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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 of time 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. |
| Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. | 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 | Compare the Greek city states of Athens and Sparta, their people and their achievements. Which one had the more lasting effect on Greece? Why? |
| What were some of Solon’s great reforms in Athens? | Why did Athens need to trade with other city-states and colonies, and what products did they trade with? |
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