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43 Cards in this Set
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The amount of rain, snow, and sleet and area receives is called what?
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Precipitation
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How often can the weather change in any particular region?
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Day to day
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What do you call weather conditions in a region over a period of many years?
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Climate
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A climate zone that is neither too hot or too cold is called what?
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Temperate zone
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What does torrid mean?
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Scorching
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Who was the Greek God that was honored by the Olympic games?
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Zeus
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Who was the freed slave that wrote fables?
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Aesop
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Who was the philosopher who was concerned with finding the best way to live?
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Socrates
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Who was the blind singing poet of ancient Greece?
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Homer
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What was the alphabet called that the Greeks borrowed and added vowels to?
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The Phoenician alphabet
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What is the name of the gulf that almost cuts Greece in half?
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The Gulf of Corinth
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First to become powerful.
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Sparta
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Philosphers and foreigners were not welcome here.
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Sparta
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At age 7, boys began training designed to make them loyal soldiers.
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Sparta
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Most of the men in this city state never learned to read or write.
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Sparta
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Was the greatest cultural center in ancient Greece.
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Athens
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At age 7, boys began a program of education designed to make them good citizens.
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Athens
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The idea of democracy was developed in this city state.
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Athens
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At the age of 18, boys in this city-state became citizens after taking a pledge in a solemn ceremony.
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Athens
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What is a singing poet called?
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Bard
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A large group of foot soldiers who are armed with shields and spears and trained to move together is called what?
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A Phalanx
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What pennisula is Greece located on?
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Balkan
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How far east did Alexander the Great's Empire extend?
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India
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In ancient times, Greece was made up of independent cities called what?
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city-states
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Who did all of the work in Sparta?
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Helots
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Alexander the Great's short life was prophesied in what book of the bible?
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Daniel
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Who conquered most of Greece?
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Alexander's father Philip II
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What is the religious center of the city called?
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Acropolis
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What is the marketplace called?
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Agora
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What do you call the place where men practiced their favorite sports?
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Gymnasium
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What is the long racing track called?
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The stadium
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What is the largest gathering place in a Greek city-state?
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The theater
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What climate zone is the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn in?
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Temperate zone
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What climate zone is the Artic and Antartice circle in?
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Frigid zone
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What climate zone is the equator in?
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Torrid
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Which 2 places is located in the Temperate zone?
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Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn
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Which 2 places is located in the frigid zone?
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Artic circle and Antartic Circle
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What is located in the torrid zone?
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The equator
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What 2 words come from the word democracy?
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People and rule
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What does democracy mean?
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The idea that citizens should take an active part in the government.
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During the Hellenistic Age, which language was used the mostin the civilized world?
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Greek
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Why was the use of the Greek language so important in the Hellenistic Age?
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All the major European languages were based on the Greek alphabet.
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List 3 important facts about the life of Alexander the Great.
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1. He conquered and named 16 countries called Alexandria.
2. He conquered Egypt and Persia. |
