World History- Chapter 4: Ancient Greece

central focus of Greek life; city-state

rule by a few; type of government in Sparta.

Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex

Greek historian who wrote History of the Persian Wars.

epics poems written by blind poet Homer.

responsible for laying the foundation of Athenian democracy.

Where Spartan troops were especially brave even though the Greek army was vastly outnumbered.

According to this philosopher, individuals could not achieve a good life unless they lived in a just and rational state.

Wanted revenge against the Greeks when the Greeks had supported an uprising in colonies under Persian control.

Sold their services as professional teachers.

Who said, "the unexamined life is not worth living"?

Where the Greeks gods lived according to Greek religion.

Considered by many historians to be the greatest historian of the ancient world.

His conquests caused language, art, architecture, and literature to spread throughout Southeast Asia.

What physical features most influenced Greek history?

Island were the Minoan civilization emerged.

Early Greek people who most probably invaded and destroyed the Minoan civilization.

Two major groups settled within Greece itself.

What did the Athenians do after losing the Battle of Thermopylae?

What fraction of Greece is covered by mountains?

Home to Alexander the Great.

Battle where the Athenian navy was able to destroy a third of the Persian fleet in 479 B.C.

Main Olympic god.

used for religious festivals and as a fortress; sits atop a hill.

Persian monarch at the Battle of Marathon.

shoulder to shoulder formation of hoplites

Greek rulers who seized power by force from the aristocracy.

regarded as the greatest example of a Greek temple.

the father of Alexander the Great.

the western shores of Asia Minor where many Greeks settled

teaching approach using question/answer

sacred shrine where priests revealed the future.

Athenian defensive alliance.

Athenian vote of banishment.

starting point of Pheidippides' 26-mile run.

Persian monarch.

height of Athenian power and brillance

Greek capital of Egypt.

What crime was Socrates charged with?

highly self disciplined

patron goddess of Athens

striving for excellence

bronze-using peoples who lived on Crete

elected members of Sparta's oligarchy

heavily armed foot soldiers

important because of his work on the geometry of spheres and cylinders; also for establishing the value of pi

gave the world the phonetic alphabet; were excellent shipbuilders.

took over after the Mycenaean.

sturdy ships with battering ram in front for battle.

Causes/Results of the Peloponnesian War 431-404 B.C.

Causes/Results of Persian Wars 499-479 B.C.