| A | B |
|---|
| Peninsula | Balkan |
| What seperates Greece from Asia Minor? | Aegean Sea |
| 1/4 farmland is what? | Grapes and Olives |
| Peninsula of southern Greece | Peloponnesus |
| Worlds largest inland sea | Mediterranean Sea |
| 1st Greek Civilization | Minoan |
| legendary king of Crete | Minos |
| Labyrinth | Maze |
| 1/2 man & 1/2 Bull | Minotaur |
| Palace City of Crete | Knossos |
| British arcaeologist discovered Minoan Civ. | Sir Arthur Evans |
| Wall paintings on plaster | Frescoes |
| Represented earth quakes that shook Crete | Bull |
| Indo-European warrior people who invaded Greek Mainland and conqured Minoan Civ. in Crete | Mycenanean Civ. |
| Trojan Prince who kidnapped the wife of King of Sparta | Paris |
| Wife of the King of Sparta who got kidnapped | Helen of Troy |
| Greek leader of the Trojan War | King Agamemnon |
| Blind Greek poet wrote two epic poems | Homer |
| Achilles great hero of Greek Mythology (epic poem) | Iliad |
| Adventures of a Greek warrior who returns after the fall of Troy (epic Poem) | Odyssey |
| German Archaeologist proved Troy really existed? | Henry Schliemann |
| Period of decline, Mycenaean Civ. vanished. Artistic skills & writing forgotten | Dark Ages |
| Barbaric Greek tribe (evolve into Spartans) | Dorian's |
| Greeks settled western shore of Asia Minor (modern day Turkey) | Ionian's |
| Greek city-states | Polis |
| Leading Greek City-States | Athens & Sparta |
| Greeks called their land | Hella |
| Ancient Greeks called themselves | Hellenes |
| Latin for Greece | Graeci |
| Hilltop Fortress (center of gov. & daily life/temples honor gods) | Acropolis |
| marketplace | Agora |
| Goverment Age of Kings (dark ages) | Monarchy |
| Goverment Ruled by the best owned most of the land | Aristocracies |
| Goverment by an individual who seized power by force. Controls army(Sparta) | Tyranny |
| Goverment by the citizens worlds 1st (Athens) | Democracy |
| Goddess Athena gift to Athens | Olive Tree |
| God Poseidon gift to Athens | Horse |
| decendants of the Mycenaeans | Athenians |
| Peninsula where Athens is located | Attica |
| 1st King -code of laws | Draco |
| Abolished debtor Slavery Starte aristocracy government | Solon |
| Tyrant who siezed power. Champion of People. Gave land to the poor | Pisistratus |
| Introduced the foundation of Democracy | Clesthenes |
| Law making body/ all male citizens | Athenian Assembly |
| Ran everyday goverment and elected officials | Council of 500 |
| Voting districts of Athens | Tribes |
| 6000 votes to exile someone from Athens for 10 years | Ostracism |
| Fought for education & greater freedom for Athenian women | Aspasia |
| descendants of Dorian's | Sparta |
| 5 overseers elected to run daily gov. | Ephers |
| 28 men over 60 proposed laws (supreme court) | Council of Elders |
| All Spartan men over 20 passed laws | Assembly of Citizen |
| Courage,Strength,&Endurance | Spartan Virtues |
| Helots | Slaves |
| Persian King conqured Ionian Greek city-states | Cyrus II |
| Persian Emperor punish Athens for aidindg in revolt "master, remember the Atheians"! | Darius I |
| Darius invaded Greece. Athenians win even though they were out numbered by 20,000. Athens finest hour | Battle of Marathon |
| Ran 26 miles saying "Rejoice, we conquer" "Victory we win"! | Pheiddides |
| Athenian leader Strong Navy | Themistacles |
| Son of Darius | Xeres |
| Persians defeated Sartan forces. 100,000 vs.300 Spartans | Battle of Thermopyle |
| Son of the Lion Spartan King during the Battle of Thermopyle who said "Tell the world O'Passer by that here, Obeying orders 300 Spartans lie" | King Leonidas |
| Athenian navy destroyed Persian fleet | Battle of Salamis |
| United Greeks defeated the Persians | Battle of Platea |
| Defensive alliance of 140 Greek city-states | Delian League |
| Headquartes fo the Delian Leaque | Delos |
| Greatest leader of Athens (golden age) | Pericles |
| Temple built on Acropolis to honor Athena | Parthenon |
| All citizens right to attend assembly & vote | Direct Democracy |
| Athens vs. Sparta | Peloponnesian war |
| Greek foot soldiers | Hoplites |
| marching formation shoulder to shoulder | Phalanx |
| Sparta captured Athens. Athenian fleet destroyed | Battle of Aegospotami |
| Mater of Greece. United Greeks for the 1st time | Philip of macedonia |
| warlike people Northern Greece | Macedonians |
| Conquered Greeks. Defeted Athens & Thebes | Battle of Chaeronea |
| wanted to destroy Persia | Philip of Macedonia |
| King of the 4 Quarters of the world. Student of Aristrotle | Alexander the Great |
| Alexander the Greats Horse | Bucephalus |
| Destroyed Darius III Persian Army | Battle of Issus |
| Untied it became "Lord of Asia" | Gordian Knot |
| 80 cities were named after him | Alexander |
| era between death of Alexander and Roman conquest | Hellenistic Age |
| home of the gods | Mt. Olympus |
| King of the Gods | Zeus |
| Queen of the Gods protector of women | Hera |
| God of the Sea | Poseidon |
| Underworld | Hades |
| Goddess of wisdom | Athena |
| Goddess of Love & Beauty | Aphrodite |
| God of light,music,and poetry | Apollo |
| Son of Zeus | Hercules |
| Goddess of Victory | Nike |
| God of War | Ares |
| God of theater (harvest and wine) | Dionysus |
| Gods spoke through preist to predict the future | Oracles |
| Winners of the Olympic games crown was made of this | Olive leaves |
| Roman emperor who banned Olympic games | Emperor Theodosius |
| Father of Philosphy | Socrates |
| Lover of wisdom | Philosopher |
| organized system of thought | Philosophy |
| Find own answers to questions | Socratic Method |
| Wise men of Athens | Sophist |
| Socrates was put to death by this | Hemlock plant (poison) |
| Greatest student of Socrates | Plato |
| Plato's school | Academy |
| Concepts of ideal goverment. ruled by Philosophers | The Republic |
| Plato's student | Aristotle |
| How goverment should work | Politics |
| Located in Athens worlds 1st scientific institute | Lyceum |
| 1st historian worte Historia book on Persian wars | Herodotus |
| Greatest historian of ancient world wrote History of the Peloponnesian war | Thucydides |
| wrote the Pythagorean theorem sq.of right triangle | Pythagoras |
| Father of Medicine | Hippocrates |
| Most famous hellenistic scientist Math -pi and the use of levers | Archimedes |
| happiness found by inner peace | Stocism |
