Chapter 4 test/Study Guide
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- Homer
- Wrote Iliad and odyssey during and after Trojan War and lived in the 700's B.C.
- Phalanx
- Military formation in which foot soldiers stood so that their shields overlapped.
- Marathon
- Battle during Persian Wars and the Persians won the general was Lionides
- Darius 1
- King of persia failed to take over greek city-states
- Ionia
- greek city-states and Asia Minor
- Parthenon
- Temple to worship Athena (goddess of Athens)
- Crete
- where minoans began
- What are Bards?
- Singing story tellers
- What age were Spartan men allowed to retire from army?
- At the age of 60
- Acropolis
- A fortified hill
- What is a public square for meetings called?
- It is an Agora
- Zeus
- Head god
- Hellen of Troy
- Wife of the Micenian king and falls in love with a Trojan prince named Paris and is talked about in the Iliad.
- Why is the period between 461 B.C. to 429 B.C. called the Golden Age
- because most Greek Achievements in the arts and sciences took place in Athens during this time
- Draconian
- describes Draco's LAW
- Peisistratis
- pushed for reforms and extended citizenship
- Ostricism
- undesired politition
- tyranny
- rule by a cruel and unjust man.
- Persia
- conquered city-states of Ionia
- How did Solon promote the growth of industry in Athens.
- by ordering fathers to teach their sons a skill and by extending citizenship to foreigners who would settle in Athens as skilled artisans.
- What years did the Minoan civilization flourish.
- from about 2500B.C.- 1450B.C.
- How were Greek goods transported.
- by ship and sea trade
- Athens was defeated by an alliance led by_______
- Sparta
- What is the Spartan Society noted for
- Military
- Thermopylae
- A mountain pass north of Athens were the Greek army set up a delaying action against the Persians.
- Trojan horse
- Greek soldiers hid in the belly of a hollow wooden horse. they hid in there and defeated the Trojans
- Attica
- peninsula where Athens is located
- Sparta
- they were based on their military but many olympic athletes came from there
- Delion League
- anti-persian alliance
- why was trade and communications difficult in Greece
- the mountains
- which group of women were allowed greatest participation in Athenian Public
- The Metic
- before 500 B.C. Greek city-states extended citizenship and voting rights to_________
- male land owners
- ancient Greece included a group of islands and ________
- The southern Balcon peninsula
- identify the opposing forces in the peloponnesian war and describe two factors that led to the war
- war between Sparta and Athens. Sparta jealous of Athens beauty and education. Sparta was mad because Athens was taking money from the Delion League and using it to build up Athens. Athens was led my Pericles
- Compare and Contrast the Athenian and Spartan educational systems
- Spartans education was based mostly on their military so they were ready for war. Children started training at the age of 7. other than their military they also learned to read and write. The Athenians on the other hand were mostly based on having smart citizens. Their education consisted of arithmetic, geometry, drawing, music, and gymnastics. they were taught by tutors