Ancient Greece

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acropilis

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the fortified,or stregthened,hill of an ancient greek ciry

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aristrocrat

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a member of a rich and powerful family

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tyrant

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a ruler who takes power by force

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democracy

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a form of government in which citizens governed themselves

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tribute

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a regular payment made to a powerful state or nation by a weaker one

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philosopher

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someone who uses reason to understand the world; in greece, the earliest pholosphers used reasons to understand events

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tragedy

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a type of serious drama that ussually ends in disaster for the main character

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Athens

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a city-state in ancient Greece;the capital of modern-day greece

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Agora

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a public market and meeting place in ancient Greek city;the agora of Athens when spelled with a capital A

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Vendor

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a seller of goods

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slavery

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condition of being owned by, and forced to work for, someone else

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sparta

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a city-state in the southern part of ancient greece.

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Helots

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a member of a certain class of servants in ancient sparta

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peloponnesian war

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a war fought between athens and sparta in ancient Greece, involving almost every other greek state.

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plague

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a wide spread disease

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Blockade

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an action taken to iscolate an enemy and cut off it's supplies

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barbarian

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a wild and uncivilized person

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Assassinate

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to murder for political reasons

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Alexander the Great

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King of Manicadonia from 336 to 323 B.C. conquerer of persia and egypt invader of india

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Hellenistic

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describing Greek history or culture agter the death of Alecander teh Great, including the three main kingdoms formed by teh breakup of Alecander's empire

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peninsula

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an area of land almost completely surrounded by water and connected to a mainland by a narrow strip of land.

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Loess

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a yellow;brown soil.

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dike

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a protective wall that controls or holds back water by a river.

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extended family

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closely related people of several generations.

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philosophy

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a system of beliefs and values.

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civil service

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the group of people whose job is to carry out the work of the government.

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currency

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the kind of money used by a group or a nation.

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warlord

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a local leader of an armed group.

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silk road

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a ancient trade road between China and Europe.

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silk

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a valuable cloth originally made only in China from threads spun by caterpillars called silk worms.

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location

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answers the question"where is it?" can be the continent, country, address, relative location (between school and the mall, or 8 miles east of town), longitude/latitude

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region

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areas that share at least one common feature (countries, staes, cities, political, climate or culture)

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movement

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answers the question "how do people, goods and ideas move from place to place?'

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place

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identifies the natural and human features that make one place different from every other place. (landforms, climate, plants, animals, people, language, culture)

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interaction

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human-environment interaction focuses on the relationship between people and the envirnment (ex: people build a dam to control flooding. environments affects how people live, work, dress, travel communicate)