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Ch Test Flashcards

1
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The first major civilization of Greece was…

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The Minoans

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2
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Greece’s geography was…

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Very mountainous and had lots of vegetation (which made it isolated and city-states grew independently)

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3
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A German named _____ discovered one of their walled palaces in Myceae

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Heinrich Schliemann

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4
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The Mycenaeans _____ the Trojan war

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Won (Agamemnon was the leader)

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5
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Greek speaking people were knew as

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Dorians

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6
Q

Wealthy from trade (who?)

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Early civilizations

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7
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Population, shift, poverty, and fighting were all changes in the

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Dark age

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8
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Someone who takes power by force and rules with total authority

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Tyrant

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9
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A few people hold power

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Oligarchy

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10
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All citizens share in running the government

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Democracy

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11
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When you vote directly

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Direct democracy

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12
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Citizens choose a smaller group to make laws and governmental decisions on their behalf

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Representative democracy

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13
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Early Greece- two of the most powerful governments Im Greece

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Oligarchy & democracy

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14
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Sparta’s democracy

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Oligarchy

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15
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Athens government

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Democracy

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16
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Sparta’s captive workers/slaves

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Helots

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17
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Greek historian

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Plutarch

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18
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Enforced laws and managed tax collection

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Ephors

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19
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Army bases

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Barracks

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20
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Cancelled all farmers debts and freed the slaves (noble)

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Solon

21
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Helped the poor and gave them jobs (tyrant)

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Peisistratus

22
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Created democracy, very important leader

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Cleisthenes

23
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Women, slaves, and foreign born men were all excluded from the

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Assemblies

24
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By letting poor farmers harvest their crops, Greeks and nobles gained

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Wealth and power

25
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Ge

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Earth

26
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Graphy

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Writing about

27
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Acr

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Top

28
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Polis

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City

29
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Dem

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People

30
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Cracy

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Power

31
Q

Tyrannos

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Master

32
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Olig

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Few

33
Q

archy

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Rule

34
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Mythos

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Stories about gods or heroes

35
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Ology

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Study of

36
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Father of democracy

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Cleisthenes

37
Q

About the Trojan war

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Illiad

38
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About the journey home

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Odyssey

39
Q

What kind of landform is Delos

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Island

40
Q

Leading figure in Athenian politics; believed people’s talents were more important than ever before in government (even poor citizens could be part of the inner circle running the government)

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Pericles

41
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Culture blossomed under the rule of ____ and was the age of tremendous creativity

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Pericles

42
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Thinkers who ponder questions about life

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Philosophers

43
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Became influential in politics even though she was not allowed to vote or hold office

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Aspasia

44
Q

The peloponnesian war lasted

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Over 25 years (431 BC to 404 BC)

45
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Who won the peloponnesian war?

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Sparta (Athens lost)

46
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Pericles lead which army?

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Athens

47
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Other city states led by Sparta joined forces to defeat anathema because

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They were suspicious of Athens aims/goals

48
Q

The Delian league formed because

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They needed to defend themselves from the Persians. Overtime Athens gained control and it became the Athenian Empire

49
Q

English archeologist that uncovered the ruins of a grand palace that had been the center of Minoan civilization

A

Arthur Evans

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