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| Where did the Minoans live? | Crete |
| Who was the Minoan culture named for? | King Minos |
| Describe the geography of Greece. | Rugged, mountainous, many islands |
| How did the geography of Greece affect its development? | the many communities were separated and did not grow together causing disunity |
| How did the Minoans live? | Fishing and trade |
| What happened to the Minoans? | They were destroyed by volcanos or Myceneans |
| Where were the Mycenaeans from? | Indo Europe |
| Who overthrew the Mycenaeans? | The Dorians |
| Where did one group of Mycenaeans flee when the Dorians attacked? | Ionia |
| What did the Dorians want? | Land and wealth |
| Why was the time of the Dorians called the dark ages? | People stopped learning, forgot their culture and history |
| Who fought in the Trojan War? | Troy and Mycenae |
| How long did the Trojan War continue? | 10 years |
| How did the Trojan War end? | The Mycenaeans hid in a wooden horse and destroyed the city |
| Who fought the Persian Wars? | Persia and Greece |
| Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey | Homer |
| What is the Iliad about? | The Trojan War |
| What is the Odyssey about? | The travels of Odesseus after the Trojan War. |
| What stood on the acropolis? | The temple |
| Describe a monarchy. | A government in which a king or queen has power |
| Describe an aristocracy. | A government run by the rich landholder |
| Describe an oligarchy. | Government power is controled by a small group of elite business people |
| Describe a democracy. | A government in the hands of the people |
| What was most important to Spartans? | Serving the state, being strong and ready to fight for the state |
| What was most important to the Athenians? | being well-rounded, educated, physically fit, and culturally aware |
| Who tried to help the Ionians during when Persia attacked? | Athens |
| What caused the 1st Persian War? | Athens helping Ionia agains the Persians |
| Where was the 1st Persian War won? | At the Battle of Marathon |
| Where was the 2nd Persian War won? | At the strait of Salamis and the Battle of Thermoplae |
| Who was the Persian king during the 1st Persian War? | Darius |
| Who was the king during the 2nd Persian War? | Xerxes |
| What was a helot? | A Spartan slave |
| Why were the laws in Sparta so strict? | There were so many slaves that there was a fear they might revolt |
| Who was running Athens during the Golden Age? | Pericles |
| Who were combatants in the Peloponnesian War? | Athens and Sparta |
| How did illness give Sparta an advantage in the war? | Athenians hid in the city causing a plague, Pericles and 1/3 of the people died |
| Who conquered Greece? | Phillip of Macedonia |
| What is a tragedy? | A Greek story that ends sadly |
| What is a comedy? | A Greek story that ends happily |
| Which Macedonian never lost a battle? | Phillip's son, Alexander the Great |
