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World history 3/29
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| He ran to let athens know they won | Pheidippedes |
| The temple of appollo was here | Delphi |
| The art of public speaking | Rhetoric |
| The greek city state was able to beat sparta after the greek civil war | thebes |
| city state | polis |
| This province revolted against persia and the athenians helped them | ionia |
| 7,000 greeks fought the persians here for 3 days | thermopylae |
| the sea battle where the greeks defeated xerxes | salamis |
| This athenian tyrant helped improve living conditions | solon |
| the name given to the alliance of greek states after the persian war | delian league |
| The athenian general who decided to fight persia on the sea | themistocles |
| The government of the people created by athens | democracy |
| Name given to the baked clay tablet that athenians used to write the name of undesireable politicians | Ostrakan |
| The spartan king at thermopylae | Leonidas |
| Greek civil war between athens and sparta | peloponnesian war |
| Name given to spartan slaves | helots |
| His aw code in athens was very harsh | Draco |
| The peninsula of southern greece | Pelopenneses |
| The island where the treasury of the greek alliance was held | delos |
| THe name of the temple to athena in athens | Parthenon |
| The oracle told them they would be safe behind this | wooden wall |
| the son of darius, he also attacked greece | Xerxes |
| she was the oracle | Pythia |
| The athenian leader during its golden age | Pericles |
| Athenian general in charge of forces at marathon | militiades |
| These peoplefrom the north conquered greece after its golden age | macedonians |
| Persian emperor who first attacked the greeks | darius |
| one man rule of a city state | tyrant |
| the persians lost this battle in the first war with greece | marathon |
| the fortified hill of athens | acropolis |
| the greek word for victory | Nike |