Unit 4 Greece Map Vocabulary

Peninsula which is home to Greece's most famous soldiers

Peloponnesus

Starting around 750 BCE Greeks founded new settlements on the coasts of the Black Sea and the _____ Sea

Aegean

Its army's heroic last stand at Thermopylae is famous

Sparta

Island forced into Athenian Empire

Melos

City with world's first democracy

Athens

Greek civilizations developed on both sides of this sea

Aegean

City of the "Lycurgan reforms"

Sparta

Kingdom that conquered all the Greek city-states

Macedonia

Athens' wheat route crossed the Aegean Sea and the _____ Sea

Black

Greek colonies in this area drew mainland Greece into a war against Persia

Asia Minor

Its name means "middle of the world"

Mediterranean Sea

City famous for naval victory at Salamis

Athens

City on the winning side in Peloponnesian War

Sparta

Site of the legendary battle Homer wrote about in his epics

Troy

City where Pericles was an elected leader

Athens

Island where Athenian allied League kept its treasury

Delos

Location of the Oracle - a major component of Greek religious beliefs

Delphi