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94 Cards in this Set
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When did Alexander the Great die?
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323 BC
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Which city state had a military service government?
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Sparta
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Which city/state's common enemy was Persia
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Sparta
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Which city/state's was ended by the Peloponnesian War?
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Athens
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Which Greek city/state had more rights for women?
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Sparta
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Which Greek city/state had an oligarchy?
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Sparta
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What is a small strip of land?
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Isthmus
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What is a polis?
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City-state
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What is an acroplis
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A fortress.
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What is agora?
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A gathering place.
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What is a tyrant?
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Someone who takes control of a government.
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What is aristocracy
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The ruling class
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What is assembly
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The lawmaking group
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What is helot?
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The slaves owned by the state
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What is majority Rule?
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When the ones who received the most votes rule.
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What is cultural identity?
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The cultural connection
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What is a myth?
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A story passed down from generation to generation
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What is a league
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A group of allies
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What is a tragedy
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A serious play
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What is a demogogue?
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A bad leader
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What is a comedy?
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A humorous play.
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What is an alliance?
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An agreement.
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What is Hellenistic?
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A Greeklike age
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What is multicultural
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Of many cultures
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Answer
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ruler of Macedonia, who turned Macedonia into chief power in Greece and longed to unite all of Greece under Macedonia
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Philip II
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Some Greek city-states committed to government by the many, called ________, while others ruled by _______, which mans rule by the few
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"democracy
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in order to know the will of gods, the Greeks consulted an _, a sacred shrine dedicated to a god or goddess
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oracle
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Greek citizens assembled in an open area called an _____ that also serves as a market
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agora
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Why was Sparta a military state?
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to ensure control of the conquered helots, the Spartans made a decision to create a military state
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How were Greek women kept under strict control?
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"could not own property
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Who were the philosophers of classical Greece?
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Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato
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The _______ and ______ played significant roles in the Greek history.
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mountains and sea
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____ replaced bronze during the Dark Ages
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iron
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______ and _____ were the first great epic poems of early Greece.
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Illiad and Odyssey
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Who was the author of the Illiad and the Odyssey?
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Homer
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The Spartan gov't was a _____ headed by two kings.
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oligarchy
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the long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
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epic poem
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people of the civilization named after the legendary king of Crete
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minoans
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mainland Greeks, part of the Indo-European family of peoples who spread into southern and western Europe, india, and Iran
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Mycenaeans
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the poet, who wrote Illiad and Odyssey
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Homer
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the Greek city state
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polis
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served as a place for refuge during an attack and sometimes came to be a religious center on which temples and public buildings were built
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acropolis
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an open area that serves as a place where people could assemble and as a market
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agora
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ruled by few
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oligarchy
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the people captured by Spartans
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helots
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the Greek philosopher that argued that a citizen did not belong to just himself or herself
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Aristotle
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the period of Athenian and Greek history, which they saw the height of Athenian power and brilliance
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Age of Pericles
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government where the people directly participate in government decision making through mass meetings
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direct democracy
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Answer
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Q aristocrat
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A member of a rich and powerful family
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Q Tyrant
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a ruler who takes power by force
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Q democracy
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a form of government in which citizens govern themselves
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Q tribute
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regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one
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Q oracle
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in ancient Greece, a sacred site where a god or goddess was consulted; any priest or lpriestess who spoke for the gods
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Q philosopher
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someone who uses reason to understand the world; in Greece the earliest philosophers used reason to explain natural events.
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Q tragedy
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a type of serious drama that usually ends in disaster for the main character
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Q agora
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a public market and meeting place in ancient Greece; The Agora, spelled with a capital A, refers to the agora of Athens
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Q vendor
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a seller of goods
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Q Sparta
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a city-state in ancient Greece
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Q epic
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a long poem, usually about a hero
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What was the only time the poli united?
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During the Persian War
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What is a monarchy?
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A form of government in which a single person has all power.
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What was another name for an oligarchy?
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Aristocracy
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What was Sparta's form of government?
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Aristocracy/Oligarchy
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What type of leader was King Philip II?
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A monarch
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What were the leading Greek poli?
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Athens and Sparta
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What was Plato's line of work?
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Philosopher
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What was Aristotle's line of work?
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Philosopher
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What was the most massive and simplest of the 3 Greek orders?
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Doric
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What Greek order was used for smaller building interiors?
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Ionian
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Which Greek orders was the most intricate and the least used by the Greeks?
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Corinthian
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Who wrote the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"?
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Homer
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Who taught Plato?
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Socrates
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Who was executed because of his radical ideas?
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Socrates
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Who never wrote down his ideas (his students did for him)?
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Socrates
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Which philosopher was a sculptor by trade?
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Socrates
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Who hypothesized that all souls were once in a better place?
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Plato
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Who wrote "The Republic" and criticized democracy?
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Plato
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Who tutored Alexander the Great?
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Aristotle
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Who taught about the soul?
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Aristotle
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