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Question | Answer |
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Who is Solon? | a ancient greece oligarch who was no harsh. |
Who is Pisistratus? | a tyrant who brought peace and prosperity. |
Who is Cleisthenes? | the father of democracy. |
Who is Pericles? | encouraged people to take pride in there city was a democrat. Macedonia took over. |
Who was Socrates, Plato, Aristole? | They used logic and reasoning, rather tham the work of the gods to explain events. |
Monarchy? | Rule by one/king |
Oligarchy? | rule by few |
Democracy? | rule of the people |
Tyranny? | rule by force |
Representative Democracy? | citizens elect officials to represent them . |
Direct Democracy? | rule by all |
What did athens look like? | rocky, mountains, lands surrounded by water, Travel was hard, and hot climate. |
Why did athens have a strong navy and why did sparta have a strong army? | Athens was a surrounded by mainly water. Sparta was near land mostly. |
Persian wars ? | The greeks were far more clever. |
Battle of Salamis? | Athens rammed their small ships into Persia large ships |
Battle of Marathon? | Greeks won because of there clever minds and a messenger ran 26 miles to give them great news but fell and died. |
Battle of Plataea? | end of war |
Battle of Thermopylae? | Sparta helped athens but sadly they lost AND Persia BURNED ATHENS TO THE GROUND. |
What is the Delian League? | ATHENS WAS THE STRONGEST MEMBER AND EVERY CITY-STATE IN THE DELIAN LEAGUE PLANNED TO PROTECT TRADE ON THE AEGEAN SEA |
What is the peloponnesian league? | SPARTA WAS THE STRONGEST THE LEAGUE WAS AFRAID OF THE GROWTH OF ATHENS AND DECLARED WAR! |
Sparta women? | Had more rights then athens could have land |