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Chapter 7 Exam
Question | Answer |
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Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. | Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. |
The Minoans made their living as traders. | The Minoans made their living as traders. |
Peisistratus | Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. |
The Mycenaean’s learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. | The Mycenaean’s learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. |
Dark Age | A 300 year period of time in Greece beginning around 600 B.C. when farming and trade failed, and many stopped reading and writing. |
Athenian Assembly | appointed 10 generals who carried out the assembly’s laws. |
Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. | Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. |
Pericles | leader who made Athens more democratic |
Cyrus | king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the empire |
Leonidas | Spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae |
Xerxes | Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Salamis |