Chapter 4, Section 1 Flashcards
A ___________ is a body of land with water on three sides.
Peninsula
A ___________ is a group of scattered islands.
Archipelago
What crops were important to the Ancient Greeks?
Wheat, Olives, and Grapes
What civilization was located on what is today the Greek island of Crete?
Minoan
What people group from central Asia invaded the Greek mainland around 1900 B.C.?
Mycenaean
_____________ was a famous Mycenaean King.
Agamemnon
The Greek ___________ lasted from 1100 B.C. to 750 B.C.
Dark Ages
Name the positive points of the Greek Dark Ages.
1) Huge population shifts
2) People spread to islands in Aegean Sea
3) Greek mainlanders moved to Asia Minor
4) People took their Greek culture with them to these new places
Name the negative points of the Greek Dark Ages.
1) Overseas trade slowed
2) Poverty
3) Farmers grew only enough for their families
4) Citizens gave up on teaching language and writing
5) Craftsman stopped teaching their crafts
The ___________ were a Greek-speaking people from the northern mountains of Greece who moved south during the dark ages.
Dorian
The Dorians brought what technology with them?
Working with iron
What did the Phoenicians introduce to the Greeks?
Alphabet with 24 letters
He was the Athenian leader that rebuilt Athens and supported the arts.
Pericles
He was the king of Persia who wanted revenge and invaded Greece.
Xerxes
The Mycenaean king who won the Trojan War.
Agamemnon
The Macedonian leader who conquered Persia.
Alexander the Great
He united Persians into one large, powerful kingdom.
Cyrus the Great
He made Athens a democracy.
Cleisthenes
The Spartan king who led the 300 at Thermopylae.
Leonidas
Macedonian king who united the Greek city-states.
Philip II
The writer of comedies such as The Clouds.
Aristophanes
The slave who wrote fables such as The Fox and the Grapes.
Aesop
Who was the blind writer of Iliad and Odyssey?
Homer
What is the tallest mountain in Greece?
Mount Olympus
What is the main gathering place and fortified hilltop in a polis called?
Acropolis
What was a Greek city-state run like an independent country called?
Polis
This was an open area used for markets and debates.
Agora
Which was the largest and most economically powerful city-state?
Athens
Macedonia, Pergamum, Egypt, and Seleucid were known as what?
Hellenistic Kingdoms
What battle allowed Philip II to take control of Greece in 338 B.C.
Battle of Chaeronea
