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Chapter 7 Exam
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Colonies | were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not frow 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 i the Peloponnesian war by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city |
| Pericles | leader who mad Athens more democratic |
| Cyrus | king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the empire |
| Leonidas | Spartan king who led 7000 soldiers at Thermopylae |
| Xerxes | Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the battle of salamis |