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Ancient Greece Flashcards

1
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A group of about200 cities; led by Athens; who continued to fight Persians

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Delian League

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War between Greece and Persian Empire

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Persian Wars

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Formation of soldiers with spears and shields

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Phalanx

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Slaves of Spartans; forced to farm the land

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Helot

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5
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Ruled by the people

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Democracy

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A powerful individual

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Tyrant

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Ruled by powerful merchants

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Oligarchy

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Ruled by a small group of nobility

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Aristocracy

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Ruled by a King

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Monarchy

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A fortified hilltop, a place where citizens gathered

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Acropolis

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11
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A city and its surrounding villages

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Polis

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12
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Traditional stories about Gods

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Myth

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A narrative poem about heroic deeds

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Epic

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14
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A blink storyteller poet

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Homer

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15
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Fought by Mycenaeans against the city of Troy

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Trojan War

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Indo Europeans who settled on Greek Mainland in 2000 BC

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Mycenaean

17
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Government in which citizens rule

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Direct Democracy

18
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A serious form of drama

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Tragedy

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A humorous form of drama

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Comedy

20
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War between Athens and Sparta

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Peloponnesian War

21
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A Greek thinker who used logic and reason

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Philosopher

22
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Used questioning method

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Socrates

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Student of Socrates, started the Academy

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Plato

24
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Taught Alexander the Great; question nature of the world

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Aristotle

25
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King of Macedonia, conquered Greece Alexander the Greats father

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Phillip ll

26
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An ancient kingdom north of Greece

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Macedonia

27
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King of Persia

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Darius lll

28
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Greek king who conquered Egypt and SW Asia Spread Hellenistic culture

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Alexander the Great

29
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Greek culture blended with Egyptian, Persian and Jewish

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Hellenistic

30
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City in Egypt, center of Hellenistic culture

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Alexandria

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