Ch Test Flashcards
The first major civilization of Greece was…
The Minoans
Greece’s geography was…
Very mountainous and had lots of vegetation (which made it isolated and city-states grew independently)
A German named _____ discovered one of their walled palaces in Myceae
Heinrich Schliemann
The Mycenaeans _____ the Trojan war
Won (Agamemnon was the leader)
Greek speaking people were knew as
Dorians
Wealthy from trade (who?)
Early civilizations
Population, shift, poverty, and fighting were all changes in the
Dark age
Someone who takes power by force and rules with total authority
Tyrant
A few people hold power
Oligarchy
All citizens share in running the government
Democracy
When you vote directly
Direct democracy
Citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and governmental decisions on their behalf
Representative democracy
Early Greece- two of the most powerful governments Im Greece
Oligarchy & democracy
Sparta’s democracy
Oligarchy
Athens government
Democracy
Sparta’s captive workers/slaves
Helots
Greek historian
Plutarch
Enforced laws and managed tax collection
Ephors
Army bases
Barracks
Cancelled all farmers debts and freed the slaves (noble)
Solon
Helped the poor and gave them jobs (tyrant)
Peisistratus
Created democracy, very important leader
Cleisthenes
Women, slaves, and foreign born men were all excluded from the
Assemblies
By letting poor farmers harvest their crops, Greeks and nobles gained
Wealth and power
Ge
Earth
Graphy
Writing about
Acr
Top
Polis
City
Dem
People
Cracy
Power
Tyrannos
Master
Olig
Few
archy
Rule
Mythos
Stories about gods or heroes
Ology
Study of
Father of democracy
Cleisthenes
About the Trojan war
Illiad
About the journey home
Odyssey
What kind of landform is Delos
Island
Leading figure in Athenian politics; believed people’s talents were more important than ever before in government (even poor citizens could be part of the inner circle running the government)
Pericles
Culture blossomed under the rule of ____ and was the age of tremendous creativity
Pericles
Thinkers who ponder questions about life
Philosophers
Became influential in politics even though she was not allowed to vote or hold office
Aspasia
The peloponnesian war lasted
Over 25 years (431 BC to 404 BC)
Who won the peloponnesian war?
Sparta (Athens lost)
Pericles lead which army?
Athens
Other city states led by Sparta joined forces to defeat anathema because
They were suspicious of Athens aims/goals
The Delian league formed because
They needed to defend themselves from the Persians. Overtime Athens gained control and it became the Athenian Empire
English archeologist that uncovered the ruins of a grand palace that had been the center of Minoan civilization
Arthur Evans
