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chapter 7 exam revie
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Colonies were the 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 |
| Peisistratus | Greek tyrant that became popular giving lands to landless farmer |
| The Mycenaean's learn | navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. |
| Dark Age | A 300 year period of time in Greece beginning around 600 B.C when faring and trade failed and many stop reading and writing. |
| Athenian Assembly | appointed 10 generals who carried out the assembly law |
| Sparta | Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesians war by destroying their navel fleet and blockading the city |
| Pericles | leader who made Athens more democratic |
| Cyrus | king who built a strong Persian army an 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 |