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Who was Homer?
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Greek Poet who wrote the iiliad and the odessy
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Who was Solon?
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Athenenin Statesmen;made athens more democratic
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What was Troy?
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an Acient city in northwestern Anatoia
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Who was perceriles?
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Athenian Leader who played a major role in making athens democratic
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What was Parthenon?
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A cheif temple of the greek god athena
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Who was socartes?
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Atenian philosoper whom taught through questioning.
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Who was Zeus?
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King of all gods and Godesses
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Who was Hera?
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Greek god of Woman and Marraige
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Who was Apollo?
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Zeus' Son god of Poetry medicine and msic
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Who was Athena?
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Daughter of Zeus god of crafts,War godess of her citys including athens
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Who was Posiden?
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Zeus' brother ruler of the sea, god of horses and causer of earthquakes
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What was Athens?
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Capital City of Greece
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What was Sparta?
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Acient city state in greece
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What was Persia?
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The historical name for the region in and around present day iran.
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What was Marathon?
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a city in the Attic Peninsula where the Greeks defeated the Persians
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Who was King Phillip?
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King of Macendonia,father of alexander the Great
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Who was Euclid ?
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Greco-Roman mathematician;known for the elements;a book on geometry
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Who was Archimedes?
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Greek inventor and Mathematician;inventor the formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere
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What was Macedonia?
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acient city north of greece
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What Was Alexadria?
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Acient Hellenistic city in egypt.
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Greece was bordered by the ______ and the ________ seas and fishing and ________ing naturally developed
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Mediterranean Aegean Seas Tranding
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Greece is a (landform-ous) country, and communities developed in isolation from one another.
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Mountainous
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Aristocrates was rule by powerfull _____
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Familes
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Tyranny was the rule by a tyrant supported the ___________ class
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middle
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___________was rule by the citizens
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Democracy
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Greek religons were governed by ___________and____________
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G0ds and Godesses
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Life in the ___________ age was very diffenrent for men woman and slaves. Only free _____ were able to vote and preticipate in goverment and business
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GOlden
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_______spent alot of time at home
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women
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_________ worked in mines households of on farms.
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slaves
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Spartans lives were centered on ______
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military training
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After a long war between _______and______ _________ finally Surrendered to __________
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Athens Sparta
Athens Sparta |
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Greek culture was spread by _______
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Alexander the Great
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The Greek city states shared a common __________,____________,_______ but did not share _________and __________
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Religon
Language Heritage Trading Goverment |
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What is an Epic?
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a long poem that tells a story
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An Acropolis is...
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high rocky hill on which early people built cities
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What is a city state?
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city with its own traditans and goverment and laws
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WHAT is aristocrat?
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a member of a rich and powerful family
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What is a tyrant?
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a ruler who takes power with the support of the middle and working class.
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What is a democracy?
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a type of goverment in which the people rule
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What is tribute?
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pay that a less powerful city pays a more powerful city
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What does it mean to be immortal?
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You will live forever you will never die
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What is a philosipher?
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a person who explains the world with reason
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What is a tragedy?
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a type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main charater
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What is an Agora?
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A central meeting place
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What is a plauge?
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a widespread disese
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What is a blockade?
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the cutting off of an area by enemy forces that closes it for travel and trade.
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What is a BArbarian?
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a person who is to be considered wild and uncivilized
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What does it mean to assanate someone?
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To kill them
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Hellenistic is...
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the Greek culture after alexander the great died; including the three main kingdoms formed by the breakup of Alexander's Empire
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