Saturday, October 3, 2009

CHAPTER 7 SECTION REVEIW 1

1) Black and A egean sea is two the east; Ionian sea on the west; Attica and Peloponnessus
2) Minoans, Mycenaen, and Trojans; Minoans island of crete; Mycenaens greek mainland;Trojans city of troy
3) Minoans, King Minos of Knossos
4) Mycenaens
5) Dorians plus Mycenaeans equal Hellenes
6) Homer: Iliad about the herioc deeds of the ancient greek in their war against Troy;Odyssey about the adventures of a brave greek warrior
7) Zeus: chief/ father of gods; thunder and lighting
Apollo: associated with the sun
Artemis:associated with the moon
Athena:associated with wisdom
Ares: associated with war
8) city states; hilltop fortress
9) Athens, Eretria, Sparta
10) 490-479
11) Greeks got defeated than the persian got defeated;1st major naval battle in history
12) place an absolute limit on the westward expansion of the persian empire


IDENTIFY:
Hellspont: was Mycenaens and the Dorian
Attica: prominent region of greece
Peloponnesus: prominent region of greece
Trojan War: 1200 bc Mycenaens defeat the city of troy
Odysseus: main character in homer odyssey
Mt.Olympus: where the gods lived
Heros: human characters who played an important role in homers poem
Achilles: invincible Greek warrior
Barbarian: people who did not speak Greek
Olympic games: held every 4th year in the olympaid in honor of Zeus
Olympaid: period between the olympics
Darius I: new persians king demanded Greek to sumbit to him
Xerxes I: determined to conquer Greece
Leonidas: spartan leader
Themistocles: tricked Xerxes into fightin a naval battle in a narrow strait between the mainland and the island of salamis
Plataea: persian were defeated here

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