Ancient Greece

The Persians created the Royal _____, which ran more than 1,500 miles from Persia to Anatolia.

The Minoans lived on the island of _____ .

Two fierce gods were _____, the god of war, and _____, the god of the seas and earthquakes.

King Phillip II created a strong _____

The Persian king _____ built a strong Persian army.

While Athenians stayed behind the city wall, a plague broke out and killed _____ of the people.

The Greek alphabet has _____ letters

Darius I divided the empire into provinces called _____.

Marathon is this many miles from Athen

Athenian men would finish their work in the _____.

This reformer created a lottery system.

The Persian king _____, was angry with the Athenians for interfering and sent a fleet of 600 ships to invade Greece.

This famous play writer was influenced by Greek drama.

This person wrote Oresteia

A young messenger ran from Marathon to Athens with news of the victory and yelled out _____!

Spartans discouraged free thinking and new ideas.

People looked up to _____, the goddess of love.

In most Greek city-states, only free, ______ born in the polis could be citizens.

This was a Greek city state

Herodotus wrote the history of the _____ Wars.

Greek drama was either _____ or a comedy

In Sparta, boys left their homes at age _____ to join the military.

This is the story of the Trojan Horse.

Greek communities began to send people outside the Aegean area to establish _____.

Recordkeeping was previously told by _____, or storytellers.

Inland communities were separated from each other by rugged _____ and deep valleys.

This was an important economic activity for the Minoans.

After the Persian Wars, the most important general in Athenian government was _____, who ruled for more than 30 years.

The people performed _____ for the gods and goddesses as a part of a religious ceremony.

In Sparta, each year, the council elected five people to be _____

Sophists taught rhetoric, or the art of _______

This was the king of the Olympian gods.

In Plato's version of an ideal society, _____ were at the top of the social clases.

This reformer gave citizenship and hired the poor.

Slow and steady wins the race is the moral behind the fable _____.

Towards the end of the Dark Ages, Greeks started making weapons out of _____.

Citizens called _____ made up the city-state armies.

This was a group of people that taught philosophy as opposed to one person

Plato was willing to grant more rights to women

The best fighters in the Persian army were the 10,000 soldiers who were trained to guard the king known as the _____.

At the Battle at Thermopylae, King Leonidas led 7,000 soldiers (including _____ Spartans), into battle for three days.

A typical army meal was a dish called _____ -park boiled in animal blood, salt and vinegar.

King Cyrus held his growing empire together by treating conquered peoples fairly.

In a(n) _______, a few wealthy people hold power over the larger group of citizens.

Greek architecture was used in both the White House and _____

Sophecles accepted that _____ as a real part of life.

Sparta joined forces with _____ and was able to build a navy.

Greece is made up of _____ peninsula’s.

This type of democracy is a form of democracy in which all citizens can participate firsthand.

The war between the Greeks and the Persians was the _____ War.

In Greek myths, the gods have great _____, but they look and act like human beings.

The Athenian boys were trained and expected to take an active role in _____.

The unified military formation that the Greeks used is called _____.

Mycenaean kings lived in a _____ built on a hill.

The Greek gods lived on Mount _____.

The seas surrounding Greece are: Aegean, Mediterranean, and _____.

The _____ means "like the Greeks"

In Aristotle's book, the three best forms of government are _____, oligarchy, and democracy.

_____ passed away when he was only 32

The Peloponnesian War was between _____.

In Greece, male citizens had the right to _____, hold public office, own property, or defend themselves.

Greek city-states joined together to form a defensive league known as the _____ League.

_____ created a new way of questioning called the Socratic method.

Thucydides believed that the god affected human history

Greeks began to make _____ from metal, this affected their trade.

In Zoroastrianism, the one supreme god was called ______, or “Wise Lord”.

Darius asked his servant to follow him at every meal and say this _____

The Peloponnesian War started in _____ B.C.

The moral behind the “Boy who cried Wolf” was _____.

After the army defeated the Persians at the battle at _____, Alexander traveled as far as India

_____ is knows as the "Father of history"

The most famous oracle was at the temple of _____ at Delphi.

At the Battle of Marathon, the _____ waited for the Persians to load their cavalry back on their ships.

In the spring of _____ Alexander led the army and Greek soldiers into Asia Minor

This reformer ended debts and freed those who were enslaved.

This group of people invaded the Greek mainland during the Dark Ages.

Outside the acropolis was an open area called _____, that was used as a marketplace.

Spartans called their enslaved laborers _____, a word that comes from the Greek word for “capture”.

The Greek mainland is on the _____ Peninsula.

A _____ is a short tale that teaches a lesson.

The Palace at Knossos was discovered for the legendary king named _____.

Greek athletes took part in athletic competitions every four years called the _____ games.

This is the Greek word that means "love of Wisdom"

The Mycenaean’s were proud of their military success in the _____ War.

This was included at the palace at Knossos: ______

The combined forces of the Greek city-states in _____ B.C. formed their largest army yet!

Alexander and his army decided to conquer _____ before pursuing the Persian army

This philosopher started a school called the Lyceum

Socrates did not leave any writings

The Hippocratic Oath says?