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Social Studies Test
| Sparta | One of the two of the largest city-states in Greece. A city which is aggressive and trained to fight in war. | Oligarchy, focused on war and military |
| Agora | An open area where goods were traded and news was discussed | Many ideas and goods were traded and brought to Greece. It was a market and a place where people could meet and debate issues |
| Peninsula | A land form with ocean on 3 sides | That is where mainland Greece is |
| Strait | A narrow strip of water between 2 pieces of land | Helped fighting in one of the Persian war. |
| Parthenon | The best known architectural temple dedicated to Gods and Godesses | Workers hauled 20,000 tons of marble and took 15 years to build this. |
| Polis | A tiny independent country | Had its own government, usually where the Agora took place |
| Greek City-States | Both Athens and Sparta where city-states. They had their own forms of government. A tiny independent country | Only free, native born, land-owning men could be citizens |
| Cyrus the Great | A king of Persia | People really liked him. Managed to unite the Persians into a powerful kingdom |
| Xerxes | Another king of Persia | Wanted to conquer Greece for revenge |
| Satrapies | A group of provinces that was divided to help the king better rule Persia | A satrap was in charge of each satrapy to make sure the province was being ruled correctly |
| Minoans | A civilization who built ships and traded | Civilization was the first to come to Greece in Crete. It was a city which made wealth from trade |
| Myceneans | Invades that took over Greece from Minoans. | Originally from central Asia. A farmland with an acropolis in the middle |
| Hoplites | Name for Greek foot soldiers | Ordinary citizens in the army |
| Age of Pericles | Athens golden age | Athens blossomed under his leadership |
| Pericles | Leader of athens | Believed that people should be involved in government |
| Dorians | A Greek-speaking people who lived in Greece's northern mountains | Brought weapons to Greece |
| Direct democracy | People gathered at mass meetings to decide on government matters. All citizens could vote | Athenians had a strong faith in their democratic system. It was a very big part of their everyday life |
| Oligarchy | A few people who hold power. | Form of government in Sparta |
| Assembly | Sparta and Athens both had assemblies | Athens had a group of 10 generals that carried out the assembly's laws |
| Delian League | Athens joined with other city-states (excluding Sparta) to protect against the Persians | It defends Athenians against Persians and helped fight in the wars . |
| Tyrant | Rules with total authority | Some of the kings of Persia were tyrants. The growing unhappiness let to the rise of tyrants |
| Salamis | The Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet in the strait of Salamis. | The Greeks destroyed almost the entire Persian fleet and they had time to flee from Athens. They won because their ships were smaller and faster |
| Spartan Soldiers | Boys leave at age 7 to live in the barracks, at age 20, they join the regular army, at age 30, Spartans returned home but stayed in the army until age 60 | Spartans feared that the helots might someday rebel as a result the government firmly controlled the people of Sparta and trained the boys and men for war. They took land from neighbors by conquering them. |
| Athenian soldiers | Fought using ships to defeat the Persians, but could not defeat the Spartans in the Peloponnesian war. | They promised to pass their fatherland on in a better condition |
| Peloponnesian war | Sparta and other city-states battle Athens | It shattered any possibilities of cooperation among the Greeks and the fall of Greece |
| Athens | One of the two of the largest city-states in Greece. Athens was a peaceful city that worked on education, not war. | Democracy, focused on Government and Education |
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