Key Terms and People
What is the Greek word for city-state?
polis
What type of democracy do we use in the USA?
representative democracy
True or False: Greece had a lot of mountains and it was hard to go from one place to another.
True
True or False: Tyrants were pretty good rulers.
True
Who won the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Who is the king of the gods?
Zeus
Who was the Parthenon built for?
Athena
True or False: Homer was famous for his fables.
False
Where were assemblies held?
at the agora
What landform is the mainland of Greece?
a peninsula
Order the types of democracy in the order they happened in Athens.
Options: oligarchy, democracy, monarchy, tyranny
monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, democracy
What happened if a baby wasn't healthy in Sparta?
they would take the baby outside the city and leave him/her to die
What was Ares the god of?
war
Who was Socrates' student?
Plato
When did the Peloponnesian War happen?
in the 400s BC
OR
431 BC to 404 BC
Draco made _____ ____.
harsh laws
What sea was to the west of Greece?
the Ionian Sea
Who overthrew the oligarchy and was the first tyrant?
Peisistratus
At what age could soldiers participate in the assembly and move back home in Sparta?
30
What was the war between the gods and the Titans called, and who won?
Titanomachy; the gods
Many ancient Greeks considered _________ to be the center of the Earth.
Delphi
What was Sappho famous for?
She was one of the most famous lyric poets of Greece.
Peisistratus ________ ___ _________.
overthrew the oligarchy/aristocracy
When did a volcano erupt that could have caused the end of the Minoan civilization?
sometime in the 1600s BC
How many people needed to vote for a major decision?
about 6,000 people
Why was one of the alliances called the Delian League?
because the money was kept on the island of Delos
What does the Odyssey tell the story of?
the challenges the Greek hero Odysseus faced on his way home from the (Trojan) war
When did Hypatia teach about mathematics and astronomy?
in the 300s and 400s AD
Aphrodite was the goddess of _____.
love
Who started the idea of citizens?
Solon
When did Mycenean civilization crumble, and what did that mark the beginning of?
1200s BC; the Dark Age
When did Athenian democracy end and who caused it?
the mid-330s BC; the Macedonians OR the 320s BC; a new king
When did the Spartans march to Athens and what was the first thing they did?
431 BC; they surrounded the city
Who were the 3 best tragedy writers?
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides
Who invented the water screw and when?
Archimedes; in the 200s BC