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| 12056530589 | early inhabitants of the greek peninsula primarily built their societies under the influence of what 3 previous societies? | the mesopotamians, egyptians, & phoenicians | 0 | |
| 12056530590 | which of the 2 societies was established earliest in the greek region, minoan or mycenaean? | minoan | 1 | |
| 12056530591 | who was the sophisticated society that arose on the island of crete named after? | the minoan society (after king minos) | 2 | |
| 12056530592 | where was the most notable and enormous palace on the island of crete located? | knossos | 3 | |
| 12056530593 | the script that used written symbols for syllables rather than words, ideas, vowels, and consonants referred to as? | linear a | 4 | |
| 12056530594 | cretan administrators use the script for economic and _______ matters | commercial | 5 | |
| 12056530595 | linguists have had no problem deciphering this script (true or false) | false | 6 | |
| 12062897330 | what island was considered to be a principle center of mediterranean commerce between 2200 and 1450 b.c.e. because of its geographic location in the east-central mediterranean? | crete | 7 | |
| 12062897331 | what were the 3 natural catastrophes that plagued the minoan society? | earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, & tidal waves | 8 | |
| 12062897332 | minoans embarked on a new round of palace building that included what 3 things? | indoor plumbing, drainage systems, & flush toilets | 9 | |
| 12062897333 | what 3 minoan traditions deeply influenced the inhabitants of nearby greece? | maritime trade, writing, & construction | 10 | |
| 12062897334 | what was the most important settlement built by the indo-europeans called? | mycenae | 11 | |
| 12062897335 | the mycenaeans devised a syllabic script that was an early form of greek. what was it? | linear b | 12 | |
| 12062897336 | what is the southern point of the greek peninsula called? | peloponnesus | 13 | |
| 12063239399 | what are the 3 major settlements that the mycenaeans established? | anatolia, sicily, & southern italy | 14 | |
| 12063239400 | in 1200 b.c.e. the mycenaeans engaged in a conflict what what city in anatolia? | troy | 15 | |
| 12063239401 | who wrote the 2 literary masterpieces, the iliad and the odyssey? | homer | 16 | |
| 12063239402 | mycenaean palaces eventually fell into ruin, the population sharply declined, and people abandoned most settlements. what were the 3 major areas that the greek inhabitants fled to? | aegean sea, anatolia, & cyprus | 17 | |
| 12066064652 | the polis was the most important institution in greece. what was it also known as? | the city-state | 18 | |
| 12066064653 | the term polis originally referred to a fortified state or a _________ | citadel | 19 | |
| 12066064654 | what is the plural form of the term polis? | poleis | 20 | |
| 12066064655 | some of these city-states developed as small monarchies, but most were under the collective rule of local notables who ruled as what? | obligarchs | 21 | |
| 12066064656 | some city states fell into the hands of generals or ambitious politicians. what were they called by the greeks? | tyrants | 22 | |
| 12066064657 | the 2 most important city states in greece were athens and _________ | sparta | 23 | |
| 12066064658 | as spartans progressively extended control over the peloponnesus, they reduced neighboring peoples to the status of what? | helots | 24 | |
| 12066064659 | the definition "living simple without excess or luxury" refers to... | austerity | 25 | |
| 12066064660 | distinction among spartans did not come by wealth or social status. what 3 things did it come from? | prowess, discipline, & military status | 26 | |
| 12066064661 | by what age did all spartan boys go to live in military barracks and start rigorous training | 7 | 27 | |
| 12066064662 | since only free adult males played a role in public affairs, 3 main groups were left voiceless. who were they? | foreigners, slaves, & women | 28 | |
| 12066064663 | maritime trade brought prosperity to the region around athens called what? | attica | 29 | |
| 12066064664 | as many poleis faced civil wars between aristocrats and less privileged, which aristocrat served as a mediator between the classes? | solon | 30 | |
| 12084048574 | what 3 things did this aristocrat (solon) give to the less privileged? | cancelled debts, forbade debt slavery, & liberated those already enslaved for debt | 31 | |
| 12084048575 | the most popular athenian leader at the time once boasted that athens was "the education of greece." what was his name? | pericles | 32 | |
| 12084048576 | who had a face that could launch 1,000 ships? | helen of troy | 33 | |
| 12084048577 | who shot an arrow through achilles' heel? | paris | 34 | |
| 12084048578 | who was the main character in homer's second literature masterpiece? | odysseus | 35 | |
| 12084048579 | during the 5th century bce, greece's colonies abroad brought the poleis of the greek peninsula into direct conflict with which empire? | the persian empire | 36 | |
| 12084048580 | 2 persian empires tightened their grip on the area known as anatolia. their names were cyrus and __________ | darius I | 37 | |
