Vocabulary
Athens v. Sparta
Minoans and Mycenaeans
Gods
Democracy
100

The top, the best, special

Elite

100

Athens suffered one of these, in which no art or technology was advanced for a long time.

A Dark Age.

100

The name of the Minoans' main island home.

Crete

100

King of the Gods

Zeus

100

It first occurred in ______________.

Athens

200

Symbolism

Iconography

200

Of the two poleis, this one had the stronger navy.

Athens.

200

The Minoans' main palace was called ___________.

Knossos

200
The Parthenon

Athena

200

In a democracy, all ________________ share in the ruling power.

citizens

300

A raised place for religious ceremonies.

Altar

300

In Athens, women were not educated nor were they able to own________.

Property.

300

Half man, half bull.

Minotaur

300

The hunt

Artemis

300

Most of the poleis in Ancient Greece began with this type of government.

monarchies

400

A market.

Agora

400

Sparta's government was an ___________.

Oligarchy.

400

Of the two, which culture is considered to be less advanced.

Mycenaeans.

400

Wife of Zeus

Hera

400

In Sparta's oligarchy, there were two __________.

Kings

500

The head and wings of an eagle, with the body of a lion.

A griffin.

500

If you were a full citizen of Sparta, you were this old.

30

500

This one is hard:  what do they call the Mycenaean warrior whose tomb was found with Minoan metalwork and jewelry.

The Griffin Warrior

500

The harvest

Demeter

500

In Athens, a democracy replaced this kind of government.

Tyranny