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35 Cards in this Set
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What did the Greeks contribute to our society?
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Architecture,government, theater,philosophy, science, literature, language
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Why was Greece isolated from itself?
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Rugged mountains and the Greeek mainland is almost cut in half by water
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How did most Greeks earn their living?
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As fishermen and traders because the land was mostly unusable
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The earliest civiliztion in the area around Greece
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The Minoian civilization
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Developed along the island of Crete
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THe Minoian civiliaztiona
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Named for a legendary king
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who was called Minos
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Name for the battles betweenthe Greek and Persian empire
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The Persian Wars
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The Persian king___ wanted to conquer Greece
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Darius the Great
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Were the Greeks outnumbered in the Persian War?
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Yes
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Who successed Darius the Great? How was he related to the king?
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Xerxes was Darius's son
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What was Thermopylae?
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A small mountain pass
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A Greek traitor showed the Persian what?
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A secret trail thru the mountains
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When the Greeks realized that they were about to be surrounded, they
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kept part of their army at Thermopylae and sent part of it away.
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What wasthe name for the battles betweentheGreek and Persian empire?
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The Persian Wars
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What Persian king wanted to conquer Greece?
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Darius the Great
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What battle consisted ofoutnumbered Greek troups against the Persians?at Marathon?
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Battle of Marathon
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Who was Darius'ssone?
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Xerxes
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Why did Sparta's troops did not arrive intil after the battle of Marathon?
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Due to a religion festival
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Who showed the Persians a secret path aroundthe cliffs?
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AGreek traitor
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What didthe Greeks dowhen they realized that they were outnumbed at Thermopylae?
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They sent part of their army away and kept partat Thermopylae
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How many Spartans were at Thermopylae?
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300
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Did Athens evacuate whenthe Persians came back to Athens?
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Yes
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Who won the naval battle at Salamis?
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The smaller Greek ship outmanuvered the larger Persian ships
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Who won the Persian WAR?
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THE GREEKS
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Who was Pericles?
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An Athenian leader
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WHo led the rebuilding of Athens after teh Persian war?
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Pericles
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Which armies went head to head during the Peloponessian war?
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Athens and her city state allies versus Sparta andher city state allies
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Whose son was Phillip II's?
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Alexander the Great
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Who was known as the father of history?
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Herodotus
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Who was known as the fatherof medicine?
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Hippocrates
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When his father Phillip II was asssinated, who became king and how was he related to the king?
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Alexander the Great
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Who conquered the Persian Empire, all of Greece and part of India/
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Alexander the Great
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What happened in 1200 B.C.?
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Trojan War
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What happened 490-479 B.C.?
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Persian Wars
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What happened in 323 B.C?
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Death of Alexander the Great, he was 32 years
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