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54 Cards in this Set
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The term for a long narrative poem
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epic
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Where Greek gods were thought to live
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Mount Olympus
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A prominent Greek historian
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Herodotus
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These were the opponents in the Battle of Salamis
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Persians vs. Greeks
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Define despot...
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a person who rules with absolute and unlimited power
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Of Sparta and Athens, the one that held the military in high regard....
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Sparta
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The area where Alexander was from....
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Macedonia
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Who was the son of Philip II?
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Alexander
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The poet who wrote about the winners at the Olympics....
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Pindar
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Who wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War?
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Thucydides
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The opponents in the Peloponnesian War....
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Sparta vs. Athens
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The peninsula where the Peloponnesian War was fought...
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Balkan
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Calliope and Clio are these...
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muses
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This term means the love of wisdom...
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philosophy
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The writings of this man tell us about the life of Socrates....
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Plato
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This is the name of the temple built in honor of Athena...
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The Parthenon
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Alexander proved his power to the Greeks by capturing this city-state...
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Thebes
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This is where Greeks plays were performed...
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amphitheaters
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Troy is located in what is now this country....
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Turkey
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Some believe that the Trojan War was fought over this woman.....
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Helen
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This god was seen as the rulers of all the other gods and goddesses....
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Zeus
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These 2 gods were brothers of Zeus...
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Poseidon and Hades
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This man tried to prove the authenticity of the Trojan War...
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Heinrich Schliemann
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This was the hero in the Odyssey....
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Odysseus
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Greece is bordered by these 3 seas....
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Mediterranean, Adriatic, Aegean
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Between the Greeks and the Trojans, who won the Trojan War, and how long did the war last?
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Greeks won; ten years
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Provide details about who Homer was....
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a possible essay question
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What are the details of the Battle of Salamis?
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This could be an essay question
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The details of the life of Socrates....
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...a possible essay question
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Describing Greek democracy....
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....might be an essay question
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Greeks believed these delivered messages from the gods...
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oracles
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Xerxes was...Greek, Persian, Egyptian...(choose one)
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Persian
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The Battle of Salamis took place in : a mountain pass, an isthmus, a valley, a bay
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a bay
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The Hellenspont connected these two seas....
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Aegean Sea and Sea of Marmara
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The capital of Greece today....
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Athens
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Who wrote of flying snakes and dog-headed men?
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Herodotus
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Who commanded his people to beat the water with whips because the water did not behave as he wanted?
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Xerxes
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This is a government that rules by a small group of people...
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oligarchy
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How long did a Spartan soldier have to live with other soldiers after he married his wife?
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ten years
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Why didn't Sparta trade with other city-states?
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Fear that Spartans would become interested in other places
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Spartans used this term for their slaves....
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helots
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This man led Athens for 30 years....
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Pericles
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Who could be considered a citizen of Athens?
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males born to residents of Athens
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This was the league formed by Greek city-states for defensive purposes...
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Delian League
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Which side did the Persians support in the Peloponnesian War?
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Sparta
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Between Thucydides and Herodotus, which did not mix in fiction with his historical writing?
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Thucydides
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Name the horse that Alexander made famous....
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Bucephalus
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When Alexander destroyed Thebes, whose home did he spare?
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Pindar the poet.
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Alexander became great even though he died at the age of 32, 42, 47, 52
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32
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Besides athletics, what else happened in the Greek gymnasiums?
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Reading/discussions
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Put these philosophers in chronological order:
Plato, Socrates, Aristotle |
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
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What caused Socractes' death?
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executed by drinking poison (hemlock)
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Considered the greatest Greek scuptor...
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Phidias
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What nearby city has examples of Greek columns?
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Washington DC
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