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Early Greeks Test

Early Greeks, Polis, Sparta & Athens, and Persian War

TermDefinition
Helots Conquered by Sparta and forced into slavery.
Themistocles The Athenian General who convinced Athens to build ships during the Persian Wars.
Xerxes The son of Darius and fierce Persian king.
Tyrant Someone who takes power by force ruling illegally.
Oligarchy When few people or families rule a government.
citizens Native born free men in society.
Monarchy One person rules legally.
Democracy When the people rule the government.
Direct Democracy Every citizen votes on laws, foreign policy and leaders.
Representative Democracy Citizens vote to elect officials, who then vote on laws and foreign policy on behalf of the people.
Thermopylae 300 Spartans fought, the Persian army, to their death while 200 Greek ships were being built.
Salamis Naval battle in the Persian War.
Immortals Paid Persian soldiers who were replaced immediately upon death in battle.
Hop-lite Greek citizen army.
Marathon Battle won by the Greeks where Pheidippides ran 25 miles to report victory and died.
Plataea Final battle ending the Persian War.
traders traveling by ship to trade with other countries. (The Minoan people did this)
Trickery The Mycenaeans most famous victory was the Trojan War when King Agamemnon used ____ to win the war.
Acropolis A fortified gathering place near the center of the polis where religious temples were located.
The Trojan War The Mycenaeans' most famous victory in war.
Dark Ages When the Mycenaean civilization collapsed from 1100-750 B.C.E.
Phoenicians Where the Greeks get their alphabet from.
Iron The Greeks got more advanced ____ tools from the Dorians'.
Polis The name for a Greek city-state.
Citizens Responsible for running each polis.
Peninsula Body of land with water on 3 sides.
Agora Open area of land below/surrounding the acropolis.
Rights of Greek Citizens vote, hold office, own property, defend oneself in court.
Phalanx formation Side by side formation that the hoplites marched into battle in.
Minoans Around 1400 B.C.E., the Mycenaeans replaced these people as the Mediterranean super power.
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