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Question | Answer |
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what did the geography of Greece have to do with the development of greek culture | they traded a lot and had no farmland |
what was the oracle of delphi and what did you get when you visited the oracle | a prophecy |
after the trojan war, what group of people became the dominant group in greece | dorians |
what were the greek dark ages and what did they forget to do | 400 years and to write |
what cultural influences did the mycenaeans and the minoans share | architecture art and religion |
what is the meaning of the words polis | citystate |
acropolis | building on top of a hill |
who was the greatest storyteller of ancient greece and what two major books did he write | homer-- iliad and odyssey |
what ancient greek tyrant's law reforms were very strict and supposedly written in blood | draco |
who was wolon and what was he known for | his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline |
helots | servants- did the jobs the spartans didn't want to do |
phalanx | battle formation |
aristocracy | noble people |
oligarchy | few leaders in power |
monarchy | ruled by a king or queen |
who wrote the history of the persian wars | herodotus |
what started the persian wars | persians invaded india- supported by athens |
main battle that defined the first persian war | marathon |
battle of salamis was a naval battle, what happened to the persian forces | sunk by the rams on the front of ships |
who was pericles and what did he do for athens | strengthen democracy- strengthen and expand empire |
what was the delian league | group to prevent further invasion |
what started the peloponnesian war who won | sparta being resentful of athens- sparta |
during the peloponnesian wars, what killed 1/3 of athens | plague |
who was socrates | father of western philosophy |
what happened to socrates | he was poisoned by hemlock |
plato | student of socrates |
what book did plato write | the republic |
what did alexander the great do for greece | defeated persia, spread greek culture |
who was alexander the great's father | phillip 2 |
what city did alexander the great found in egypt | alexandria |
what ancient wonders was alexandria known for | library of alexandria, museum of alexandria, colossus of rome, lighthouse |
how was ancient greek civilization and culture affected by geography | mountains separated the city states |
what ways were athens and sparta similar | both in greece, very advanced culturally |
what ways were athens and sparta different | athens is an army sparta is a navy |
why is the age of pericles considered to be a golden age in greece history | they used gold to beautify athens-- direct democracy |