Social Studies Trimester 2 Flashcards
phalanx:
a group of warriors standing together in a square
Philip II borrowed strategies from the…
Greeks
Who joined Athens to battle Macedonia?
Thebes
Hellenistic:
Greek-like
In 327 BC, Alexander the Great crossed the Indus River towards:
India
Philip II was king of _______
Macedonia
Philip II was killed at his daughter’s wedding, then ________ took over
Alexander the Great (his son)
Alex was __ when he died
33
______ rebelled after Philip’s death
Thebes
Alex was so strong, when he came to _____ they instantly surrendered
Egypt
______ ____ began when Sparta declared war on Athens
Peloponnesian War
2 greatest city-states in Greece were…
Sparta and Athens
Athenian women had almost __ rights
no
Sparta had a strong ____
army
Athens were defeated in ______ in 415 B.C.
Sicily
A ruler named __________ _____ _______ created the Persian empire
Cyrus the Great
Greece invaded the Persian Army in the ____ ____ ________
Battle of Marathon
_____ won the Persian wars
Greek
aka king of kings. Who is this?
Darius I
had a powerful Navy. Who?
Athens
Officials:
satraps
Persia’s chief Religion:
Zoroastrianism
founder of Persia:
Cyrus the Great
10k soldiers of Persia:
Immortals
Sparta had the _____ army in Greece
strongest
cavalry:
unit of soldiers on horses shooting arrows
governors of Persia:
satraps
a building constructed in Athens in 400s BC
Parthenon
a famous Greek playwright:
Sophoeles
Greek philosopher:
Plato
reason:
clear & ordered thinking
the greatest doctor:
Thucydides
Greek statues were ________
realistic
