Exam 3 (Part 1)

Question 1

Mycenaeans

Answer 1

2000 B.C. -1200 B.C., Capital = Mycenae, A huge wall around for protection, Outsmarted the trojans, warrior society.

Question 2

Solon’s Reform

Answer 2

594 BC, Every citizen had to attend the Assembly, Cancelled all debt, Disallowed the selling of grains.

Question 3

(Clienthene’s) Reform

Answer 3

505 BC (Created the first Republic Democracy) Chosen by Lottery, One year terms, Paid for their service.

Question 4

1st Persian War

Answer 4

490 BC Battle of Marathon, Persians got stuck in the mud, Persians invaded Athens because they helped the Ionians

Question 5

2nd Persian War

Answer 5

480 BC 100,000 Persians invaded from the North, Battle of Thermopylae Canyon, Battle of Salamis, Athens became the great power of the Mediterranean Sea.

Question 6

Heinrich Schliemann

Answer 6

An amateur archeologist, from Germany, found lost city of Troy

Question 7

Homer

Answer 7

Authored “The lliad and the Odyssey”, The most famous bard

Question 8

Bards

Answer 8

Storytellers during the dark ages

Question 9

Darius

Answer 9

Persian king in the 1st Persian War

Question 10

Xenes

Answer 10

Persian King in the 2nd Persian War

Question 11

Salon

Answer 11

Created democracy and refined Athens’ economy to only selling olive oil and wine

Question 12

Pheidippides

Answer 12

Ran 26.2 miles to tell the Athenian assembly to not surrender, Died from exhuastion