Ancient Greece

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Assassination

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Murder of a public figure,usually for political reasons

Question 1

Masters of the sea. What civilization?

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Minoans

Question 3

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

Question 9

Come from Russian grasslands

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Mycenaeans

Question 10

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

Question 24

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.

Question 33

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)

Question 43

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

Question 46

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

Question 57

What is a tyrant?

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In Ancient Greece, a ruler who gained power by force

Question 59

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

Question 63

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

Question 64

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

Question 67

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

Question 71

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.

Question 74

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

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Golden Age

Question 78

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

Answer 78

Athens

Question 79

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

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Minoans

Question 83

Dorians drove out what civilization?

Answer 83

Mycenaeans

Question 86

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

Answer 86

Mycenaeans

Question 90

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

Question 96

Architecture: The Palace of Knossos. What civilization?

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Minoans

Question 105

Homer- Wrote Illiad and the Odyssey. What civilization?

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Mycenaeans