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Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where were the first colonies establish and why | Colonies were first establish by Greece around 700 B.C because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. |
| The Minoans made their living traders. | |
| Peisistratus | Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers |
| The Mycenaeans learned navigating the sun 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 defeats Athens in Peloponnesian war by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. | |
| Pericles | Leaders who made 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 |