At age seven Spartans were taken from their home to train, at age 20 they joined the military, and this age they were age to finally live at home again.
What is age 30.
200
If you were a free, native born, land owning man you were granted this special right in Ancient Greece.
What is Citizenship?
200
This person takes power by force and rules with total authority.
What is a Tyrant?
200
He was the son of Darius and the King of Persia that invaded Greece during the battle of Thermopylae.
Who was Xerxes?
200
Ruled by kings, three of the most famous were Cyrus, Darius, and Xerxes.
What is Persia
300
The Greeks defeated Persia and King Darius during this battle, Athens learned of the victory from a runner who died after his over 26 mile run from the battle field to the city.
What is the battle of Marathon.
300
The First Greeks were called Mycenaeans and they migrated from this region to the East of Greece.
What is Central Asia.
300
This form of Government was used by the Spartans and is where a few people hold power.
What is an Oligarchy
300
He believed the Navy was the key to defending Greece from Persia. He even lied lied to the council to get the money needed to build more ships, it paid off when he won at Salamis.
Who is Themistocles?
300
The empire was divided into 20 different provinces called Satrapies.
What is Perisa?
400
Three hundred Spartans stood their ground against hundreds of thousands Persians in this battle where king Leonidas was killed.
What is the Battle of Themopylae?
400
After a great victory over Persia the Greeks hauled 20,000 tons of Marble and took 15 years to build this monument.
What is the Parthenon?
400
When the Spartans conquered their neighboring city-states they took slaves called this.
What is Helots?
400
He led Greece through the Golden Age of Art, philosophy, and Democracy.
Who is Pericles?
400
Focused on trade, philosophy, and democracy especially during it's golden age.
What is Athens?
500
The Persian Navy was defeated in narrow strait and led by the brilliant politician Themistocles in this battle.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
500
This was an open area used for meeting and as a marketplace in Greece.
What is an Agora?
500
Each of Greece's city states was like a tiny independent country called this.
What is a Polis?
500
This group banded together and promised to protect Greece from Persia.
What is The Delian League?
500
Won the Peloponnesian war and attempted to rule all of Greece, but it only lasted 30 years before people began to rebel.