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Democracy started in the city-state of

Athens

Spartan men served in the military until age

60

Greek architecture and temples were known for having tall white

Columns

After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire was

Divided among his generals

Famous Greek Philosophers

Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

War stopped every _____ years in Greece to let athletes travel safely to the Olympics

4

Subjects that boys in Athens were taught

science, music, singing, math and philosophy

The geography of Greece is

rocky and mountainous

The early Greek civilization that lived on the island of Crete

Minoans

At the battle of Thermopylae...

The Persians defeated the Spartans

King Phillip II was the ____________ of Alexander the Great

Father

Hippocrates created the ________________ _______ for doctors to sign promising to use medicine to help patients

Hippocratic Oath

Aristotle created a system to classify

plants and animals

City-states in ancient Greece were

separated by rugged mountain valleys

Ancient Greek Democracy

Citizens voted directly on all issues

American Democracy

Citizens vote to elect leaders to make decisions

The result of the Peloponnesian War

Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece

Monarchy

ruled by a king

Oligarchy

ruled by a few aristocrats

Tyranny

ruled by a strict and harsh ruler

Democracy

ruled by the people

Peloponnese was a large _______________ in Greece

Peninsula

The Iliad and the Odyssey were epics written about this war

The Trojan War

Socrates was arrested for this crime

asking questions that challenged the government

An important contribution of Archimedes

Discovered the value of Pi

The city of Alexandria was important to

Scholors

A concept in math still used today from ancient Greece

Pythagoras Theory

The result of the Persian Wars

Prevented Persia from conquering Greece

This event was held to honor the Greek god Zeus

The Olympics

Boys living in this city-state were probably more well-rounded

Athens