Greece Flashcards
TRUE OR FALSE GREECE IS MOUNTAINOUS
TRUE
HOW MANY PERCENT ARABLE LAND IN GREECE
25%
CRETE/EXCELLENT FARMER AND CRAFTSMEN
MINOAN
MAINLAND/IMMORTALIZED HOMER’S ILLIAD AND ODYSSEUS
MYCENAEAN
BASIC UNIT OF GOVERNMENT
CITY STATES
CAPITAL OF GREECE
ATHENS
WHERE BOYS PICKED UP KNOWLEDGE FOR DEBATING
AGORA PUBLIC MARKET
IF YOU ARE A WOMAN/SLAVE OR FOREIGNER YOU CAN BE AN ATHENEAN
NO ONLY MEN
LOVED DEBATING
ATHENS
SPOKE FEW WORDS
LACONIC
HIGHLY MILITARISTIC/WEAK MOM OR BABY KILLED
SPARTA
WHICH KING WHEN ON A MARATHON
PERSIAN KING DARIUS
WHO IS THE ATHENS FAMOUS/FASTEST RUNNER
PHEDIPPIES
XERXES
PERSIA
LEONIDAS
SPARTA
NAVAL BATTLE
SALAMIS
LAND BATTLE
PLATAEA
PERSIA NEVER ABANDONDED ITS AMBITION OF SUBJUGATING GREECE
TRUE
ATHENS MADE WHAT LEAGUE
DELIAN LEAGUE
ATHENS WON PELOPONNESIAN WAR
FALSE SPARTA
WHO WAS TUTORED BY ARISTOTLE
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
HELLENIC MEANING
GREEK CULTURE
WHEN AND WHAT AGE DID ALEXANDER DIE
33 BABYLON
TROJAN HORSE FROM
ODYSSEUS
WHO WROTE ILLIAN AND ODYSSEUS
HOMER
GREEK DISCOVERED?
LEGACY,SPORTS,DEMOCRACY,ARCHITECTURE,PHILOSOPHY,GOVERNMENT
WHERE DID GREEK GODS RESIDE
MT OLYMPUS
MIGHTEST GOD
ZEUS
FULL MARATHON
42KM
HALF MARATHON
21KM
FIRM AND PLAIN TOP
DORIC
SCROLL LIKE
IONIC
DECORATED WITH ACANTHUS LEAVES
CORINTHIAN
DRACONIAN MEANS
SEVERE
SOLON MEANS
LAWMAKER
LAWMAKER WHO INTRODUCED OCTRACISM
CLEISTHENES
FATHER OF ATHENIAN DEMOCRACY
CLEISTHENES
WHO SAID DEMOCRACY IS NOT FOR EVERYONE
PLUTO
