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CH7 EXAM
Question | Answer |
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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. |