Greece Flashcards by Conley Kemp | Brainscape

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What is a polis

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A city state

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Greek culture is also known as

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hellenic culture

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Do Dorians have a written language

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no

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How did Greece trade with other countries

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They had access to the sea

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What made trade and political unity difficult

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The mountainous terrain

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Who were the Mycenaeans ruled by

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Powerful warrior kings

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Who was defeated by the Mycenaeans

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Troy

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Who defeated the Mycenaeans

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Dorians

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What is an oligarchy

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A small group of people that have control over a country

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What are hoplites

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Citizen soldiers

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Who did not have rights in ancient Greece

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Women, slaves, and foreigners

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What does MATD stand for

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Monarchy, aristocracy, tyranny, and democracy

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What were foreigners called

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Helots

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What type of government did Athens have

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A democracy

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What type of government did Sparta have

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An obligarchy

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A military driven, aggressive society

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Sparta

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Who was Draco

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The first recorded legislator of Athens in Ancient Greece.

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Who was Solon

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Set the foundation for democracy

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What is the strait that connects the Aegan sea and the Black Sea

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Dardanelles

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What is a monarchy

A

Government run by a king

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What is Tyranny

A

Government run by one strong leader

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What is an aristocracy

A

Government ruled by the nobles

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Who won the Peloponnesian war

A

Sparta

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Who was Aeschylus

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“Father of tragedy”, wrote The Orestia

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Who was Sophocles

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Wrote Oedipus the King

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Who was Homer

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Epic poet that wrote Iliad and the Odyssey

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Who was Herodotus

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Greek father of history

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Who was Thucydides

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Greek historian who wrote The Peloponnesian Wars

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Who was Archimedes

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Greek scientist who created the lever and pulley

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Who is Hippocrates

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Greek father of medicine

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Who was Eucid

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Greek father of geometry

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Who was Pythagorus

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Created the Pythagorean theorem

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Who was Socrates

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Greek father of philosophy

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Who was Plato

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Student of Socrates

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Who was Aristotle

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Student of Plato, scientific method

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Philip II

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Conquered most of Greece

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Doric

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Parthenon, oldest and simplest

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Ionian

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Second oldest

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Corinthian

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Youngest and most decorated style

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Who was Phidias

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The artistic director of building the Parthenon

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How did government in Athens develop

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Monarchy- Aristocracy- Tyranny- Democracy