Study Guide Ss Ch 7

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hoplite

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An ordinary citizen who became a foot soldier of ancient Greece.

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polis

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A city state in ancient greece, like a tiny independent country.

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Minoan

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An inhabit of Minoan Crete.

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peninsula

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A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

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Agora

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A public open space.

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phalanx

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A body of troops or police officers.

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Dorians

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Members of Hellenic people speaking the Doric dialect of Greek.

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Mycenaean

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An inhabitant of Mycanae or member of the Mycenaean people.

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What is the dark ages?

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The collapse of Mycenaean civilization. Poverty for the Greeks, and they forgot their language and craftsmanship.

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Who could be a citizen in greek?

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Men over 18 that were never slaves.

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What were the results in the dark age?

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Many Greeks more away to Asia Minor, and turkey, and it expanded the reach of the Greek culture.

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Why did many greek states send people to settle the shores of the black sea?

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To import food from the colonies.

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What jobs did early greeks have?

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They usually fished.

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What was the greek alphabet based on?

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They matched Phoenician letter forms.

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Athens

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The capital of greece on the plains of Attica

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Ephors

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One of five senior spartan magistrates.

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spartans

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Citizens of Sparta.

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tyrant

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A usually cruel and oppressive ruler.

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Oligarchy

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A small group of people who have control of a country.

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How did Athens and Sparta differ?

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Sparta had militaristic power as a necessity, while Athens lived among the regular Doric people.

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Why did Pisistratus give land to landless farmers?

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To win widespread support, and end an era of turmoil.

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When did Athens become a democracy

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Around 500 BC.

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Satraps

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"Protector of the kingdom"

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Strait

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a narrow passage of water connecting from two seas.

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Herodotus

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A Greek historian that was born in Halicarnassus. He was thought to have the first real history in Western civilization.

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Cyrus the Great

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The ruler that managed to unite the Persians into a powerful kingdom.

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Marathon

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A plain that was used for a war called "The Battle of Marathon".

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Zoroastrainism

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A religion of ancient Persia founded by Zoroaster.

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Why did the Greeks win the Battle of Salamis?

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The greeks won the Battle of Salamis, because, they were smart about it, for example, the Persians tried to bait them to fight them, but the Greeks knew that they didn't stand a chance against their 10000 men, versus their 20000 men. When the Persians got tired of waiting, they went to the sea to fight them, but then the Greeks attacked them, and they were all seperate, so the Greeks won.

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What caused the Persian Empire to fall?

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When the Greeks defeated the Persian army, they helped weaken it. The empire was ALREADY being affected by internal problems. When the problemed worsened, the empire lost it's strength. Despite this, Persia remained intact for almost 150 more years, it fell apart after Xerxes though, other Persian rulers raised taxes to gain more wealth and it caused many rebellions, and it just fell apart.

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Age of Pericles

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The time when Pericles was the strongest empire.

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Philosopher

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Thinkers who ponder questions about life.

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Delian League

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The association of Greek city-states.

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Peloponnesian War

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Sparta began to grow suspicious of Athenian aims, Sparta and Athens built two very different kinds of societies and they both wanted to have the most power, so they clashed over this goal for 15 years (460 BC- 445 BC)

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Pericles

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An Athenian general that was a leading figure after the Persian wars.

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How was Athenian democracy different from American democracy

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They voted in huge assemblies where all men over 18 would come their to discuss laws. In america, that wouldn´t work, because the population is too large.

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What rights did upper-class Athenian women have?

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They took care of the children, and the house, but they couldn´t leave the house unless it was for a funeral or something, even then, they had to do it with their husbands.