| A | B |
|---|
| Helped prevent the Greeks from having a unified country. | The mountainous interior of Greece |
| Helped the Greeks become sea traders. | The natural bays, inlets and coves of Greece |
| Sea to the east of mainland Greece | Aegean Sea |
| Southern Italy, Sicily, and the Black Sea. | Areas where the Greeks created colonies |
| Homer | Possible man, woman or compilation of people who wrote down the Iliad and Odyssey |
| Knossos | The principle expression of this civ's advance culture |
| Thera | Many historians think that the explosion of a volcano on this island wiped out the Minoan Civ. |
| These people entered Greece during Greece's Dark Age. | Dorians |
| This civilization is described by Homer in the Iliad and Odyssey | Mycenaean |
| Mycenaean Ideal (Achilles) | Single hero who proves his honor and valor in combat |
| Mycenaean Ideal #2 (Odysseus) | Single hero who proves his honor and valor through his intellect |
| Heavily armed infantry soldier. | Hoplite |
| Military Formation designed to disrupt or break the enemy line using it's speed and weight. | Phalanx |
| City described by Homer that was destroyed by the Greeks in their quest to regain Helen. | Troy |
| To wipe out the trade competition. | A more plausible reason for the Greeks war againt Troy. |
| This civilizations religion was female dominant. | Minoan Civilization |
| Dark Age of Greece | 1100-800 BCE |
| Steadiness, discipline and the ability to work together. | New ideal (Archaic Age) of the Greek Soldier. |
| Corinth | Sent a governor to establish the government and laws of it's colonies. |
| Athens | Allowed it's colonies to decide and establish their own governments. |
| Phoenicians | Taught the Greeks how to adapt their alphabet writing sytem to the spoken language of Greece. |
| Rising Population and the need for grain and fertile areas. | Reasons for the Greeks creating colonies. |
| Tyrants | Type of government where the power is given to or is taken by one person. |
| Homoioi | Full Spartan citizens, allowed to own property, vote, and serve in army. |
| Perioikoi | Middle Class of Sparta, were not citizens. Could own property and run businesses. |
| Helots | Slaves of Sparta, no rights, made up 75% of population. |
| Ephors | 5 annually elected leaders that conducted the day to day business of Spartan government. |
| Lykurgus | Nickname: Lawgiver. Established a constitution for Sparta. |
| Messenians | Neighbors of the Spartans that were conquered so the Spartans could have more room. |
| 6 | Age of Spartan boys when they joined the army. |
| 60 | Age when Spartan men could retire from the army. |
| At age 18 had to pass a skills and fitness test or become a Perioikoi | Spartan Females |
| Had to pass a very rigorous fitness, military, and leadership test at age 18. | Spartan Males |
| Would be judged by the Council of Elders if they were fit enough to live | Spartan babies |
| Spartan Training | Made war seem like a vacation! |
| To keep up their skills and harder their hearts to killing, the Spartans often declared open season on these people. | Helots |
