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What is an acropolis?
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Hilltop fortress in a city-state
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What is a hilltop fortress in a city-state?
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Acropolis
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What is the Aegean?
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Refers to both the sea surrounding the Greek islands in the eastern Mediterranean as well as the culture of the area
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What refers to both the sea surrounding the Greek islands in the eastern Mediterranean as well as the culture of the area?
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Aegean
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What is the agora?
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Central marketplace in a city-state
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What is the central marketplace in a city-state?
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Agora
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What is the Archaic Age?
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Approximately 800 to 500 BC
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What is approximately 800 to 500 BC?
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Archaic Age
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what is the second largest city-state of Ancient Greece?
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Athens
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What is Athens?
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The second largest city-state of Ancient Greece
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What is a citizen?
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One who must participate in government; generally restricted to men with property
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What is one who must participate in government (generally restricted to men with property)?
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Citizen
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What is a city-state?
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An independent state consisting of a city center and surrounding territory; also called a polis
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What is a city-state also called?
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A polis
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What is a polis?
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City-state
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What is an independent state consisting of a city center and surrounding territory?
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City-state
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What is the Classical Age?
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Approximately 500 to 336 BC
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What is approximately 500 to 336 BC?
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Classical Age
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What is the Dark Age?
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Approximately 1100 to 800 BC; follows the decline of the Mycenean culture
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What is approximately 1100 to 800 BC; follows the decline of the Mycenean culture?
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Dark Age
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What does the Dark Age follow?
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The decline of the Mycenean culture
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What is the Delian League?
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Organization led by Athens to continue to deal with the Persian threat after the Persian Wars
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What is the organization led by Athens to continue to deal with the Persian threat after the Persian Wars?
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Delian League
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What is a democracy?
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Government ruled by a majority, elected rule
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What is government ruled by a majority; elected rule?
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Democracy
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What is Early Greece?
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Approximately 2000 to 1100 BC
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What is approximately 2000 to 1100 BC?
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Early Greece
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What is the Hellenic League?
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Organization led by Sparta, wherein each member city-state pooled their military resources to fight Persia during the Persian Wars, lasted from 481-479 BC
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How long did the Hellenic League last?
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481 to 479 BC
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What is an organization led by Sparta, wherein each member city-state pooled their military resources to fight Persia during the Persian Wars?
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Hellenic League
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What is a helot?
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Spartan slave
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What is a Spartan slave?
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Helot
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What is Macedonia?
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Region to the north of Greece
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What is the region to the north of Greece?
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Macedonia
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What is Minoan?
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The civilization on the island of Crete from approximately 2000 to 1400 BC
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What is the civilization on the island of Crete from approximately 2000 to 1400 BC?
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Minoan
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What is a monarchy?
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Government with an inherited rule
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What is government with an inherited rule?
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Monarchy
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What is Mycenean?
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The civlization on the Peloponnesus from approximately 2000 to 1100 BC
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What is the civilization on the Peloponnesus from approximately 2000 to 1100 BC?
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Mycenean
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Where was the Mycenean civilization located?
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Peloponnesus
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What is government ruled by a few?
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Oligarchy
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What is oligarchy?
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Government ruled by a few
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What is an oracle?
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A person through whom the gods spoke; was always a woman whose words were interpreted by priests
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What is a person through whom the gods spoke? What gender was this person? Who were they interpreted by?
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Oracle... woman... priests
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What is ostracism?
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Forcing a powerful person into exile for 10 years to prevent them from gaining more power
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What is forcing a powerful person into exile for 10 years to prevent them from gaining more power?
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Ostracism
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What is the Peloponnesian League?
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Alliance of city-states led by Sparta intended to increase Spartan power in the Mediterranean
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What is an alliance of city-states led by Sparta intended to increase Spartan power in the Mediterranean?
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Peloponnesian League
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What is the Peloponnesus?
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Peninsula on the southern part of mainland Greece
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What is the peninsula on the southern part of mainland Greece?
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Peloponnesus
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Who was Pericles?
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Athenian leader from 443 to 429 BC; tried to strengthen Athenian power in Greece through the Delian League
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What did Pericles try to do?
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Strengthen Athenian power in Greece through the Delian League
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Who was the Athenian leader from 443 to 429 BC; tried to strengthen Athenian power in Greece through the Delian League?
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Pericles
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What is the perioeci?
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The laboring class in the Spartan social system
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What is the laboring class in the Spartan social system?
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Perioeci
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What were the Persian Wars?
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Wars fought between Persia and the Greek city-states between 490 and 479 BC
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What were the wars fought between Persia and the Greek city-states between 490 and 479 BC?
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Persian Wars
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What was Sparta?
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Largest city-state of ancient Greece, located on the Peloponnesus; very militaristic
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What is the largest city-state of ancient Greece, located on the Peloponnesus & very militaristic?
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Sparta
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What is the Thirty Years Truce?
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Begun in 445BC; it was an agreement between Athens and Sparta to respect each other's spheres of influence
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What was begun in 445BC; it was an agreement between Athens and Sparta to respect each other's spheres of influence?
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Thirty Years Truce
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What is tyranny?
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Government with an illegal rule by a person who has overthrown the previous ruler
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What is a government with an illegal rule by a person who has overthrown the previous ruler?
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Tyranny
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