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Discovered principles behind the use of pulleys and levers

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Archimedes

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Which civilization was on the island of Crete?

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Minoan

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Knossos was the capital of?

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Minoan civilization

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What was the most important city in the early Aegean civilization?

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Mycenae

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Whose invasion brought about the dark age, ending written language?

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Dorians

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City state

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Polis

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Fortified hilltop of a Greek city state where temples are built

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Acropolis

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Marketplace of a Greek city state

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Agora

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Messenian slaves forced to work the land for Sparta

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Helots

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10
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Striving for excellence and virtue

Heroic ideal

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Arete

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Greek foot soldiers

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Hoplites

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Solon

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Athenian reformer
Cancelled farmers’ debts
Allowed all male citizens a voice in govt

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Peisistratus

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Banished aristocrats from Athens and gave their land to the poor

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Strongman who comes to power through the support of a single class of people (typically the poor)

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Tyrant

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Cleisthenes

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Athenian leader
Formed council of 500
Began ostracism

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Selected official who served as head of Athenian assembly and council of 500

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Archon

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Phalanx

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Formation of foot soldiers forming a solid wall

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19
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Where did the Greeks first defeat Persia?

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Marathon
Greece was outnumbered
Pheidippides warned Athens not to surrender

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20
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Executed at age 70 as a corrupter of youth

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Socrates

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Thermopylae

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300 Spartans died at this narrow mountain pass allowing others to escape

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Salamis

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Athens routed the Persians by sea

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24
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Who was the king at salamis of Persia?

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Xerxes

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25
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What did he do after salamis?

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Fled to Persia

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26
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What was Athens golden age?

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Center of the Delian league

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27
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Created salaried positions in govt
Strengthened navy
Beautified Athens

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Pericles

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Peloponnesian war

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Athens suffered a plague
Failed to invade Sicily
Sparta won
Sparta forced Athens to tear down their long wall

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29
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Idealist

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Plato

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30
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Father of Alexander the Great

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Philip II

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31
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Questioned everything

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Socrates

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32
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Taught Alexander of Macedon

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Aristotle

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33
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Clear and ordered thinking

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Reason

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Logic

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Process of making inferences

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Homer

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Wrote the Iliad and the odyssey

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36
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Wrote the histories of The Persian wars

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Herodotus

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Wrote history of the Peloponnesian wars

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Thucydides

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38
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Mathematician
Musician
Formulated musical doctrine of ethos

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Pythagoras

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Aristarchus

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Studied movement of stars

Postulated heliocentric universe

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40
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Correctly calculated earth’s true size through geometry

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Eratosthenes

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41
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Codified geometric concepts that we still use today

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Euclid

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42
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What city did Alexander found and where and why was it important?

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Alexandria
Mouth of the Nile
Later culture center for Hellenism

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43
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Calculated the value of pi

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Archimedes

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44
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Where and why and how old Alexander died?

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Fever
Babylon
33

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45
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How far did Alexander’s army go?

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India

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46
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Why didn’t the army go farther?

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The soldiers refused

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47
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How old was Alexander when he became king?

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20

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48
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What country did Philip and Alexander rule

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Macedon

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49
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King of Macedon

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Philip II

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50
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What three styles did Alexander and his father use to defeat larger armies?

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Longer spears
More cavalry
More archers

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52
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First major writer of history in Greece

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Herodotus

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53
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Revised laws in Athens, creating first real step towards democracy

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Solon

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54
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Champion of democracy

Rebuilt Athens after Persian war

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Pericles

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55
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First of the Athenian philosophers who questioned things

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Socrates

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56
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Three things about Alexander’s army

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Small
Well trained
Loyal

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57
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Who was Plato a student of? Who did he teach?

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Socrates

Aristotle

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What did Aristotle develop?

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Logic and making inferences

59
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Where can democracy be traced back to?

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Athens

60
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Who could vote in Athens?

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Men over 20 who had completed military training

61
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What were three types of Greek poetry?

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Lyric
Epic
Descriptive

63
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Where is Greece located?

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Tip of Balkan Peninsula

64
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What did the sea do?

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Link cities

Trade, fishing

65
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Why was the sea so important?

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Mountains blocked land passes

66
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How much greek land was arable?

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25%

67
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Climate of Greece?

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Moderate temperatures
Rainy winters
Dry summers

68
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Way of life?

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Outdoors

Large groups

69
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Primary crops

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Grapes
Wheat
Olives

70
Q

Where was the Minoan civilization located?

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Crete

71
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What ended the Minoan civilization?

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Sudden disappearance

72
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Characteristics of Minoan civilization

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Bull dancing
Athletic
Technology
Indoor plumbing

73
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Mycenaean civilization location

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Mainland

74
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Important culture point of Mycenaean

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Trade

75
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Mycenaeans shown in history where

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Trojan war

76
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What is arête?

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virtue

Found in books

77
Q

What is hubris?

