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40 Cards in this Set
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agora
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a market and a place where people meet and debate
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colony
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a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland
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peninsula
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a body of land with water on three sides
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acropolis
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a fortified area, usually on a hill
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polis
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a Greek city-state
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oligarchy
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a few people hold power
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democracy
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all citizens share in running the government
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helot
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the Spartan name for a captive worker
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tyrant
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a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
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ephor
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a person who enforced laws and managed tax collection
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strait of Salamis
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place where the Greek fleet attacked the Persian fleet
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Zoroastianism
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the religion of Persia
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satrap
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means "protector of the kingdom"
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Xerxes
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son of Darius
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Persia
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the area known today as southwestern Iran
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philosopher
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a thinker who ponders the questions about life
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representative democracy
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a small group makes governmental decisions on behalf of many
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Aspasia
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a well-education woman who taught public speaking in Athens.
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direct democracy
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mass gatherings where many decide governmental matters
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Pericles
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a dominant figure in Athenian politics
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fable
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a short tale that teaches a lesson
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myth
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a traditional story about gods and goddesses
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epic
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a long poem about heroic deeds
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oracle
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a priest or priestess who could tell the future
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Mount Olympus
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the highest mountain in Greece, home to the gods and goddesses
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Socratic method
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a way of teaching still used today
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philosopher
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believed that the human mind could understnad everything
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Sophist
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a traveling professional teacher
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Plato
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student of Socrates who wrote the Republic
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Thucydides
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considered to the the greatest historian of the ancient world
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Hellenistic Era
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a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people
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legacy
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what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
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Alexander the Great
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became king of Macedonia at age 20
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Alexandria
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the most important city in the ancient world
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Philip II
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admirer of Greek ideas who planned to conquer Persia
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plane geometry
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a type of mathematics that relates points, lines, surfaces, and angles to each other
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Eratosthenes
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the astronomer who concluded that Earth is round
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Epicureanism
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Happiness through pleasure is the goal of life
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Stoicism
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Happiness comes from doing your duty and following reason, not emotion
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solid geometry
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a type of mathematics that deals with spheres and cylinders
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