Social Studies chapter 4 test Flashcards
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Athens
A democracy northeast of Sparta
Strait
A narrow strip of water between 2 pieces of land
Upper class of Athenian woman
Stayed at home and supervised servants, worked wool into cloth and rarely left home (only for funerals and festivals) had to a male relative accompany them when they left home
Age of Persians
A period of creativity and learning in the 400s b.c.
Peninsula
A body of land with water on 3 sides
Satraps
“Protector of the kingdom” ruled each 20 satrapies
Tyrants
Someone who takes power by force and rules with total authority, today the word describes a harsh ruler
Parthenon
Pericles hired workers to build wonderful buildings. The Parthenon is the most well known today and it took them 15 years to build. It cost about 3 billion dollars and they used 20,000 tons of marbles.
Hoplites
Armies of ordinary citizens
Cyrus the Great
A leader who united the Persians into a powerful kingdom and ruled from 559 b.c.- 530 b.c.
Author of history of the Persian war
A Greek historian named Herodotus
Who decides in a democracy
All citizens
Xerxes
Son of Darius who became the Persian king and launched and attack on Greece
Group that promised to pass on land in better conditions
Spartans
How Mycenaeans came to Greece
The invaded the Minoans
Spartan expansion
Their navy
Helped Greeks win the battle of Salamis
Greek ships
Rule of law
The idea that a law should apply to everyone equally and that all people should be treated the same way by the legal system
Minoan source of income
Trade
Delian league
In 478 b.c. Athens joined the other city-states to form the Delian league to defend Greece from the Persians
Mycenaean taxes
Wheat,livestock,honey