| 12092965001 | in 490 bce he sent an army and a fleet of ships to attack athens. the athenians, despite being greatly outnumbered, routed the persian army during the battle of ___________ | marathon | 38 | |
| 12092965002 | 10 years later his successor decided to avenge the persian losses. what was his name? | xerxes | 39 | |
| 12092965003 | spartan troops famously delayed the persian army at what location? | thermopylae | 40 | |
| 12092965004 | finally, a greek fleet led by athenians crushed the persians during the battle of ___________ | salamis | 41 | |
| 12092965005 | 2 factors about greece that made persian rulers unwilling to invest resources into a full-scale war with them were greece being too small and ________ | distant | 42 | |
| 12092965006 | after the persian wars, the poleis created an alliance to discourage further persian actions in greece. what was it called? | the delian league | 43 | |
| 12092965007 | why did athens become the leader of this alliance? | because of its superior fleet | 44 | |
| 12092965008 | if athens effectively supplied the league's military force, then the other poleis primarily contributed its _________ support | military | 45 | |
| 12092965009 | during the era of pericles' leadership, the contributions made by all the other poleis financed much of the athenian _______ | bureaucracy | 46 | |
| 12092965010 | other poleis resented having to make contributions to the delian league in the absence of a continuing persian threat because the contributions seemed to benefit only _________ | athens | 47 | |
| 12092965011 | tensions between the poleis resulted in a bitter civil conflict called the _____________ war | peloponnesian | 48 | |
| 12092965012 | both in peninsular greece and throughout the larger greek world, poleis divided into 2 armed camps under the leadership of athens and ________ | sparta | 49 | |
| 12092965013 | during the decades following athenian surrender, hegemony in the greek world passed to 3 main poleis. what were they? | sparta, thebes, & corinth | 50 | |
| 12092965014 | who was the loyal native of athens who wrote a detailed history of this civil war? | thucydides | 51 | |
| 12092965015 | athens gained notoriety as having 3 kinds of power. what were they? | arrogant, insensitive, & imperialist | 52 | |
| 12092965016 | according to this historian, athenians bullied smaller communities during the conflict. as a result, athens lost its reputation as the moral and ___________ leader of the greek people | intellectual | 53 | |
| 12092965017 | the kingdom of macedon was a frontier state located ________ of peninsular greece | north | 54 | |
| 12092965018 | Although macedonians recognized a king, political affairs where mostly controlled by semiautonomous _______ | clans | 55 | |
| 12092965019 | what ultimately brought change to macedon was its proximity to greece's _________ poleis | wealthy | 56 | |
| 12092965020 | under kind phillip's ___year reign, macedon underwent a thorough transformation | 23 | 57 | |
| 12092965021 | king philip built a powerful _________ that enabled him to overcome the traditional clans and make himself the ruler for macedon | military | 58 | |
| 12092965022 | king phillips military force featured an infantry composed of small ________ | landowners | 59 | |
| 12092965023 | king philip's calvary was staffed by aristocrats holding large _______ | estates | 60 | |
| 12092965024 | after philip consolidated his hold on macedon, he turned his attention to the other nearby poleis and the ______ empire | persian | 61 | |
| 12093064034 | because the peloponnesian war poisoned the atmosphere, the poleis could not agree to form an alliance against philip. as a result, philip ultimately brought who under his control | greece | 62 | |
| 12093064035 | king philip intended to use his initial conquests to invade persia, but could not carry out his plans because he was assassinated by his _________ | bodyguard | 63 | |
| 12093064036 | the invasion of persia thus fell to his young son, alexander of macedon. the name that he was most famously known by, however, was alexander the _______ | great | 64 | |
| 12093064037 | alexander succeeded philip as ruler of an expanding empire at the age of _______ | 20 | 65 | |
| 12093064038 | upon succeeding philip, alexander soon began to assemble an army of how many men? | 48,000 | 66 | |
| 12093064039 | by 330 bce alexander eatables himself as the new emperor of ______ | persia | 67 | |
| 12093064040 | by 327 bce alexander took his army into india. he probably would have continued to campaign through india except his ________ refuses to proceed any farther from home | troops | 68 | |
| 12093064041 | in june of 323 bce after an extended round of feasting and drinking. alexander fell ill and died. how old was he? | 33 | 69 | |
| 12093064042 | while alive, alexander established about 70 cities in his own honor. what did he call them? | alexandria | 70 | |
| 12093064043 | so long as he lived, he relied on established institutions to administer the lands he conquered. one example of such an institution was a provincial governor in the ancient persian empire. these were called ________ | satrapies | 71 |
