GSH classical Greece Test

Delian Leaguen

a alliance headed by Athens that says that all Greek city

The importance of geography (Greece)

The location, mountainous terrain foresting city states, maritime influence, agricultural challenges, natural defense, advantages, and a mediterranean climate that shaped social and political structures.

Socrates

Greek philosopher; socratic method

Herodotus

Greek Historian, considered the father of History. He came from a Greek community in Anatolia and traveled extensively, collecting information in western Asia and the Mediterranean lands.

Oligarchy

a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

Antigone

Antigone is a character form a greek tragedy written by sophocles

Aristocracy

A government in which power is in the hands of a hereditary ruling class or nobility

women's rights in Athens

Athens very limited women couldn't vote, own property, or participate in politics
They were expected to stay at home and manage the household

women couldn't vote, own property, or participate in politics

They were expected to stay at home and manage the household

women's rights in Sparta women had more freedom and rights

women could own property and were encouraged to be physically fit

They also received education to help them support the state's military culture.

The Persian Wars Conflicts between Greek city

states and the Persian Empire, ranging from the Ionian Revolt (499

Thermopylae a famous battle in 480 BC, where the Persians attacked the Spartans, battle held in a mountain pass

Pericles Athenian leader noted for advancing democracy in Athens and for ordering the construction of the Parthenon.

The Peloponnesian War (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.

Alexander the Great king of Macedonia. He lived from 356 BC to 323 BC.

He created one of the largest empires in history, stretching from Greece to Egypt and into India.