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How has geography influenced Greece?

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The rugged mountains made them isolated from the rest of the world and the good harbors helped with sea trading. The rugged terrain made communication difficult which created Independence and Local Patriotism

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What was the first Aegan/Greek civilization?

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The Minoan civilization

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How do we know the legends behind the Trojan War?

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Homer writing the Liliad and Odyssey

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What developed during the Greek Dark Ages?

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The common culture of Greece developed as people passed on from generation to generation the legends value and lived a simple life

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What was the purpose of Greek Mythology?

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Designed to explain the beliefs about life, the world, and God

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What was the purpose of the Olympic Games?

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Religious festivals honoring the gods through competition

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Why does a democracy lead to instability?

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Because not everyone could vote and not everyone voting leads to instability and it turns into a cycle

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Compare and Contrast Athens and Sparta

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Sparta was by the coast by Aegean Sea and they had a strong militaristic to control their slaves, the society’s focus was to train warriors, they had a oligarchy with the state glorified the most but they were very isolated
Athens was on the Peloponnese Peninsula and focused on creativity they had a strong navy, the king turned into a Democracy through good tyrants, the glorified individualism the most

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What was the result of the Battle of Marathon?

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Persia was defeated by Athens

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How did Xerxes cross the Hellespont?

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With a bridge made of boats with a army of 200,000

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What happened at Theermopylae?

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7,000 Greeks held the Persians back until a traitor showed them a alternate route, 300 Spartans stayed, fighting the Persians to the death giving the rest of the army time to retreat and regroup

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What happened at Salamis Bay?

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The Persians burnt down Athens but Themistocles tricked Xerxes enabling the Greek navy to defeat the Persian navy and the Spartans defeated the remaining Persian Troops.

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What was the Delin League?

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Athens formed to protect against Persia and Pericles and established a Democracy

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Who could vote in Athens “Democracy”?

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all adult, free, male citizens who could vote

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What caused the Peloponnese War?

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Athens control of the Delian League

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What happened to Alexander’s empire?

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When he died it was divided between 4 generals

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What were Alexander’s contributions?

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Military Genius- empire absorbed all previous
founded cities that became centers of learning
Spread Greek culture

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Describe the value and character of the Greek people?

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beauty, freedom, justice, knowledge, creativity, being versatile, physical abilities, self-control, restrain, balance, and moderation

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What is the Golden Mean?

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“Nothing in Excess, Everything in Proportion”

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What is the difference between Hellenic and Hellenistic cultures?

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Hellenic culture-values beauty, freedom, knowledge, creativity, being versatile, physical abilities, self-control, restrain, balance, and moderation
Hellenistic culture- like the Greek, a blending and uniting of Greek and Near Eastern culture

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What is the difference between humanities and humanism?

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Humanities-the formal study of human thought and culture like philosophy, history, language, and math
Humanism-putting humans in place or above God

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What is Philosophy? What are its 4 basic questions?

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Philosophy- a system of values and beliefs that guide our every actions
Where did I come from?
What am I here?
Where am I going?
What is good in life?

23
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Who was Socrates? How did he teach? Ending?

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emphasized on reason, “know thyself”, he taught using the Socratic Method to ask questions and analyze students answers, he was sentenced to death for corrupting the youth of Athens

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What was the purpose of Greek drama and art?

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to investigate the world they live in and what its meant to be a human

25
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Who was known for writing the Liliad and Odyssey?

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Homer

26
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Who established a democracy under the Periclean Age?

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Pericules

27
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Who united Macedonia and Greece?

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Philip the 2nd

28
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Who was a pupil of Aristotle, and became king at 20, and defeated Persia to become a great king of entire empire?

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Alexander the Great

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Who was the father of philosophy?

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Thales

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Who was a pupil of Socrartes, thought of the idea of a Republic, and introduced Idealism?

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Plato

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Who was a pupil of Plato, and the father of classical realism?

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Aristotle

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What is the difference between Epicureans and Stoics?

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Epicureans were pleasure seeking and Stoics were about self-control and duty

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Who said the universe could be explained in math terms?

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Pythagoras

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Who was the father of Medicine?

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Hippocrates

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Who was the father of geometry?

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Euclid

36
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Who was the father of history?

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Herodotus

37
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Who was the reporter who wrote what he saw as a eye-witness and was objective?

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Thucydides

38
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Who wrote tragedies?

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Sophocles

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Who wrote comedies?

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Aristophanes

40
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What word means with human-like characteristics?

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anthropomorphic

41
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What word means city-state?

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Polis

42
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What word means rule by one?

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Monarchy

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What word means ruled by the best?

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Aristocracy

44
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What word means ruled by the few rich?

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Oligarchy

45
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What word means one man takes power?

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Tyranny

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What word means ruled by the people?

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Democracy

47
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What word means beast that people thought were gods?

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Minotaur

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