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30 Cards in this Set
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Who did the citizens of the Greek city-states of Athens and Sparta work together to defeat?
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Persians
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In many Greek city-states, what did an assembly make?
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Laws
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In Greece trade was nearly impossible. why?
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Mountain ranges made transportation hard.
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All the decisions in the assembly of Athens were made by .......
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Majority Rule
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From whom did the Mycenaeans borrow their art styles pottery designs, and writing?
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Minoans
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Which Greek city-state had a military culture?
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Sparta
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Where did most of our knowledge about the Mycenaeans come?
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The Epics of Homer
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What was the goal of Alexander the Great?
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To rule the world
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What ended the Golden Age of Athens?
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The Peloponnesian War
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What is another term for a city-state?
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Polis
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Who thought that philosophers would make the best rulers?
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Plato
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What was the name of the leader of Macedonia who united the Greek city-states and brought peace to Greece?
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Philip
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What is another name for a bad leader?
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Demagogue
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Who were the Minoans?
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The people of Crete who built the palace at Knossos
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Why did the city-states of Athens and Sparts temporarily unite around 500 B.C.?
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Because the Persians invaded Greece
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What do you call a land mass that is surrounded on three sides by water?
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a Peninsula
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What was the central marketplace of an Athenian city called?
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Agora
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In Greece an independent city-state was called....
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Polis
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How did ancient Greece develop likes with other societies?
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through sea travel
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The Illiad and the Odyssey are long poems of Homer called.....
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Epics
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Which ancient Greek city-state was famous for its military way of life?
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Sparta
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Why did the Olympic games begin?
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They were a festival to the god Zeus.
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Why did the Greeks develop a system of government in which the citizens made their own laws?
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because they believed in justice and fairness
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How were the voting rights in the Athenian government different from those of American democracy?
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only male citizens could vote
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What was the largest island in the Aegian Sea?
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Crete
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What were the two major seas of the Aegean world?
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Aegean and the Mediterranean
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Alexander the Great was taught to love philosophy and the Greek way by what Greek philosopher?
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Aristotle
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What was Plato's Academy in Athens?
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School
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What are some of the reasons that the sea was important to the development of ancient Greece?
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1)It was a source of food-fishermen
2)Greeks became traders-traveled the sea looking for resources. 3)Sea trade brought new resources and new ideas |
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What are two more reasons why the sea was important to the Greeks?
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4) Greek ideas spread to other lands.
5) The Greeks became skilled at fighting on the sea; made large fighting ships |