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29 Cards in this Set
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What are political units rhat had its own laws and form of government?
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City – States
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Athens
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What Greek city had a democratic government?
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Who was Socrates
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a philosopher
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Who was a Greek king who conquered many lands throughout theMediterranean
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Alexander the Great
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Who was a king in Mesopotamia the set up a harsh set of laws?
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Hammurabi
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By what type of government was Sparta was ruled?
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An oligarchy
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In which type of government citizens govern themselves through elected representatives?
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Democracy
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Who was the Greek philosopher who studied with Plato?
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Aristotle
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What term refers to the central city of a city-state in ancient Greece?
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Polis
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What is the natural barrier that separated Europe and Asia?
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Ural Mountains
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In which type of government are the people ruled by a few wealthy individuals?
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Oligarchy
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None
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What did the mountains on the Greek peninsula do for the Ancient Greeks?
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Provided protection against other people invading them and conquering them
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Fjord
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What is a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between steep cliffs
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What is the body of water along the southern coast of Europe
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Mediterranean Sea
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What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides
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Peninsula
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A Myth is
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A story used by to explain things people did not understand
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An area of land governed by a distant country and settled by citizens of that country
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What is a colony?
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What does conquer mean?
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Overcome by force
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What was the most common male activity of the common people of Ancient Greeks?
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Farming
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Where were Ancient Greek girls taught to read and write?
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At home
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Every civilization added to what we have today. What 2 things (government and sports) did Ancient Greece give us?
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Democracy and the Olympics
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Why did the city of Sparta not need walls for protection?
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They were so fierce
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At what age did Spartans begin to train to be soldiers?
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What were the 2 rivers that assisted the Sumerians develop the first civilization?
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Tigris and Euphrates
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Sumerian temples were called
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Ziggurats
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Egyptian writing is called
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hieroglyphics
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cuneiform
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Sumerian writing is called
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Prior to the city states of Mesopotamia, people were
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hunter-gatherers
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The Sumerians wrote on
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clay tablets
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