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38 Cards in this Set
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Acropolis |
A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city typically built on a hill |
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Ancient |
Belonging to the past no longer in existence |
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Athens |
Capital of greece, Acropolis was situated there |
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Greece's largest island |
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Greece |
A country in south eastern Europe |
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Isthmus |
A narrow strip of land with sea either side forming a link between two large areas of land |
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Minoan |
Aegon bronze age civilisation |
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Olympus |
The place of the gods |
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Plato |
Greek philosopher |
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Slave |
A person in legal property of someone else forced to obey them, the lowest in social hierarchy, can move up to mower class and become a freedman |
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Aegean |
The Aegean sea |
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Aristocracy |
A form of government that places power in the hands of small propelled ruling class |
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Citizen |
A legally recognised subject of Commonwealth |
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Delphi |
Religion sanctuary dedicated to Apollo |
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Heirachy |
The social structure of a set era Upper class /athens The middle class/metics The lower class /freedman Slaves /helots |
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Mediterranean |
A sea |
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Oligarchy |
Q small group of people having control of a country or organisation |
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Parthenon |
A temple dedicated to Athena |
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Polis |
A small community of ancient greece |
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Socrates |
A Greek philosopher known for creating Socratic irony |
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Agora |
A public open space used for markets and assemblies |
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Aristotle |
Greek philosopher |
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Corinth |
Ancients Greek city in south central greece |
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Democracy |
A vote of the people to elect a person in power rather than dictation |
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Ionian |
One of the four major tribes in ancient Greece |
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Metic |
The middle class |
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Olympia |
Hosted original Olympic Games in ancient Greece |
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Peninsula |
A peice of land surrounded almost entirely with water being connected slightly with a small strip of land |
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Sea |
The expanse of salt water that covers most of earth's surface |
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Sparta |
Prominent city state in ancient Greece |
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do you write the letters before or after the number |
After |
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Bc is now (before Christ) |
Bce ( before current /common era) |
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As is now (after death) |
Ce (common /current era) |
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300 bc is older than 100bc true or false |
True |
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when does ancient history begin |
With the first records of writing |
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When does ancient history end |
With the fall of some key ancient empires around 500 ce |
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Difference between a myth and legend |
(myth) Big foot - (legend) hercules |
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The upper class |
Uppermost power and position, has to be born km Athens, all males in upper class owned land, served in military and payed taxes, handled all government work, had slaves to perform materialistic jobs aka looking after children |
