Chapter 8A Flashcards
What is a democracy?
Government ruled by the people
What is an oligarchy?
Government ruled by a few
What were Sparta men taught at a very young age?
To fight, steal and protect themselves
In what year did the classical age of Greece begin?
ca. 500 BC
What was the last government in Athens?
Democracy
Who rules in a monarchy?
The king
What kind of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
Who was believed to have started the Trojan war?
Mycenaean civilization
What is a Tyrant?
A ruler with absolute authority
What is the Peloponnesus?
The southern portion of the Greek peninsula
Who wrote “the glory that was Greece”?
Edgar Allan Poe
What period in Greece was a peak of human achievement?
Classical age
Which three seas border the Greek peninsula.
Ionian, Mediterranean and the Aegean
What were the main trades in Greece?
Fisherman, seafarers, traders and farmers.
What is the earliest known civilization from the land of Greece?
Minoan civilization
Where did the Minoans live?
The island of Crete
By 2000 BC where had the Minoans settled?
Crete
In which city did archaeologists find a large beautiful palace built by the Minoans?
Knossos
How did the Minoans gain their wealth?
By trading with other people as far away as Egypt
What was another civilization that had been growing on the mainland of Greece?
Mycenaean civilization
Minoans live on what island?
Crete
What type of government s a monarchy?
A city-state ruled by a king
What were the two most famous city-states?
Athens and Sparta
What is an oligarchy?
“Rule by the few”
What is a tyrant?
A group of citizens who met together to make laws
What is an assembly?
A group of citizens who met together to make laws
What was the agora?
A busy market place in the center of Athens
What is a democracy?
“Rule by the people”
A government ruled by a king
Monarchy
What is a fable?
Story designed to teach a lesson
