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Ancient Greece
World History Chapter 7 Review
| Answer | Question |
|---|---|
| The Parthenon | The temple built to honor Athena |
| Mount Olympus | The home of the Greek gods |
| acropolis | A fortified hilltop at the center of a Greek city-state |
| assembly | Part of the Athenian government that held the most power |
| oligarchy | A system of government in which a few wealthy people hold power |
| Minoans | They helped to shape the first Greek civilization |
| Mycenaen | The ________ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece. |
| aristocracy | The landholding elite |
| Pericles | Takes over the Delian League; uses money to strengthen Athenian fleet |
| tyrant | a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority |
| polis | a Greek city-state |
| bard | storytellers |
| slaves | In Ancient Greece they could not vote, own land or even use their own names. |
| Crete | Home of the Minoans |
| a united country | The geography of Greece prevented Greeks from forming these |
| prosperity and culture | After the Persian Wars, Athens enjoyed a golden age because of |
| Pericles | Takes over the Delian League; uses money to strengthen Athenian fleet began a "golden age" |
| Peloponnesian War | Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight |
| Persian Wars | These began as a result of Greek Revolt against Persian rule |
| rhetoric | The art of public speaking |
| Peloponnesian Wars | The Greek city-states were left divided and weak as a result of this conflict |
| peninsula | Greece is this type of landform. |
| colony | This is a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland |
| agora | This is a market and a place where people meet and debate |
| ephor | This is a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection in Sparta |
| helot | The Spartan name for a slave |
| phalanx | A group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows |
| citizens | Greek city-states were run by ___________. |
| earthquakes and civil war | Which factor or factors started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization? |
| free, native-born men who owned land | Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship? |
| democracy | A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government |
| running, wrestling, and javelin throwing | Spartan women were trained in these activities |
| Xerxes | Defeated the Greeks at Thermopylae |
| Darius I | He reorganized the government and divided the Persian Empire into satrapies and led soldiers into battle at Thermopylae |
| Cyrus | He expanded the Persian Empire into Mesopotamia, Anatolia, Syria, and Canaan with his strong army and was known for treating conquered people fairly |
| Herodotus | He wrote the History of the Persian Wars |
| Delian League | Served as a protective group and a defensive league for Greek city-states |
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