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Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Minoan palace complex on the island of Crete who large number of rooms inspired the legend of the Minotaur in the labyrinth. | Knossos |
| narrow water ways that connect two larger bodies of water, such as the Dardanelles and Bosporus | straits |
| rule by many | democracy |
| rule by a few | oligarchy |
| rule by the landed wealthy | aristocracy |
| wrote 2 famous epic poems used to teach values such as courage and honor | Homer |
| a law-making assembly, usually elected by the people | legislature |
| a unification of city-states against a common enemy | alliance |
| Sparta and its allies who united against Athens | Pelopponesian League |
| Athens and its allies who united against Sparta | Delian League |
| The first Greek civilization located on the island of Crete with evidence of bull worship; named after famous king Minos | Minoan |
| The first Greek state, located on the Pelopponesian Peninsula | Mycenae |
| Greek word meaning courage and honor in battle | arete |
| Wars fought between the coalition Greek army and the Trojans and topic of Homer's epic poem "The Iliad" | Trojan Wars |
| The Dardanelles and Bosporus Straits connect this body of water to the Aegean Se and the Mediterranean. | Black Sea |
| A Greek city-state | polis |
| The name Greeks referred to their homeland as | Hellas |
| What two city-states fought for dominance of Greece in the Peloponnesian Wars from 431 to 404 BC? | Athens and Sparta |
| Who aided Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars and helped to defeat Athens? | The Persians |
| Athens and Sparta formed a coalition army to defeat what invaders from 499-449 BC? | Persians, in the Persian Wars |
| What type of government evolved in Athens? | a limited, direct democracy where citizens directly vote for laws |
| What type of democracy is the US today? | a representative democracy, where people elect representatives to make laws |
| What leader expanded democracy in Athens to include more people in the democratic process during Athen's Golden Age? | Pericles |
| How did Pericles allow lower classes to participate in the government? | paying a stipend |
| What type of rule existed in Athens where a powerful leader took power by force? | tyrant |
| What famous temple was built to honor Athena? | Parthenon |
| fortified meeting place in the center of the city-state | acropolis |
| Under Athenian democracy, who could participate in the government? | citizens only |
| What happened to overly ambitious people in Athens who were thought to pose a threat to democracy? | ostracism |
| military strategy using a tight formation of shields | phalanx |
| name of Spartan slaves were were not citizens and farmed the land of the wealthy | helots |
| a Greek foot soldier | hoplite |
| Where did the helots originate? | invaders to the region enslaved the natives, who became helots, and created Sparta |
| What is the effect of a mountainous terrain? | development of independent, rival city-states, not a unified kingdom |
| When Mycenae was invaded by the Dorians, Greece entered a period of decline and loss of education and trade...known was? | a dark age |
| In this epic poem by Homer, Helen of Sparta is taken by the prince of Troy; a coalition of Greek armies (Sparta, Mycenae, Ithaca...) invade Troy on the coastline of Asia Minor | Iliad |
| This epic poem by Homer recounts the adventures of the King of Ithaca, Odysseus, as he makes his way home from the Trojan War | The Odyssey |
| What is a representative democracy? | a form of democracy where people elect representatives to make decisions, instead of direct participation (USA) |
| In what battle against the Persians did the Athenian army unexpectedly win, leading to the story of a messenger running 26 miles to Athens to announce victory? | Battle of Marathon |
| In what ways did Ancient Greece influence the US government? | juries, innocent until proven guilty, democracy, architecture of government buildings |
| why did Greeks create colonies around the Mediterranean? | limited arable land left the Greeks looking for resources in other areas |
| What Athenian leader expanded democracy to include more people and led Athens in their Golden Age? | Pericles |
| What Greek contribution started off as a festival to Zeus with footraces? | Olympics |
| What contribution started off as a festival to Dionysus, god of Wine, and included drama and tragedies? | theater |
| Mathematician, inventor and philosopher who was known for his inventions of the water pump screw, levers and pulleys? Also, war machines | Archimedes |
| Who calculated the circumference of the earth accurately? | Eratosthenes |
| What philosopher argued for using logic and examining everything; was later sentenced to death | Socrates |
| student of Socrates who distrusted democracy; recorded what we know about Socrates | Plato |
| student of Plato whose works were used 1500 years later in early European universities | Aristotle |
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