Dog
What mainland of Greece is surrounded by seas?
The Peninsulas
Greece sits in the southern edge of what continent?
Europe
By 550 BC Greeks became great what?
Traders
Name the person who made harsh laws.
Draco
What are the two writings we studied? (Homer's)
Iliad and Odyssey
What two things did the Greeks become skilled at?
Shipbuilders and Sailors
Name the three deadly occurrences of Greece?
volcanos
earthquakes
tsunamis
A government that only has a few people with power is called what?
Oligarchy
How is the greatest hero known to most people?
Hercules
What is one of the fables from Aesop that we talked about?
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Tortoise and the Hare
What civilization developed in 2000 BC?
The Minoan
Where do the people settle?
Flat areas and valleys
Democracy means what?
Ruled by the people
Who was the greatest poet writer in Greece?
Homer
How were the towns/villages separated?
By Mountains or Waters
What led the Minoans to the end of there rein?
Tsunami
The Dark Age left no what?
Written records
From 460 BC to 429 BC what age was around?
Golden Age
What kind of system was central to Greece?
Education system
Who allowed "all" males to have a say in laws and decisions?
Cleisthenes
What civilization ended in the Dark Age?
Mycenaean
What is the Greeks word for city state?
Polis
Greeks saw that who/what caused all events?
gods
Who wrote many short stories and what were the stories called?
Aesop Fables
As Greece gained more power what did they establish?
Colonies