4944488947 | What was the first civilization in Greece? | Minoan civilization | 0 | |
4944541548 | Where was minoan civilization located? | Crete | 1 | |
4944542916 | Who was the king of Minoan civilization? | King Minos | 2 | |
4944548066 | Which civilization came after the Minoan civilization? | Mycenaeans | 3 | |
4944558789 | Who ruled the Mycenaeans? | King Agamemnon | 4 | |
4944574507 | What is the Greek term for 'city-state'? | polis | 5 | |
4944580443 | What three features do city states have in common? | - small size/population - on a hill - agora | 6 | |
4944610696 | What was the environment of Greek City-States like? | - rocky; not conducive to agriculture - no river systems - relied heavily on fishing | 7 | |
4944693481 | What did city-states have in common? | language, religion, olympics | 8 | |
4944693482 | How were city-states different? | government | 9 | |
4944696505 | When did the Olympic games begin? How often were they? | 776 BCE; every 4 years | 10 | |
4944696506 | Who were the Olympics meant to please? | Zeus | 11 | |
4944696507 | What were the three social groupings of Spartan society? | citizens, noncitizen, and slaves | 12 | |
4944696508 | What were Spartan slaves called? | helots | 13 | |
4944696509 | What was the assembly? | adult male citizens who voted on major issues | 14 | |
4944696510 | What was the Council of Elders? | 30 elders who proposed laws | 15 | |
4944696511 | How many spartan kings? | 2 | 16 | |
4944696512 | How many elected officials? What did they do? | 5; carried out the laws, controlled the education, and prosecuted court cases | 17 | |
4944696513 | What was the Athenian port? | Piraeus | 18 | |
4944696514 | What were the Athenian slaves called? | metics | 19 | |
4944696515 | How much of the population did Athenian slaves take up? | 1/3 | 20 | |
4944696516 | What is the order of governing styles Athens used? | monarchy, aristocracy, tyrant, democracy | 21 | |
4944696517 | What is a direct democracy? | every citizen gets a vote | 22 | |
4944696518 | Who founded direct democracies? | cleisthenes | 23 | |
4944696519 | What was the cause of the Persian war? | Ionian revolt | 24 | |
4944696520 | What happened in the Ionian revolt? | Greeks in ionia rebelled against Cyrus's rule and burnt Sardis with the help of the Athenians Darius pursued revenge and sparked the Battle at Marathon | 25 | |
4944709095 | What happened at the battle at Marathon? | - Darius sent 30,000 persians to Greece - Greeks defeated them by enveloping Persians | 26 | |
4944713615 | Who was the messenger who ran to Athens with news of the victory? | pheidippides | 27 | |
4944722061 | When was the battle at Thermopylae? | 480 BCE | 28 |
AP World History - Unit 2: Ancient Greece Flashcards
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