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Chapter 7 exam revie
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1 | Colonies were first established by Greece around 700 B.C. because they could not grow enough food to feed their growing population. |
2 | the Minoans made their living as traders. |
3 | Peisistratus – Greek tyrant that became popular giving land to landless farmers. |
4 | The Mycenaean’s learned navigating the sun and stars from the Minoans. |
5 | Dark Age – a 300 year period of time in Greece beginning around 600 B.C. when farming and trade failed, and many stopped reading and writing. |
6 | Athenian Assembly – appointed 10 generals who carried out the assembly’s laws. |
7 | Sparta finally defeated Athens in the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city. |
8 | Pericles – leader who made Athens more democratic |
9 | Cyrus – king who built a strong Persian army and expanded the empire |
10 | Leonidas – Spartan king who led 7,000 soldiers at Thermopylae |
11 | Xerxes – Persian king who invaded Greece and led his army at the Battle of Salamis |