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40 Cards in this Set
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The Balkan Peninsula
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Where Greece is located
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The Mediterranean, Aegean and Ionian Seas
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Seas that surround Greece
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Gulf of Corinth
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Gulf that splits Greece in half
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Describe Greece's coastline
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Rocky
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Minoans
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First settlers know in the area
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Crete
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Large island to the south of Greece
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Mycenaeans
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Thriving city 1000 B.C.
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Trojan horse
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Mycenaeans built a horse to hide their men when attacking the city of Troy. They people of Troy brought the horse inside the city walls and were attacked when the men came out of the horse and opened the doors to let their fellow warriors into the city.
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Phoenician's alphabet
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700 BC Greeks added vowels to make their own alphabet
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Homer a bard
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The singing poet that wrote the iiliad and the odyssey
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Zeus
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King of the Greek gods
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Aesop
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Freed slave that wrote fables 600BC
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Philosopher
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Lover of wisdom. Tried to answer difficult questions like what is right, why the earth was created and what makes man satisfied.
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Pythagoras
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Philosopher that concentrated on mathematics and science.
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Democritus
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Invented atomic theory
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Socrates, Plato and Aristotle
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Famous Greek philosophers
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Archimedes
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Perhaps the greatest Greek scientist
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City-state
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Each city had its own government
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Sparta and Athens
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The 2 most important city-states
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Acropolis
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Hills that were the religions and social centers
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Agora
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Marketplace
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Theater
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Watch plays
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Gymnasium
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Play sports
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Stadium
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Watch competitions
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Olympia
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Had a large stadium, first Olympics
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Democracy
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People and Rule - people have an active role in government. Opposite of a king.
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Sparta
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Famous for warriors
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Athens
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Famous for culture
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Macedonia
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Small country just north of Greece
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Philip II
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King of Macedonia and father to Alexander the Great
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Phalanx
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Large group of soldiers, 256 men that formed a square with large spears.
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Alexander's empire stretched to
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India
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Alexander the great defeated
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The Persian empire
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How far east did Alexander's great empire extend
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India
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Which book of he bible prophesied that Alexander the great's life would be short?
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Daniel
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What was the largest gathering place in a a Greek city-state?
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Theatre
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Which philosopher was interested in the best way to live?
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Socrates
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Possibly the greatest Greek scientist.
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Archimedes
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What was the most important Alexandria for that time period
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Alexandria in Egypt
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In what year were the first Olympics held?
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776 bc
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