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Greece
World History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earliest civilization on Crete. | Minoans. |
| Earliest Greek civilization, conquered Crete from Minoans. | Mycenaeans. |
| Seafaring civilization in Mediterranean and Aegean Seas. | Phoenicians. |
| Greek city state. | Polis. |
| Governing system led by a king, hereditary rule by one. | Monarchy. |
| Rule by upper class, characteristic of governing system. | Oligarchy. |
| One man rule, often a military leader. | Tyrant. |
| Writing system that consisted of 22 letters. | Phonetic alphabet. |
| Blind Greek poet, best known for writing the Illiad and the Odssy. | Homer. |
| Heavily armed Greek infantry soldiers. | Hoplites. |
| Dealing with worldly, non-religious affairs. | Secularism. |
| Forces of nature that cause phenomenon to occur. | Natural law. |
| Athenian philosopher who focused on ethics and challenged authority. | Socrates. |
| Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates. | Plato. |
| Greek philosopher and scientist from Stageira, student of Plato. | Aristotle. |
| Persian warrior king. | Cyrus the Great. |
| Persian governors in the provinces who answered to the king. | Satraps. |
| Greek scientists led by Pericles of Athens, formed after Persian Wars. | Delian League. |
| Civil war between Athens and Sparta, Spartan victory. | Peloponesian War. |
| Macedonian king who conquered Persia, India, and Egypt. | Alexander the Great. |
| Era of Macedonian control after Alexander the Great's death. | Hellenistic Age. |
| What were the alliances in the Persian War? | Athens and Sparta vs Persia. |
| Why did the Persians invade Greece? | Athens was sending war ships to the Ionian Greeks to help them rebel against Persia. |
| First Greek victory in the Persian War. | Marathon. |
| True or False: The Athenian army was much larger than Persia's. | False, but the Athenians were still powerful. |
| What happened at Thermopylae? | Themistocles, the Greek ruler, knew Marathon was a temporary victory and had Athens improve their fleet, Sparta sided with Athens and took charge of the army. Greeks were defeated because of a betrayal. |
| What happened at Salamis? | Persians burned Athens to the ground, but the citizens had already moved to Salamis, Greek ships destroyed the Persian ships. |
| Results of the Persian War. | A Greek sense of uniqueness was increased, Athens became the most powerful city state, Delian League (forced), moved treasury to Athens. |
| Age of Pericles. | Golden Age of Athens/Age of Pericles, led by Pericles, believed that all male citizens should take part of government, gave salaries to governors (went wrong), set up a direct democracy, rebuilt Acropolis, Athens became the culture center. |
| Group between Sparta and other enemies of Athens to take them down. | Peleponnesian League. |
| Spartan government. | Oligarchy. |
| Athenian government. | Democracy. |
| (Pelopenessian War) Athenian disadvantages. | Athens had a geographical disadvantage, overcrowding of citizens in Athens led to diseases, democracy fell apart, Sparta aligned with Persia, empire and fleet were destroyed. |
| Aftermath of the Pelopenssian War. | End of Athenian greatness, corrupt Athenian democracy, fighting between city states, Greece became vulnerable, cultural development stopped. |
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