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86 Cards in this Set
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The southern tip of the Balkan peninsula consists on many small peninsula that form?
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The mainland of greece
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T/F Greece has a great river system.
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False
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Describe Greece's climate?
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mild climate and enough good soil and sufficent rainfall for farmers to grow grain, grapes, and olives in the small valleys and in the foothills of the mountains.
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What helped keep Greece's population small?
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because greece could not produce the variety of food needed.
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What did Greece geography encourage?
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the development of trade
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Most of the ______________- _________________ had its roots in early Greece.
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Western Civilation
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What ancient ruins did archeologist believe to find?
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Knossos
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What did scholar name the civilization that Evans discovered?
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Minos in honor of thier king
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The early Minons developed an early ____________- ___________.
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writing system
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The Minoan writing system was called?
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linear
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Where was the Minoan civilization located?
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on the Island of Create
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What are paintings made on wet plaster wall
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frescoes
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t/f Frescoes show minoans as cheerfulpeople who enjoyed festivals.
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true
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What are two characteristics of Minoan civilations?
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running water; worshipping the bull
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Where did the Minoans turn for lively hood and why?
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to the sea because the soil was unsuitable for growing crops
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What happened to cause loss of life in creat around 1500?
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volcanic erruption causing giant tital waves
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Who doiminated the mainland 1600-1200 BC?
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The Mycengeans
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t/f The Myceneans did not have fortified cities?
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false
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Describe the Mycenaaens?
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a warlike people who carried out raids by sea throuout the eastern Medieranean area
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t/f The Mycenaens suffered from the effects of earthquakes?
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True
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What did the Mycenaens give way to
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Parians
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Define Polis
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a city state
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What did polis's typically develop around
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forts
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What are feature that Greek City-States share?
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small size
small poulation setting on a hill public meeting place |
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t/f All people in greek city states had the rights of citizenship
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false
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What was one of the most populas city states?
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Athens
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What is an acropolis
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a hill or mountain
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What is an agora
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marketplace
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t/f each city state had a different form of government
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true
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Between 1000 bc and 700 bc, the greek city-states had similar forms of ___________.
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government
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What are epics
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long poems describing heroes and great events
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What were the names of two great epics for the Homeric Age?
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The Illiad and the Odyssey
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During the Homeric Age poets would travel from village to village reciting ____________.
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folk songs
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What was the setting for the Illiand and the Odyssey
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The trojan War
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Three main compenents of the Greek relgion during the Homeric age?
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explantion of mysteries
explantion of passion a means for gaining long life, good fortune, and abundant harvest |
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t/f The greeks primary religious focus was morality?
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false
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Who did the greeks attribute all human characteristics to?
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thier gods and goddesses
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Where did the Greeks belive thier gods lived?
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Mount Olympius
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What are myths
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traditional storis about the deeds and misdeeds of the Gods
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Who did the greeks believe was the king of the gods
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Zeus
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Who did the greekds believed protected women and marriage
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Hera
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Who was the God of the sea
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Posidon
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Who was the goddess of wisdom
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Athena
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The Greeks believed thatthe gods spoke throught__________ at special sancuaries called ________
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priests
oracles |
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Where and when were the Gree games held and who were they in honor of
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mt olympus
every fourth year zeus |
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What are epics
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long poems describing heroes and great events
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What were the names of two great epics for the Homeric Age?
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The Illiad and the Odyssey
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During the Homeric Age poets would travel from village to village reciting ____________.
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folk songs
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What was the setting for the Illiand and the Odyssey
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The trojan War
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Three main compenents of the Greek relgion during the Homeric age?
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explantion of mysteries
explantion of passion a means for gaining long life, good fortune, and abundant harvest |
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t/f The greeks primary religious focus was morality?
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false
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Who did the greeks attribute all human characteristics to?
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thier gods and goddesses
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Where did the Greeks belive thier gods lived?
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Mount Olympius
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What are myths
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traditional storis about the deeds and misdeeds of the Gods
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Who did the greeks believe was the king of the gods
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Zeus
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Who did the greekds believed protected women and marriage
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Hera
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Who was the God of the sea
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Posidon
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Who was the goddess of wisdom
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Athena
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The Greeks believed thatthe gods spoke throught__________ at special sancuaries called ________
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priests
oracles |
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Where and when were the Gree games held and who were they in honor of
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mt olympus
every fourth year zeus |
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What did the ancient greeks fist define a tyrant as
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as one who seized power in defiance of law but ruled with the peoples support
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What is a popular government
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stated that people could and should rule themselves rather than be rules by others
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What is a democracy
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a government in which all citizens take part
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Over time what did the word tyrant become to mean
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a ruler who exercises absolute power by brutatlity and oppresivelty
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The spartan Military was known as the
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Ideal
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What are helots
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people forced to work for the invaders
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Describe the spartan government
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had an assembly of all all adult males; a council of elders 2 kings and ephors
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What are epors
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overseer who had unlimited power
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t/f Sparta regulated the lives of its citizen from birth to death
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true
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t/f Spartas cared for newborn babies that were weak or deformed
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False
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Describe the military training in Sparta
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all the baiss of education for boys
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Sparta __________ heavily for having and efficient miltaty
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paid
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what age did the male begin his military service
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at age 20 and remained available until 60
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People born outside of Athens were called
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metic
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What could metics od
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they worked as merchant or aritisans but they could not own land or take part in the government
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Where is athens located
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the attic pennisula
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What did the athenas do that helped trade
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coined money
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What are achons
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rulers each of whom served one year term of office
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What did Soln do:
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trusted leader
mediated the dispute between debtors and creditors outlawed enslavement for debt |
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What were the Social classes in Athens
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Citizen
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What were the aristocrates
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Landowners and they had power
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What is a direct democracy
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all citizens participated directly in making decsions
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What are representative democracies
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united states; the citizens elect representatives to run the govenment
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What was the accomplisments of Draco
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athens first code of written law
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Who was Peisistratus
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a tyrant although he was not always oppressive to the poor
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What did Cleisthenes do
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overthrew the aritocrates
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