Greece

Early Greece

100

Ancient Minoans were located on the island of ____

Crete 

200

In mythology, King Minos kept a ________ monster in maze like structure below 

Minotaur

300

Excavation of Crete happened in 1900 by __________

Arthur Evans 

400

In the Iliad, Mycenaeans defeat what civilization located in Asia Minor 

Troy

500

Minoans Writing System 

Linear A

600

Sport of the ancient Minoans. Had women jumping over

Bulls

700

Ancient Minoan City of ___________

Knossos 

Archaic Period

100

What type of government formed in Athens 

Democracy 

200

the settlement of an upper part of an ancient Greek city, especially a citadel

Acropolis 

300

Formation used for war

Hoplite Phalanx

400

Greek Expansion of territory 

Colonization 

500

Structure used to host Chariot races in Greek Olympics 

Hippodrome

600

What grew around a citadel—gradually forming towns with farms

Polis

700

Name for the marketplace in Greek city-states

Agora 

Persian Wars

100

• The Greeks of _____ rebel against the Persian empire from 499 - 493 BC

Ionia

200

• 521-486 BC, __________ (Son of Cyrus) rules the Persian empire after Cyrus’ death

Darius "the Great"

300

Battle where the Persian army is caught completely off guard, being forced to retreat to the sea

Marathon

400

Ruler of Persia during the second Persian Invasion 

Xerxes 

500

• To try and slow the Persian attack to let the rest of greece prepare. The Spartans gathered between in a mountain pass at _______ which the Persians would have had to pass through 

Thermopylae

600

Sea Battle that Xerxes watched. Where his fleet was destroyed by Athenian Navy 

Battle of Salamis 

700

Xerxes built ________ to help his army travel?

Pontoon Bridges 

Classical

100

Athenian politician who helped build the Parthenon 

Pericles 

200

Element to Athenian defense, structure went from Athens to the Sea

Long Walls

300

Used the method of question and answer, taught Plato 

Socrates 

400

Historian who recorded much of the Peloponnesian War?

Thucydides

500

Athens after the death of Pericles, lost a lot of soldiers attacking what territory

Sicily or Syracuse is fine

600

What was built at the top of Athens Acropolis 

The Parthenon 

700

Was ostracized from Athens in 461 B.C for trying to help Athens

Cimon

Hellenistic

100

Was killed by his bodyguard. Helped fix Macedonias shortcomings. 

Philip II

200

Alexander the Greats, most famous city 

Alexandria 

300

Persian Emperor that Alexander the Great defeats 

Darius III

400

Term for Alexander the Great, spreading ideas, languages, technologies, etc. to other parts of the world

Cultural Diffusion

500

What is one of the ancient wonders of the world that was built in the Hellenistic period? 

Lighthouse of Alexandria

600

What religion was spread through merchants during the Hellenistic period 

Judaism 

700

What battle completed Alexander the Great's conquest of Darius III's Persian Empire 

Battle of Gaugamela