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chapter 7 exam
16 cards in total
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Colonies were established by Greece in 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 the 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 battle of salamis |