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32 Cards in this Set
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The earliest civilization inthe vincinity of Greece where the?
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The Minoans.
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These gods stood for what?
Apollo: Poseidon: Artemis: Athena: Aphrodite: Hera: |
Apollo:The sun
Poseidon:The sea ArtemisThe moon Athena:Wisdom Aphrodite:Love and Beauty Hera:Marriage |
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What is Democracy?
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Rule by the many or common people
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In what year did Athens surrenderto Sparta?
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405 b.c.
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what did Socrates urge his students to do?
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Ask questionsand examine their beliefs.
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What is represenative democracy?
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The People elect a few men who repersent them in the goverment
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Where did the Greek gods live?
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Mount Olympus.
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What are Phalanx?
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A large group of fot soldiers armed with spears and sheilds, trained to charge the enemy as a group.
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One of the impressive stuctures of the Minoans was the palce at?
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Knossos
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Plato was a student to whom?
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Socrates
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Where did the great poet Homer live?
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Smyrna
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who was the firts philosopher to write down his examinations in a dialouge?
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Plato
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Who was the king of the gods?
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Zeus.
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Where were the Minoans centered?
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Crete
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Who brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest?
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Pericles
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What was the war between sparta and Athens?
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Peloponnesian War
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what is the Thermopylae?
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a narrow mountainpass in central Greece about 6 miles from the Aegean
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What impressive structure occupied 4 acres and contained excellent plumbing?
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Knossos
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What is the Agora?
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A marketplace.
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What is a polis?
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City-state.
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What did Solon introduce?
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Democratic Principles to Athenian govrement.
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Aristotle was a student to whom?
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Plato
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Who wrote Illiad and Odyssey?
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Homer.
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Who are the Greeks desendants of?
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Javan, Japeths son.
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What is direct democracy?
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The people themselves made the big decisions of goverment directly rather than indirectly through represenatives
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a description o fthe acropolis is?
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A seat of goverment and religion.
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What was the first recorded date in Greek history?
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776 b.c. when the first Olympic games were held.
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What city are the Mycenaeans famous for?
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Mycenae.
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What is th Hellespont?
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A strait where Europe and Asia Minor are less than one mile apart.
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What is Tyrany?
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A bad form of one-man rule
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What does Aristocracy?
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Rule by the Best
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What is Monarchy?
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Rule By One.
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