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CH7 EXAM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Peisistratus – | Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| The Mycenaean’s | learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. |
| farming and trade failed, | and many stopped reading and writing. |
| Sparta finally defeated Athens, | in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. |