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Flashcards by Nikki Dolten, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Nikki Dolten
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| Question | Answer |
| Around how many islands did Greece consist of? | 2000 |
| Which present-day country's west coast did Greece also own? (HINT: It was previously known as Anatolia.) | Turkey |
| Three fourths of Greece consisted of what? | Rugged Mountains |
| One fourth of Greece consisted of what? | Tiny, Fertile Valleys |
| One Fifth of Greece consisted of what? | Arable |
| Give some examples of Greece's natural resources. | Olives, Grapes, Grains, Staple Crops |
| What important resources did Greece lack of? | Timber, Precious Metals, Usable Farmland |
| What are the three seas that were important to the Greeks? | Aegean, Ionian and Black Sea |
| What kind of climate did Greece have? | Varied |
| What was the range of temperature the climate of Greece covered? | 48-80 Farenheit |
| Give the large city of Crete where the legendary Minotaur is said to have lived. | Knossos |
| What kind of government did the Minoans have? | Bureaucratic Monarchy |
| What kind of religion did the Minoans have? | Matriarchal |
| To whom did the control of Crete pass to after the Minoans? | Mycenaeans |
| Who wrote the Iliad? | Homer |
| What was the war that involved Mycenaeans fighting against the Trojans? | Trojan War |
| What was the western shore of Asia Minor later called? | Ionia |
| To whom did the Mycenaeans succumb to? | The Dorians |
| What were lost during the Dorian Invasion? | Good Economy, Trade, Writing |
| What kind of religion did Dorians have? | Polytheistic |
| What emerged after the Dark Ages? | CIty-States (Polis) |
| A word that means "virtue and excellence". | Arete |
| What are the city states that emerged on the mainland? | Athens, Sparta, Thebes and Corinth |
| What are the city states that didn't emerge on the mainland? | Miletus, Naxos, Samos |
| Military formations of the Greeks | Phalanxes |
| Large fortified hilltop | Acropolis |
| Political structure involving a king | Monarchy |
| Political structure involving a small noble group | Aristocracy |
| Political structure involving a few powerful people | Oligarchy |
| Powerful people who seize control of the government | Tyrants |
| Political structure involving people ruling themselves | Democracy |
| How many leaders did Sparta have? | Two |
| What were the three social classes of Sparta? | Spartiates, Perioeci, Helots |
| What was the Spartan body of government that consisted of 30 members? | Council of Elders |
| Who was the Athenian nobleman who treated criminals very harshly? | Draco |
| Who was the Athenian who outlawed debt slavery? | Solon |
| Who was the Athenian who grouped citizen based on geography? | Cleisthenes |
| What council did Cleisthenes introduce? | Council of Five Hundred |
| Where was Sparta located? | Peloponessus |
| Which region did Sparta first conquer? | Messenia |
| What were the wars between Persia and Greece? | The Persian Wars |
| Which battle involved King Darius getting defeated by the Athenians? | Marathon |
| Who was assigned to run to Athens to deliver the message, "Rejoice, we Conquer?" | Pheidippides |
| Which battle involved Xerxes being held back by Greeks in a mountain pass? | Thermopylae |
| Which battle involved Xerxes attacking Athens and getting defeated? | Salamis |
| Which battle involved Xerxes' last defeat? | Plataea |
| What did the Greek city-states start after their victory over the Persians? | Delian League |
| The system that states anyone considered a threat to the government can be sent into exile | Ostracism |
| What war involved Sparta and Athens battling each other? | Peloponnesian |
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