Early Greece & Geography
Wars
Athens and Sparta
Famous Greeks
Famous Greeks pt 2
100
This covers about 80% of the Greek mainland.
What are mountains?
100
In these wars Athens and Sparta fought together against a common enemy.
What are the Persian Wars?
100
This Greek city-state developed the world's first democracy.
What is Athens?
100
He was a Macedonian military genius who conquered from Greece to the Indus River.
Who is Alexander the Great?
100
Leading philosopher of Athens who is known for his teaching method, his student Plato, and for being put to death for refusal to denounce his beliefs.
Who is Socrates?
200
This group located in modern Lebanon created the first phonetic alphabet?
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Who are the Phoenicians?
200
In this war Athens and Sparta fought against one another.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
200
Very militaristic society in which the state was most important.
What is Sparta?
200
Blind poet from the Greek Dark Ages who wrote the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
He is most well known for his mathematical theorem about right triangles that includes his name.
a2 + b2 = c2
Who is Pythagoras?
300
This early civilization developed on the island of Crete with legendary King Minos and labyrinth.
What is the Minoan Civilization?
300
At this battle 300 Spartans and other Greeks held off the Persian invading force giving Athens time to be evacuated.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
300
Women had more rights in this city-state such as the right to own property.
What is Sparta?
300
King of Persia who conducted the second invasion of Greece in the Greco-Persian Wars.
Who is Xerxes?
300
This leading politician of Athens pushed for democratic reforms which increased the participation of all Athenian citizens to participate in government.
Who is Pericles?
400
This group centered on mainland Greece borrowed customs from the Minoans and were the setting of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
400
During the First Persian Wars, the Athenians defeated the Persians at this battle resulting in a retreat by the Persians and a run by Pheidippides.
What is Marathon?
400
Form of government of Sparta in which power is in the hands of a few.
What is oligarchy?
400
He tutored Alexander the Great, was student of Plato's, and started the Lyceum.
Who is Aristote?
400
The “father of history” who wrote about the Persian Wars.
Who is Herodotus?
500
This people invaded Greece with iron weapons and brought on the Greek Dark Ages.
Who are the Dorians?
500
This was a major result of the Persian Wars.
What is Athens emerged as the most powerful city state and has a Golden Age?
500
What is the Parthenon?
500
Eureka! This mathematician invented the heat ray and screw pump and made contributions to geometry.
Who is Archimedes?
500
He was known for his work in medicine and wrote an oath that is still used by doctors today.
Who is Hippocrates?