Greece Quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Battle of Thermopylae | Greece is mountaneous, so Persia must go through the mountains. Hellenic league form a defense in Thermopylae. Leader, Leonitus sends back men to Athens and leaves 300 including himself so Persian army kills them (sacrifice). Naval victory of Greece, Athens wins in sea. |
| Cleisthenes | Tyrant who divided Athens into geographic regions |
| Delian League | replaced Hellenic league, formed by Athens, city-states contribute men and money to defend against Persia. Name is from Delos, the treasury in the city. |
| mystery religions | MOST practiced in Greece, barely written down, little known, religion, cult, secret society, central truths kept secret |
| oligarchy | Elite rule the government |
| Olympias | Very significant woman, wife of Philip II and mother of Alexander the Great, assassinated, |
| Peloponnesian League | Sparta led a group of city-states to form this. War quickly developed into destructive force in Greece. |
| Philip II | Conquered GREECE, King of Macedonia, developed better military, married Olympias and had son Alexander (the Great), sets up confederation (conquered Greece) - first step to conquer Persia. |
| Thucydides | wrote about the Peloponnesian war, most accurate Greek historian. Considered the greatest historian of antiquity, he wrote a critical history of the Peloponnesian War that contains the funeral oration of Pericles |
| Zoroastrianism | practiced belief in Persia, formed by Zoraster, nature-derived religions, early nomadic belief |
| significance of Alexandria, Egypt | center of science |
| Athenian democracy vs. American democracy (broad comparison of citizens) | Athenian democracy is direct democracy, american is representative democracy. |
| Colonization & Trade (impact) | created merchant wealth/class |
| Geography of Greece (economic impact) | very mountaneous, so they could not plant crops and instead they traded a lot especially on the sea |
| Sparta (source/cause of totalitarianism) | After enslaving people, they must control the people somehow, so they create a military state. |
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