A | B |
Homer's two greatest works are the | Iliad and Odyssey |
Long before Homer, Greek families worshiped their ______ as gods | ancestors |
The Greek city-state was called a | polis |
The Greeks viewed all non-Greek people as _____ | barbarians |
King of all the gods | Zeus |
God of the sun | Apollo |
Brave leader of the Spartans at Thermopylae | Leonidas |
Goddess of wisdom | Athena |
Battle of Marathon | 490 BC |
End of Minoan civilization | 1400 BC |
A Greek "dark age" begins | 1200 BC |
The term _____ means rule by one. | monarchy |
The ____ War between Athens and Sparta lasted from 431 BC to 404 BC | Peloponnesian |
The period between Alexander's conquest and the rise of the Roman Empire is known as the ________ Age | Hellenistic |
The term ________ means rule by the "best". | artistocracy |
The term _____ means rule by a few rather than one or many men. | oligarchy |
A successful military strategy used by the Macedonian army was the ______, a large group of foot soldiers trained to charge the enemy as a group. | phalanx |
The bad form of one-man rule that arises when one man seizes power by appealing to the people is called ______. | tyranny |
The term _______ means rule by the many or the common people. | democracy |
______ means "lover of wisdom" | philosopher |
To prevent another Persian invasion of Greece, Athens formed the _______ League | Delian |
To multiply her military strength, Sparta formed the ______ League. | Peloponnesian |
Wrote in the form of dialogues | Plato |
Tutored young Alexander the Great | Aristotle |
Brought Athenian democracy to its fullest measure | Pericles |