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Assassination

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Murder of a public figure,usually for political reasons

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Masters of the sea. What civilization?

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Minoans

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Themistocles

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Leader of Athens during the Persian war

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War with Troy. What civilization?

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Mycenaeans

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Who won the Trojan war?

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Mycenaeans won. They killed the Trojan King and burned the city. Trojan horse was used

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Logic

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Rational thinking

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Come from Russian grasslands

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Mycenaeans

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What is a legislature?

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Lawmaking body

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What was the Funeral Oration

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Pericles’ speech about the men that died in the Persian war. Also, he said that the government is controlled by every person, not just the minority

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Homer

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Blind poet. Wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey

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What is an oligarchy?

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Government in which ruling power belongs to a few people

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Formed Greece when they moved their civilization and began farming and herding

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Mycenaeans

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Solon was the leader of what city state?

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Athens

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What is a monarchy?

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Government in which a King or queen exercises central power

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What is an alliance?

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Formal agreement between 2 or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense

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This city state sent boys to begin military training at age 7. They focused on war

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Sparta

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In this city stae, women had no public rights and only managed the households.

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Athens

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What is a helot?

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Member of a class of state owned slaves in ancient Sparta

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Rhetoric

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Art of skillful speaking

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Plato

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Greek philosopher, student of Socrates. Wrote the Republic, created the Academy. Long distrust of democracy because of Socrates’ death

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What started the Pelopennesian war and who was involved?

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Athens vs. Sparta and Persia

Misuse of funds to rebuild Athens

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Aristotle

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Student of Plato, Greek philosopher. Created the Lyceum, first school for all branches of knowledge.

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In this city state, girls learned at home while boys went to school to learn how to read, write, play music, learn poetry and speaking, and join the military

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Athens

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Government was run by two kings and a council of elders in this city state

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Sparta

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What is an aristocracy?

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Government headed by a privileged minority or upper class

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What is the Hellenistic Era?

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When Alexander the Great blended the cultures of Greec, Persia, Egypt, India, and Hebrews.

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Tragedy

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In Ancient Greece, a play that focused on human suffering and very often ended in disaster

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Socrates

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Greek philosopher. Created the Socratic Method. Killed by government for corrupting the cities youth (Athens)

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This city state isolated themselves from other city states, looked down on trade, and forbade citizens to travel

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Sparta

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Golden Age of Athens

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New philosophy, literature, architecture, art, and poetry. Ruler- Pericles. New jobs and idea. Direct democracy and juries

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Assimilate

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Absorb or adopt another culture

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What is a polis?

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City state in Ancient Greece

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Won Trojan war.

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Mycenaeans

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Comedy

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In Ancient Greece, a play that mocked people or social customs

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What is an acropolis?

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Highest and most fortified point within and Greek city state

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Heliocentric

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Based on beliefs that the sun is the center of the universe

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Pelopennesian war

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Lasted 27 years. Spartans won and put an end to Athenian dominance.

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What is a phalanx?

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In Ancient Greece, a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers

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What is a tyrant?

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In Ancient Greece, a ruler who gained power by force

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Ostracism

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Use in Ancient Greece to banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy

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What is direct democracy?

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System of government in which citizens participate directly in the day to day affairs of government rather than through elected representatives

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What is a stipend?

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A fixed salary given to public office holders

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Why did the Mycenaeans start the Trojan war?

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The Trojans taxed ships trying to trade with other countries. Unfair control of the trading routes

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Why did the Persian war begin?

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Persia was trying to take over Athens

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Jury

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Group of people sworn to make a decision a legal case

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Success based on trade instead of conquest. What civilization?

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Minoans

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What were two major battles of the Persian war?

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Battle of Thermopylae- 300 Spartans killed thousands of Persians before being killed themselves
Battle of Marathon- Athenians and Spartans forced Persians to retreat

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Who were the people involved in the Persian war?

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Athens and Sparta vs. Persia

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What did Alexander the Great do?

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He created a huge empire consisting of Greece, Persia, India, Egypt, and most of Asia.

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Who won the Persian war? Where?

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Greeks won. They lured Persian fleet into the strait of Salamis and destroyed their ships.

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After the Persian war, the Athenians went into a….

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Golden Age

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Government evolved from aristocracy to monarchy, then slowly turned to a democracy because citizens became angry. What city state?

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Athens

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No one is sure how this civilization ended. Possible reason: Mycenaeans took control of the sea and Crete

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Minoans

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Dorians drove out what civilization?

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Mycenaeans

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Fell into a Dark age after Trojan war. Trade stopped, skills such as reading and writing were forgotten. What civilization?

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Mycenaeans

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In this city state, women had to stay fit. They had to obey men, but had the right to own property and run the family estate if their husband was gone

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Sparta

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Architecture: The Palace of Knossos. What civilization?

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Minoans

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Homer- Wrote Illiad and the Odyssey. What civilization?

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Mycenaeans

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