Western Civ Test 2 Continued

Front 1

The spartan state closed the door to the outside world, discouraged travelers coming into Sparta, and discouraged people from leaving, kept trade and commerce at a minimal, and frowned upon the arts, in order to ______________.

Back 1

make the military state secure

Front 2

Athens Established unified “pollis” on the peninsula of _______.

Back 2

Attica

Front 3

What is a pollis?

Back 3

A city-state AND their way of life.

Front 4

594 BC- Athenian aristocrats chose _______ to rule.

Back 4

Solon.

Front 5

Solon refused to carry out a redistribution of _____?

Back 5

Land. this was the basic cause of the economic crisis.

Front 6

Solon´s political reforms:

Back 6

Wealth instead of aristocratic birth Qualified more people for holding political office Created upward political mobility.

Front 7

who seized power after Solon?

Back 7

Pisistratus.

Front 8

Pisistratus´s son was not ________?

Back 8

sent to exile

Front 9

who seized power after Pisistratus?

Back 9

Aristocrat reformer Cleisthenes

Front 10

Cleisthenes was credited for.....?

Back 10

creating Athenian democracy.

gives all he local tribes a role in the political structure and a voting presence.

Strengthened the athenian political system.

Front 11

where did they meet for the first Persian attack?

Back 11

the plains of Marathon.

Front 12

who won the first Persian attack?

Back 12

greek, even though they were out numbered.

Front 13

whos idea was it for the first persian attack?

Back 13

Darius

Front 14

who died 10 years after the 1st persian attack?

Back 14

darius

Front 15

who became the persian monarch after darius died ?

Back 15

Xerxes

Front 16

what did Xerxes want ?

Back 16

revenge for darius and expansion.

Front 17

Invasion of Xerxes (480 BC) had how many troops and ships?

Back 17

150,000 troops, 700 naval ships

Front 18

Spartans would hold off the Persian Army at Thermopylae for how many days?

Back 18

2 days

Front 19

Although out numbered, Greeks (athens) would....?

Back 19

soundly defeat the Persians in a great naval battle at Salamis A 2nd battle a year later in Ionia at Mycale would settle the conflict. And so would begin the “Age of Pericles”, and the growth of the Athenian Empire…

Front 20

the persains were nomadic and organized into ____?

Back 20

clans

Front 21

Under Cyrus the Great, ________ became a powerful state.

Back 21

persia

Front 22

Cyrus the great unified the _____ and _______ as one state

Back 22

Medes and Persians

Front 23

•After securing his eastern borders Cyrus conquered _______

Back 23

Babylon

Front 24

Cyrus had Religious tolerance for...?

Back 24

All

Front 25

Cyrus obtained favor with conquests by...?

Back 25

restoring temples

Front 26

the greeks were in what is now ...?

Back 26

Louisiana

Front 27

the greeks had an Instilled an independent ______ they were willing tofight for.

Back 27

spirit

Front 28

Earliest Aegean civilization was ...?

Back 28

Minoan

Front 29

Minoan was Located on large island of

Back 29

Crete

Front 30

Mycenaen Civilization were _____ people.

Back 30

warrior

Front 31

Mycenaen Civilization prided themselves on what ?

Back 31

heroic deeds in battle

Front 32

how did the Mycenaen Civilization come to an end?

Back 32

Greek-speaking invaders from the north

Front 33

After Mycenaean civilization collapses

Back 33

•A dark period / limited knowledge by historians• Population declined / food production dropped.• Large number migrates across Aegean Sea tovarious islands