SS GREECE Flashcards
Poor Athenians protested the ruling ___________________and created a democracy
oligarghy
Students in Greece searched for wisdom by studying
philosphy
The merging of Greek, African and Asian cultures is called
Hellenism
The natural harbors along the Attica __________were important to Athens navy
Pennisula
The political and commercial center Athens was the __________or town plaza
Agora
The ancient Greeks planted olives and grapes because they grow well in _____-
rocky soil
Why was the Mediterranean Sea important to the Greeks?
it was used for trade
Some of the achievements of the Golden Age in Athens included
philosophy and geometry
The Peloponnesian Wars opened Greece to attack from
Macedonia
How long did it take Alexander to win control of the largest empire of his day
nine years
Maps that show information about the past
Historical Maps
It unlocks the meaning of maps
Map Key
They make maps
cartographer
A sheltered place along a coast
harbor
A _______________is an area of land nearly surrounded by water
peninsula
The two major crops of Greece were
Olives and grapes
The most valuable Greek product was
Olive Oil
Without a major river to provide silt for fertile farmland the ancient Greeks turned to the ___________to help meet their needs
rocky hills
A _____________was a Greek city-state
Palis
An ___________was an open area market and it also served as a place for town meetings
agora
The __________was a walled hill where people of the city could seek safety during an enemy accack
Acropolis
A ___________was a product what was traded
commodity
List the major parts of the Aegean World
Attica, Pheloponnesus, Western Asia Minor, Crete, Rhodes and other small islands, Mediterranean Sea, Ioniah Sea, Aegean Sea
King Phillip of Macedon conquers the independent Greek city-states. After his fathers death ___________builds a great empire
Alexander
Describe the land of Greece
it was described as the Jewel in the earths ring
A _______________is a person who has rights and responsibilties in his or her country or community
citizen
A ____________________is a type of government that has a single ruler by a king or queen
monarchy
