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27 Cards in this Set
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on which peninsula is Greece located |
Balkan Peninsula |
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what early settlers of Greece are remembered for leaving the Trojan Horse outside the city of Troy? |
Mycenaceans |
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what did the greeks add to the Phoenicians' alphabet to make it usable for literature? |
vowels |
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who is a Greek example of a bard? |
the blind poet Homer |
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what poems did Homer compose? |
Iliad and Odyssey
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Name two famous Greek philosophers or "lovers of wisdom" |
plato and Aristotle |
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he asked, "What is the best way to live?" |
Socrates |
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he was a freed slave who was the most famous writer of fables in the world |
Aesop |
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Who is known as perhaps the greatest scientist of ancient Greece? |
Archimedes |
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What is a city-state? |
a kind of government |
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Name five important public places of Greek city-states. |
The Agora The Theater The Acopolis the Gymnasium the stadium
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the idea that the citizens of a country should take an active part in the government of the country |
democracy |
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the most famous ancient stadium was built in the town of |
olympia |
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What was the first powerful city-state in ancient Greece? |
Sparta |
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the body of water that cuts Greece almost in half |
gulf of Corinth |
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the three seas surrounding Greece |
Ionianc sea Aegean sea Mediterranean sea |
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the peninsula Greece is located on |
Balkan Peninsula |
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the largest Greek island |
crete |
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the city-state where the Olympics began in 776 B.C. |
Olympia |
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the country Alexander the Great came from |
Macedonia |
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the empire Alexander the Great was determined to conquer |
persia |
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the writer of famous fabals |
Asapet |
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the father of Alexander |
Philip II |
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the Greek god honored by the Olympics |
Zeus |
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the most famous city-state |
Athens |
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What do we call the 200 year period that began with the death of Alexander |
Hellenistic Age |
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who built the trojan horse? |
mycenaeans |