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Pride
Leads to downfall
Discouraged

78
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4 types of government

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Monarchy- one man, passed down to son ltd by nobility
Oligarchy - rule by few aristocrats
Tyranny - rule by one man with support of one class - usually lower
Democracy - rule of the people

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Which two forms of govt go together.

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Oligarchy and tyranny

80
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How did the people gain power?

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Development of iron weapons
Phalanx
Lower classes gained power in exchange for fighting

81
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Where was Sparta located

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Center of Peloponnesus

82
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Who had messenian slaves?

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Sparta

83
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What happened with the messenians?

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They revolted, but Sparta won though greatly outnumbered

84
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Govt of Sparta?

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Council of elders

Assembly met, but had little power

85
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Chief spartan concern?

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Slave control

86
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Secret police in Sparta?

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Kept tabs on dissidents

87
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What happened once a year in Sparta?

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Troublemakers executed by state

88
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Who owned the slaves?

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The state

89
Q

When did boys leave home?

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7

90
Q

What happened in the military camps?

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Boys taught to steal, punished if caught

91
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When did men become soldiers?

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20

92
Q

When did men become citizens

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30

93
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What did spartan men do after 20?

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Marry, but still lived in dorm

94
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What was expected of women?

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Fit

To fight and raise fighters

95
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Where is Athens located?

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Eastern part of Balkan Peninsula

96
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How did Athenian leaders prevent civil war

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Reform

97
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What did Draco do?

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Institute severe punishments

98
Q

What did Solon do?

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Cancelled farmers debts
Allowed all male citizens to vote
Did not redistribute land

99
Q

What was Pisistratus and what did he do?

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Tyrant

Banished aristocrats and gave their land to the poor

100
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What did cleisthenes do?

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Create council of 500

Introduced ostracism to limit power of nobles

101
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What happens in there first Persian invasion?

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Athens supported greek rebellion in Asia
Marathon
Darius

102
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What happened in the second invasion?

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Xerxes led the Persian army and navy down east coast of Greece
Thermopylae
Evacuation of Athens
Salamis

103
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How many days was Thermopylae held by small greek force?

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3

104
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How was Thermopylae ended?

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Greek traitor showed secret passage

105
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What was salamis?

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A gulf

106
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Why did Greeks win salamis?

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Smaller ships
Persians couldn’t maneuver
Greeks rammed Persians below water line

107
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what did xerxes do after salamis?

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Fled with half his army

Defeated again at plataea

108
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What happens to Athens after salamis?

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Leading greek polis
Golden age
Leader of Delian league

109
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Who led Athens golden age?

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Pericles

110
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What did Pericles do?

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Created salaried govt positions
Strengthened navy to protect trade
Beautified Athens with money from Delian league

111
Q

How was Athens creative

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Architecture
Drama
Art
Philosophy

112
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What style of architecture?

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Classic

113
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Types of drama

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Tragedies and comedies

114
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Tragedies

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Hubris leads to downfall

Has a message

115
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Comedies

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Ridiculed politicians and ideas

116
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Types of art

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Sculpture and pottery

117
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Major export in art

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Red and black vases

118
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What did sculptures of humans do?

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Portray the ideal human

119
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What is philosophy?

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Search of truth

120
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Who fought and won Peloponnesian war

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Athens fought

Sparta won

121
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How did Peloponnesian war start?

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Sparta invaded

122
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Why did Athens lose?

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Plague killed 1/3 of pele

Invasion of Sicily failed

123
Q

What happened when Athens surrendered?

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Political and intellectual crisis

124
Q

Why did philosophers come out?

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Loss of Peloponnesian war

125
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Socrates

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Questioned all accepted values
Truth is found in questioning
1 good - knowledge
1 evil - ignorance
Examine your life
Know yourself
Human reason can find truth
126
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What happened to Socrates?

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Executed at 70 for corrupting youth

127
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Plato

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Idealist
Ideas/ forms are ultimately real
Established academy in Athens
The republic
Democracy is mob rule
Best ruler - philosopher king
Allegory of the cave
128
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What kind of education did Plato want?

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Gymnastics
Music
Geometry

129
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Aristotle

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Empiricist
Dealt with real world
Disagreed with Plato
Reality is material
Alexander's tutor
Established Lyceum
Law of syllogism
Scientific and philosophy
130
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What did Philip do?

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Built powerful peasant army

Conquered Athenian/Theban army

131
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What happened to PHILLIP?

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Killed in religious feast procession

132
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What did Alexander do?

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Put down Theban and Athenian revolts
Liberated Egypt
Attacked Darius in Persia
Destroyed Persian army near Nineveh
Defeated Indians
133
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What happened after Alexander died

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Empire divided bw three generals

134
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Alexander’s legacy

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Unified govt
Universal greek language
Hellenism- eastern and western culture blend

138
Q

Wrote the elements

A

Euclid

139
Q

Who warred with Troy?

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Mycenae

146
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Developed logic based on the law of syllogism

A

Aristotle

156
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Wrote the republic

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Plato

158
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Assassinated at a marriage feast

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Philip II

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