History lvl 2

Question 1

Peninsula

Answer 1

Body of land surrounded by water on three sides

Question 2

Direct democracy

Answer 2

Form of government in which all citizens participate in majority rules

Question 3

Representative Democracy

Answer 3

Government in which the citizens are represented by others to make political decisions

Question 4

Hellenistic

Answer 4

Culture made-up of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian styles and customs

Question 5

Athens

Answer 5

Greek city state that prided itself on education and well rounded citizens

Question 6

Separation of powers

Answer 6

Idea used in Ancient Greece and the USA to divide the government into 3 branches

Question 7

Sparta

Answer 7

Greek city state in which the primary goal was military and strength

Question 8

Minoans

Answer 8

earliest Greek civilization that had developed on the islands of Crete/Greece by between ~3000-1500’s B.C.E.
Reliant on trade and fishing as important industries

Question 9

Mycenaean’s

Answer 9

The first Greek-speaking people; invaded Minoans; dominated Greek mainland between ~1600 B.C. to 1100’s B.C.E.; warlike; involved in Trojan War against Troy

Question 10

Pericles

Answer 10

A democratic Greek polis who accomplished many cultural achievements, such as creating currency for trade, and who were constantly at war with Sparta

Question 11

Leonidas

Answer 11

king of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where he was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC)

Question 12

Cyrus the great

Answer 12

king of Persia and founder of the Persian empire (circa 600-529 BC)

Question 13

Xerxes

Answer 13

son of the Persian king Darius; became Persian king. He vowed revenge on the Athenians. He invaded Greece with 180,000 troops in 480 B.C.

Question 14

Alexander the great

Answer 14

Between 334 and 323 B.C.E. he conquered the Persian Empire, reached the Indus Valley, founded many Greek-style cities, and spread Greek culture across the Middle East. He was also believed to be one of the strongest warriors alive

Question 15

Persian war

Answer 15

A series of wars between the Greeks and the Persians where the Greek city-states fought together to defeat the Persians.

Question 16

Peloponnese war

Answer 16

(431-404 BCE) The war between Athens and Sparta that in which Sparta won, but left Greece as a whole weak and ready to fall to its neighbors to the north.

Question 17

Around what year did Minoan culture begin

Answer 17

Around 3000 BCE

Question 18

Did the Mionoans or the Myceans focus on trade?

Answer 18

MINOANS!!!

Question 19

Around what time where the Mycenaean formed around?

Answer 19

1600 to 1100 B.C.

Question 20

Civilization fractured and created the rise of city states

Question 21

In what war did Sparta defeat Athens?

Answer 21

The Peloponnese war

Question 22

In which war did Alexander the great fight in?

Answer 22

Persian war

Question 23

In which war did the greeks fight against the

Answer 23

Persian war

Question 24

what war did the Athenians fight in?

Answer 24

The peloponese war

Question 25

How old was Alexander when he took control of the Macedonian Greek Army?

Answer 25

Age 20

Question 26

How old was Alexander the great when he died?

Answer 26

Age 32

Question 27

Alexander forged the largest ________ of his time

Answer 27

Empire