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The seas that surrounded greece |
The Aegean sea the Sea of Crete The Black Sea The Ionian Sea The Mediterranean Sea |
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What peninsula were the Greeks located |
The peloponnesus peninsula |
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What were two great Greek stories and who wrote them |
Homer wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey |
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What were the two famous green stories about |
The Iliad was about the the hero's and the Greek warriors of the Trojan War The Odyssey was about the travels of Odysseus as he tries to get back to his wife |
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What is a Polis What is the Acropolis Where were the city-states located |
It was the land surrounding a Greek city-state It is the cluster of the city-states most important buildings and it is located at the top of the city-state By the sea (s) |
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Why did the ancient Greeks set up colonies around the Mediterranean and Black seas around 700 b.c. What did these new colonies do |
Their prosperity and rise in population put a strain on their food and resources They kept close ties with greece and traded with them this created a vast import export system throughout the Mediterranean. |
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What did wealthy land owners do in their city-states What two types of government appeared as a result of this |
They established tyranines within them Democracy and Oligarchy |
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What were the two greatest Greek city-states and what did they focus on |
Sparta: specialized in its military Athens: specialized in education |
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Which Greek city-state established Democracy in its culture |
Athens |
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What started in the 500s b.c. in greece |
The Persian army lead by King Xerxes set out to conquer all of Greece |
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What happened when the Persians landed in Marathon in 490 b.c. |
They were defeated by the Greek army |
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What happened at the Battle of Thermopylae |
7000 soldiers 300 Spartans and 6700 Greeks lead by Spartan King Leonidas fought against Xerxes army of 250000 men The Spartans sacrificed themselves to allow greece to get its act together and eventually defeat Xerxes |
