Chapter 7: Greece, Home of Beauty Flashcards
what are the two prominent regions of ancient Greece?
Attica and the Peloponnesus
what is the name given to the earliest cultures of Europe that developed along the shores and islands of the Aegean sea?
Aegean civilization
Who were the first important European civilization after the flood?
The Minoans
which people group lived on the Greek mainland?
Mycenaeans
Who invaded the Mycenaeans?
The Dorians
What was the name given to the Mycenaeans, who escaped to Asia, minor and Attica?
Ionians
What was the name given to the group of people formed from the fusion of the Mycenaeans and the Dorians?
Hellenes
Who had more influence on the thinking of the people of Greece than any other poet? What were his works called?
Homer; the Iliad and the odyssey
name some of the Olympian gods. Name one of the heroes.
Zeus, Artimus, Athena, Aries, Aphrodite, hera; Achilles
from what word do we derive the word politics?
Polis
name the structures found in a Greek city state
The acropolis, the agora, the gymnasium, and the amphitheater
what were the people called who did not speak Greek?
Barbarians
When was the first recorded date of the Olympic games?
776 BC
What Persian king caused the Ionian revolt? What three cities refused this kings demands?
Darius I; Athens Eritrea and Sparta
what are the dates for the Greco Persian wars?
490 to 479 BC
what battle proved that the Persians could be defeated, and brought great prestige to Athens?
Battle of marathon
Who who is Darius’s son?
Xerxes the first
what battle was the first major naval battle in history?
Battle of Salamis
Who tricked Xerxes into fighting a naval battle in the narrow straight between the mainland in the island of Salamis?
Themistocles
Whos defeat was a turning point in history?
Xerxes
what is a monarchy? what were the two bodies that advised the Greek monarch?
rule by one; Council Elders and Assembly
what is rule by the best?
aristocracy
