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Greece test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what are the 3 seas around greece | Aegean, Mediterranean, And Ionian seas. (mia) |
| How much land is covered with mountains in the rugged mountains region? | 3/4ths. |
| How is the soil and climate in the rugged mountains region? | Rocky soil and dry climate |
| when were the Minoans around | 1750-1550BC |
| where were the Minoans located | the island of crete |
| What was built on the island of crete? | large palaces like knossos |
| what did Homer write? | Iliad and Odyssey |
| when were the polis set up | 800 BC |
| Who ran politics | the richest men |
| where did these men meet | they met in an assembly |
| What did these men do | made political decisions for city-states |
| What was Athens form of government | democracy |
| What did Athens encourage | Open discussion and political participation from all citizens |
| how did athenian democracy work | majority rule |
| Where was Sparta located | On peloponnesus |
| What was Sparta's soceity | a military soceity |
| what was Sparta's government | an oligarchy |
| when did the kings have some authority | during war times |
| how was Sparta's assembly | weak made out of citizens |
| what was Sparta's main political party | run by 5 wealthy land owners called ephors |
| what did the Olympics do? | it brought city-states together for sporting events every 4 years. |
| what did the Olympics honor | Zeus and 8 other gods |
| when did the Olympics start | around 776 BC |
| when did the Persian war start | 400 BC when Darius invades greece |
| what happened at the battle of marathon | Athenians defeat larger persians at marathon |
| what did the messenger do | ran 26.2 miles to Athens to tell victory |
| when did xerxes invade greece | 490 BC |
| How many soldiers and ships were there | 200,000 sailors and 800 ships |
| what city-states band together | Sparta and athens |
| what happened to persia in slamis | persian navy is defeated in salamis after destroying athens |
| how much of the Persian navy was destroyed | more than half |
| what league did Sparta start | the peloponnesian league |
| what league did Athens start | the Delian league |
| how long did the golden age last | 479-431 BC |
| who lead Athens during the golden age | pericles |
| what did Pericles support | arts |
| what were salaries set up for | public jobs, juror, public officials |
| what was supported | architure, temples, theaters, public officials |
| what flourished during this timeline | wrighters and play rights through tragedies and comedies |
| who advanced medical stuff | hippocrates |
| who were the greatest thinkers | Socrates, Plato, and aristole |
| when was the peloponesian war | 431-404 BC |
| what leagues were in this war | the peloponesian league and the Delian league |
| who attacked athens | sparta |
| who is Alexander the great | the son of Phillip II from macedonia |
| when did Phillip come to power and conquer all of greece | after the peloponesian war |
| what did Phillip want to do | rule the world |
| where did he want to conquer | eastern Europe, northern and western africa. |
| what did the empire include in 321 BC | Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Persia. |
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