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Chapter 7 exam prep
Question | Answer |
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Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. | |
The Minoans made their living as traders. | |
Peisistratus – Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. | |
The Mycenaean’s learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. | |
Dark Age – a 300-year period in Greece beginning around 600 B.C. when farming and trade failed, and many stopped reading and writing. | |
Athenian Assembly – appointed 10 generals who carried out the assembly’s laws. | |
Pericles – leader who made Athens more democratic | |
Cyrus – king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the empire | |
Leonidas – Spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae | |
Xerxes – Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Salamis | |
Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. |