Chapter 3 Reversed Flashcards

1
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The earliest civilization in the Aegean region on the island of Crete during the Bronze Age civilization

A

Minoan civilization

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2
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One of the greatest poets of all times

A

Homer

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3
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Homers epic of the Trojan war

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Iliad

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4
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An epic romance that recounts the journeys of a Greek hero Odysseus

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Odyssey

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5
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A community is votive a in with all political, economic, social, cultural, and religious activities were focused

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Polis

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6
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A city that was basically turned into a military camp

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Sparta

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7
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Had unified polis on the peninsula of Attica, government and faced serious political turmoil because of serious economic problems

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Athens

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8
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Power is in the hands not of a minority bit of the whole people

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Democracy

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9
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After the Peloponnesian war some dude ran 26.2 miles to tell if he victory and then died

A

Marathon

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10
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Dude who believed that the Spartans would win the Peloponnesian war then he died a month after it ended

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Pericles

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11
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The author of the Persian wars

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Herodotus

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12
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The greatest historian of the the ancient world. He wrote the history of the Peloponnesian war

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Thucydides

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13
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Plays based in suffering of a hero usually ending in disaster

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Tragedy and comedy

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14
Q

Art expressing eternally true ideas

A

Classical style

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15
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A Classical Greek temple built between 447-432BC

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Parthenon

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16
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A critic of the sophists who left no writings so we only know of him through his pupils

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Socrates

17
Q

Socrates disciple and then plato’s disciple

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Plato and Aristotle

18
Q

Greek gods

A

Zeus, Apollo, Athena

19
Q

Contests that originates from festivals that were to honor Zeus

A

Olympic Games

20
Q

A sacred shrine dedicated to a god or goddess who revealed the future. The most famous shrine on mt Parnassus here a priestess listened to question and responded in verses

A

Oracle at Delphi