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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece Vocabulary, People, Events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Minoan civilization arose where? | Crete |
| Minoan life was centered around palace complexes. Which of the following is an example of one of these? | Knossus |
| This was an Epic Poem by Homer describing the Trojan War? | Iliad |
| A Greek city-state? | Polis |
| The Greek marketplace was called the? | Agora |
| A defensible fortification in the center of the polis? | Acropolis |
| Heavily armed infantry largely composed of commoners are called? | Hoplites |
| In the Athenian system of democracy, citizens viewed as dangerous were voted into exile. This was called what? | Ostracism |
| Slaves in Sparta were called? | Helots |
| In the mid-500’s BC, the dominate Empire was? | Persia |
| The Persian King that changed the policies regarding the Ionian Greek city-states, which later rebelled, was? | Darius I |
| At which battle did the Athenian General Themistocles lure the Persian Navy into a trap? | Salamis |
| The Athenians led an alliance of Greek city-states for common defense against the Persians. What was this called? | Delian League |
| The building of the __________ under Pericles enraged members of the Delian League. | Parthanon |
| The ____________ War resulted from the Athenian perceived tyranny over the other members of the Delian League. | Peloponnesian |
| What foreign power regained control of the Ionian city-states following the Peloponnesian War? | Persia |
| He defeated the Persians at the Battle of Gaugemela and established the largest empire the ancient world had ever seen. | Alexander The Great |
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