This document appears to be a collection of questions and answers about ancient Greece. It covers topics like the first civilization in Greece (Minoans), how the Minoans became traders, differences between city-states and cities, changes during the Dark Age, the use of money and trade, Spartan military training and control of helots, Athenian democracy and tyrants, the Persian Empire and wars with Greece, the Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta, and geography determining Greece's development.

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2. Which group was considered
to be the first civilization in
Greece, but they weren’t
Greek?

3. Minoans

4. How did the Minoans become
a trading civilization?

5. They lived on an island and
made boats from the island’s
trees to control the
Mediterranean.

6. Double Jeopardy:
How was a Greek city-
state different from a
city?

7. City-states were like tiny
independent countries, while
cities are a part of a country.

8. Name two changes that
occurred in Greece during the
Dark Age.

9. Trade slowed, poverty took
hold, people stopped farming,
people stopped teaching
writing and craftwork, and
many Greeks moved
elsewhere.

10. Why did the use of money
help trade to grow?

11. Money is small, and easier to carry
than your goods to trade.

12. What was a city-state called?

13. Polis

14. Who took control of the Greek
communities from the nobles?

15. Tyrants.

16. Why did the Spartans stress
military training?

17. So they could control the
helots.

18. Why did tyrants fall out of
favor with the Greeks?

19. Greeks wanted a government
where citizens participated.

20. Why was Solon popular
among some Athenian
farmers and unpopular among
others?

21. He canceled their debts and
freed enslaved farmers, but
didn’t give away wealthy
nobles’ land.

22. What is a helot?

23. Slaves in Sparta

24. Which remarkable leader
united the Persians into one,
powerful kingdom?

25. Cyrus, or Cyrus the Great

26. What did the Persians call the
provinces they separated their
kingdom into?

27. Satrapies

28. Which battle ignited the
Persian Wars?

29. Battle of Marathon.

30. What caused the Persian
Empire to fall?

31. Their rulers raised taxes, and
there was fighting between
families over who would be
king.

32. Who fought in the
Peloponnesian War?

33. Athens and Sparta

34. Who was the Athenian ruler
during Athen’s Golden Age?

35. Pericles

36. What type of government did
Athens have?

37. Direct Democracy

38. What did the Greeks form to
protect themselves from
outside invaders?

39. Delian League

40. What caused the lack of trust
between Sparta and Athens?

41. Athens took over the Delian
League and created an empire
from it.

42. Why type of land is Greece?

43. peninsula

44. What island did the Minoans
inhabit?

45. Crete

46. How did the geography of
Greece determine the way it
grew?

47. It was surrounded by water, it was
mountainous, and had islands.
These made the city-states grow
independently.
Bonus question for the other team
worth 100 points
Give one reason Athens was
defeated by Sparta? Sparta was
awesome doesn’t count.

48. What type of government did
Sparta have?

49. Oligarchy.

50. What was the difference in the
governments of Sparta and
Athens?

51. All citizens had a say in
government in Athens, only
certain people had a say in
Sparta’s government.