Lesson 2

Athen's chief commercial and cultural rival was

Corinth

Greek civilization probably began on the island of

Crete

The period in Greece from around 1100 to 750 B.C. was on of

Dark Ages

Persians

Defeated by Xerxes

At one time, Greece had colonies in

Spain, Southern Italy, and Sicily

In Sparta, all authority came not from God, but from the

State

Built on the Acropolis in Athens, the famed parthenon was used as a

Temple

Who was Homer?

A GReek poet

The early history of the Greek peoples took place on the shores of the __________ Sea

Aegean

Two famous Athenian playwrights were

Aeschylus and Aristophanes

The attitude of Athenians toward themselves and their empire can be described as one of

American History

What was an administrator called who was appointed by the Athen's council?

Archons

Salamis

Athenian naval victory

Which Greek city-state was Sparta's greatest rival?

Athens

The two most important Greek city-states between 700 and 500 B.C. were

Athens and Sparta

Why was Athens only a limited democracy?

Because slavery was permitted and women had limited rights

Pericles was descended from the family of

Cleisthenes

One feature of the Golden Age was energetic

Commerce

In Greek times, the modern city of Instanbul was called

Constantnople

What kind of powers was Solon given to control the arguing fctors of Athens?

Dictoral powers

Knossos was excavated in the twentieth century by the English archaeologist, Sir Arthur

Evans

From whom did the Ionians learn to mint coins?

From their neighbor Lydia

Unlike the Spartans, the Christian's authority comes from

God

Two causes for Greek colonization and expansion throughout the Mediterranean were

Greek commercial spirit and The spread of Greek colonies

Ephialtes

Greek traitor

What was the most important contribution of Cleisthenes?

He changed the basis of representation. Where as family groups had been in the constituent base of government territorial areas would how serve.

Troy was located at the straits known as the

Hellespont

Spartans had native serfs which they called

Helots

Herodotus and Thucydides wrote ___________ that are still read today

Histories

The Trojan War was best described by the greek poet

Homer

Marathon

Humiliating Persian defeat

The first Greek capital was located at

Knossos

What was the contribution of Anaximander?

Made the first world map

The greatest purely mental exercise of Spartan youth was

Memorization

The massive ruins on Knossos were the remains of the palace of king

Minos

Clay tablets found on Crete indicated a conquest of the island around 1500 B.C. by invaders from

Mycenae

Bosporous

Narrow slit of water between the Sea of Marmara and the black Sea

What was the purpose of an ostracon?

Once a year anyone who wish someone else to be banished they will right their name on the ostracon.

The ruler over the "Golden Age" of Athens was

Pericles

Xerxes

Persian leader

Greeks turned early to fishing and commerce because the Greek soil was too __________ to farm

Rocky

Cyrus

Ruled the Medo-Persian Empire

The three primary virtues of Spartan youth were

Self-control, Modesty, and Strict obedience

Heinrich Schliemann, the archaeologist, excavated ancient

Troy

What was a despot?

When you come into power outside constitutional means

According to Homer, Troy was conquered through a trick involving a

Wooden Horse

Southern Italy and the island of Sicily once contained so many Greeks they were called

great Greece

Two modern states characterized by Spartan suppression of the individual have been

militaristic and authorization