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32 Cards in this Set
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Describe Greece's geography?
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Peninsula with limited fertile land making trade necessary that controlled the Aegean Sea. Mild climate promoted life outdoors. Need to colonize abroad for land and because of overpopulation
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Zeus
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king of Greek Olympic gods
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Hera
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Queen/mother of Greek gods
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Aphrodite
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Greek goddess of love
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Type of government Athens had during its golden age
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direct democracy
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tyrant reformer of Athens laws were too harsh
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Draco
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tyrant-reformer made Athens more democratic
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Solon
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Who could not participate in Athens' democracy?
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women, slaves, foreigners
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militaristic city-state with an oligarchy; rivaled Athens
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Sparta
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Wars between Greece and Persia
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Persian Wars
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Two victories for Greece over Persia in the Persian Wars
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Marathon and Salamis
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Why was the Persian Wars important to the development of Greek culture?
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temporary unification of Greek city-states; led to Athenian Golden Age
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leader of the Athenian Golden Age
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Pericles
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wars between Athens and its Delian League and Sparta and its allies
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Peloponnesian War
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Results of the Peloponnesian War
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ended Athenian Golden Age; ripe for attack by Philip II
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Greek marketplace and meeting place
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agora
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great temple built during the reign of Pericles with by Phidias
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Parthenon
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Greek fortified hill
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Acropolis
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first playwright
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Aeschylus
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composer of the Iliad and Odyssey
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Homer
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great Greek sculptor of Athena and Zeus
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Phidias
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Father of History; wrote Persian Wars
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Herodotus
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wrote of the Peloponnesian Wars
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Thucydides
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developed the water screw, pi, and improved use of lever
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Archimedes
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father of scientific medicine
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Hippocrates
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father of geometry
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Euclid
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great philosopher who was sentenced to death; taught knowledge is the greatest virtue
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Socrates
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wrote the Republic; student of Socrates
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Plato
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teacher of Alexander the Great
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Aristotle
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student of Plato; scientifically classified plants and animals; logic
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Aristotle
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responsible for spreading Hellenistic culture
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Alexander the Great
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Greek-like culture that blended with Oriental cultures
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Hellenistic
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