Significance of Events in Greece

Question 1

End of Mycenaean Civilization

Answer 1

Fall of this great civilization was known as Dark Age.
Floods and earthquakes could be part of reason for its fall.

Question 2

Sparta is founded

Answer 2

Defeated rival city-state Athens in Peloponnesian War.
Spartan men devoted life to military service.
Sparta centered on a warrior culture.

Question 3

First Olympic Games

Answer 3

Games were a religious festival.
Excuse for Greeks to gather.

Question 4

Homer writes the Iliad

Answer 4

Greek poet.
Iliad reminded people of their history and their identity.

Question 5

Democracy begins in Athens

Answer 5

Athenian leader Cleisthenes introduced system of political reforms called demokratia or “rule by people.”
First known democracy.

Question 6

What were the three separate institutions in Athenian democracy?

Answer 6

Ekklesia - sovereign governing body that wrote laws and dictated foreign policy.
Boule - council of representatives from Athenian tribes.
Dikasteria - popular courts in which citizens argues cases before a group of lottery-selected jurors.

Question 7

Battle of Salamis

Answer 7

Naval battle between Greek and Persian forces.
Decisive victory for Greeks.

Question 8

Delian League is created

Answer 8

Alliance of Greek city-states against Persians.
Led by Athens.

Question 9

Peloponnesian War ends

Answer 9

Athens and Greece went to war.
The Peloponnesian War ends with favoring Sparta.
End of what was considered Golden Age of Greece.

Question 10

Plato founded his Academy

Answer 10

Academy was a school where a group of intellectuals met.
Intellectuals studied philosophy, mathematics, and astronomy.

Question 11

Alexander the Great takes rule in Macedonia

Answer 11

Was an ancient Macedonia rule.
One of greatest military minds.
King of Macedonia and Persia.
Established largest empire ancient world had ever seen.