Greek City-States
This Greek city-state was known for democracy and culture.
What is Athens?
Athens and Sparta fought against each other in this war.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
He asked questions to find the truth.
Who was Socrates?
the main political unit of Ancient Greece
What is a city-state?
A government ruled by kings.
What is a monarchy?
This Greek city-state focused on military training.
What is Sparta?
Athens and Sparta united to fight Persia in this war.
What is the Persian War?
He was a student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle.
Who was Plato?
A military formation of soldiers with shields and spears
What is a phalanx?
The Minoans were famous for this type of wall painting made on wet plaster.
What is a fresco?
The Greek word for a city-state.
What is a polis?
He wrote about the Persian Wars and is called the “Father of History.”
Who was Herodotus?
He taught Alexander the Great and studied science, logic, and politics.
Who was Aristotle?
All Greeks shared this, even though city-states were different?
What is Language, religion, and traditions?
The Minoans became rich from this activity on the sea.
What is trade?
This leader of Athens supported democracy and the arts.
Who was Pericles?
This poet wrote about the Trojan War in the Iliad.
Who was Homer?
A person who studies ideas about life, truth, and knowledge.
What is a philosopher?
The arrival of the Dorians led to this period of decline.
What is the Greek Dark Age?
The Minoans and Mycenaeans lived on islands and coasts in this sea.
What is the Aegean Sea?
Government ruled by a small group of elite people.
What is an oligarchy?
This famous wooden trick helped the Greeks win against Troy.
What is the Trojan Horse?
Athens became a center of philosophy during this leader’s time.
Who was Pericles?
This group of people moved into Greece after the fall of the Mycenaeans.
Who were the Dorians?
This island was home to the Minoan civilization.
What is Crete?