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Chapter 8A Flashcards

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What is a democracy?

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Government ruled by the people

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What is an oligarchy?

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Government ruled by a few

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What were Sparta men taught at a very young age?

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To fight, steal and protect themselves

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In what year did the classical age of Greece begin?

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ca. 500 BC

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What was the last government in Athens?

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Democracy

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Who rules in a monarchy?

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The king

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What kind of government did Sparta have?

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Oligarchy

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Who was believed to have started the Trojan war?

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Mycenaean civilization

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What is a Tyrant?

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A ruler with absolute authority

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What is the Peloponnesus?

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The southern portion of the Greek peninsula

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Who wrote “the glory that was Greece”?

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Edgar Allan Poe

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What period in Greece was a peak of human achievement?

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Classical age

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Which three seas border the Greek peninsula.

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Ionian, Mediterranean and the Aegean

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What were the main trades in Greece?

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Fisherman, seafarers, traders and farmers.

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What is the earliest known civilization from the land of Greece?

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Minoan civilization

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Where did the Minoans live?

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The island of Crete

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By 2000 BC where had the Minoans settled?

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Crete

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In which city did archaeologists find a large beautiful palace built by the Minoans?

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Knossos

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How did the Minoans gain their wealth?

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By trading with other people as far away as Egypt

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What was another civilization that had been growing on the mainland of Greece?

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Mycenaean civilization

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Minoans live on what island?

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Crete

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What type of government s a monarchy?

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A city-state ruled by a king

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What were the two most famous city-states?

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Athens and Sparta

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What is an oligarchy?

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“Rule by the few”

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What is a tyrant?

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A group of citizens who met together to make laws

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What is an assembly?

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A group of citizens who met together to make laws

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What was the agora?

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A busy market place in the center of Athens

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What is a democracy?

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“Rule by the people”

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A government ruled by a king

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Monarchy

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What is a fable?

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Story designed to teach a lesson

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