S.C 8 Ancient Greece

What made it difficult to travel through the LAND of Greece?

• mountains

• rivers

• walled cities

• lack of cars

Walled fortresses, luxury goods, and a monarchy government are cultural characteristics of the ______ civilizations.

• Minoan

• Mycenaean

The ______ civilization was a group who lived on the Greek islands, advanced fishing technology, and mysteriously disappeared around 1450 B.C from possibly invasion or natural disaster.

• Minoan

• Mycenaean

The Greeks tricked the Trojans at the city of Troy with ______

• Wooden Trojan horse

• Phalanx formation

• Posidin's Tsunami

• The goddess Athena

Who or what was the phalanx?

• The head of a council of leaders who made important decisions

• A famous poem written by the poet Homer to help preserve the memories of Greek Culture

• The formation of a heavily armed soldiers who moved together as a unit in battle

• The disease that killed Athens

Who won the Persian War?

• Rome

• The Greeks

• Persia

• The Macedonians

__________ is a Greek treasury and alliance which allowed them to quickly prepare for war.

• The Olympics

• Pericles

• Delian League

• Polis

Which war weakened the power of the city-states?

• Peloponnesian War

• Persian War

• Trojan War

• Battle of Marathon

What was the goal of Alexander the Great?

• Help the Persians capture Greece

• Unite/Rule the known world and spread the Greek language

• rebuild Athens after the Hellenistic Age

• spread Minoan culture

What are the blended cultures of Greece called?

• Spartan

• Grecian

• Athenian

• Hellenistic