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SOCIAL STUDIES
SPARTA, ATHENS, PERSIAN AND PELOPONNESE WARS
Question | Answer |
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LAWMAKER CREATED SPARTAN SOCIETY | LYCURGUS |
CREATED PERSIAN EMPIRE BY CONQUERING SOUTHWEST ASIA | CYRUS THE GREAT |
AGREEMENT TO WORK TOGETHER | ALLIANCE |
UNIT OF SOLDIERS ON HORSEBACK | CAVALRY |
WHAT TWO GROUPS WERE INVOLVED IN THE PELOPONNESE WAR | DELIAN LEAGUE AND PELOPONNESE LEAGUE |
LEADER OF DELIANT | ATHENS |
LEADER OF PELOPONNESIAN LEAGUE | SPARTA |
WHAT COUNTRY CONQUERED GREECE | MACEDONIA |
WHAT HISTORIAN COVERED THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR | THUCYDIDES |
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT WHERE A FEW WEALTHY MEN OR FAMILIES RULE | OLIGARCHY |
TYPE OF GOVERNMENT WHERE EACH CITIZEN HAS A VOTE ON EACH ISSUE | DIRECT DEMOCRACY |
FATHER OF DEMOCRACY WHO CANCELED DEBT AND ENDED SLAVERY | SOLON |
NATURAL TRAGEDY OCCURRED THAT WEAKENED ATHENS | PLAGUE |
NAME TWO MAJOR SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SPARTA AND ATHENS | LANGUAGE, RELIGION, PHYSICAL EDUCATION, MEN HAVE MORE RIGHTS |
TO BANISH OR EXILE SOMEONE FOR UP TO 10 YEARS | OSTRACISM |
WHAT EVENT STARTED THE PERSIAN WARS | IONIAN REVOLT |
WHAT ARE THE THREE MOST INFLUENTIAL CITY-STATES IN GREECE | SPARTA, ATHENS, THEBES |
WHAT INTERNAL PROBLEMS LEAD TO THE DOWNFALL OF ATHENS | ATHENIAN ALLIES REVOLT, MONEY IS GONE, ATHENIAN CITIZENS REVOLT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT. |
WHAT BATTLE IS CONSIDERED THE MOST GLORIOUS DEFEAT IN HISTORY | THERMOPYLAE |
HOW DID DARIUS I CHANGE PERSIA'S POLITICAL ORGANIZATION | DIVIDED EMPIRE INTO 20 PROVINCES EACH WITH A GOVERNOR (SATRAP) |
WHAT WAS THE FUNCTION OF THE TWO KINGS IN SPARTA | LEADERS OF THE ARMY |
WHICH FOUR ATHENIAN LEADERS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GROWTH OF DEMOCRACY IN ATHENS | SOLON, CLEISTHENES, PEISISTRATUS, PERICLES, |
HOW WERE THE PERSIANS ABLE TO CONTROL SUCH A VAST EMPIRE? | EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION (ROYAL ROAD) AND THEY DIVIDED INTO 20 PROVINCES |
FATHER OF HISTORY WHO WROTE ABOUT THE PERSIAN WARS | HERODATUS |
NAME THE 2 REASONS THE PERSIANS INVADED GREECE. | EXPAND THE EMPIRE INTO EUROPE, TAKE REVENGE ON ATHENS |
DURING ATHENS GOLDEN AGE, WHAT LEADER WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS GROWTH IN POWER | PERICLES |
WHO AIDED SPARTA SO THE COULD FINALLY DEFEAT ATHENS | PERSIA |
WHAT TWO PERSIAN LEADERS ATTACKED GREECE? | DARIUS AND XERXES |
HOW DID ATHENS GAIN WEALTH AFTER THE PERSIAN WAR? | USED ITS NAVY TO PROTECT OTHER CITY-STATES FOR MONEY AND CREATED THE DELIAN LEAGUE |
NAME THE TWO MAJOR REASONS/CAUSES FOR THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR | FEAR AND JEALOUSY |
NAME THE 3 BODIES OF WATER THAT SURROUND GREECE ON ITS WEST, EAST AND SOUTHERN COASTS | WEST-IONIAN SEA SOUTH-MEDITERRANEAN SEA EAST-AEGEAN SEA |