The Ancient Greeks #1
Spartan Slave
What is a Helot
Marketplace or gathering place
Agora
A settlement ruled by another country
storyteller
what is a bard
A military formation of foot soldiers armed with spears and shield
what is a phalanx
harsh ruler
what is a tyrant
a government where people have the say
a religion that was created in ancient Persia
What is Zoroastrianism
A small group of people that have control over a country or institution
what is oligarchy
A province in ancient Persia
What is a Satrapy
A person who searches for enlightenment and wisdom
what is a philosopher
A Greek city-state
what is a polis
A body of land with water on three sides
what is a peninsula
Governor of a province in ancient Persia
what is a satrap
elected council member in Sparta's government
what is an ephor
form of democracy in which the people vote for themselves
Colonies were first established by which country around 700 BC to supply food.
What is Greece
Greek alphabet was based on this alphabet
What is the Phoenicians
Made their living as traders
What is the Minoans
The Persians already controlled the Greek city in ___________ because of the conquests made by Cyrus
What is Anatolia
Sparta used these for money which made trade very difficult.
What is heavy iron bars
Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Salamis
Who is Xerxes
Persian king who invaded Greece at Marathon
Who is Darius
A democratic Leader of Athens
who was Pericles
Persian King who created a huge empire
Who is Cyrus
Group of people that learned to navigate by the sun and stars by the Minoans
Who were the Mycenaeans
300 year period of time in Greece what trade and farming failed and education stopped
What is the dark age
Appointed ten generals who carried out the assembly's laws
What is the Athenian assembly
Sparta won by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city
What was the Peloponnesian War
Greek tyrant who seized power and divided estates among landless farmers
Who is Peisistratus