blog #29

section 7.1 review

1. the black sea,the aegean sea/west=ionian sea/attica and peloponnesus


2. minoans,mycenaeans and thr trojans. they flurished between 2000-1100 bc. minoans on creek,mycenaeans greek main land, trojans-the city of troy


3. minoans/minos and knossos


4. the mycenaeans


5. dorians/hellenes


6. homer,about acounts of the past


7. zues,father of the gods/apolo(sun god),poseidon(sea god), artemis(moon good)/they closely resembled people


8. tribes and villages joined to form polis/its a city


9. italy,gaul,n.africa


10. 490-479 bc


11. battle of thermopylae/xerxes I wanted greece/ the battle of salamis/the greeks had victory/it was a turning point in world history


12. it placed in absolute limit on the westward expansion of the persian empire

Identify

• hellespont-


• attica- promoted region of ancient greece


• pelloponnesus-another promoted region


• trojan war- 1200 bc, mycenaeans destroyed troy


• odysseus- brave greek warrior


• mount olympus- where the olympian gods lived


• heroes- human characters also played imp. roles in homers poems


• achillies- invincible greek warrior


• barbarian- people who didnt speak greek


• olympic games- held every 4 years in honor of zeus


• olympiad- time period between the games


• darius I- new persian king


• xerexs I- darius son


• leonidas- spartan leader
• themistocles- tricked xerxes to fight in a naval battle
• plataea-a battle