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Greece Test Flashcards

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Peninsula

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A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides.

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Where is Alexander the Great from

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Macedonia

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Parthenon

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A Greek building originally meant to worship Athena

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A city state with a distinct culture and government

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Polis

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What are crops that can grow in Greece

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Olive honey and grapes

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Oligarchy

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A government Sparta instituted in Athens

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System of government where people vote directly on decisions

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Direct democracy

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Representative democracy

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System of government where people vote on a representative to make decisions

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System of government with one absolute ruler

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Monarchy

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Tyranny

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System of government where the ruler takes control by violence.

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Slaves in Sparta

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Helots

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Sporting competition created in Athens

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Olympics

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Olives honey grapes

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300 Spartans died in a bloody battle against Persia

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Powerful empire that believes in religious tolerance

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Persian empire

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Persian war

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Sparta and athens won this together

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Persian ruler who ended Babylonian exile

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King Cyrus

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Battle of marathon

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When the Greeks sent a messenger for help but ended up winning on their own.

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Battle of Thermopylae

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300 Spartans died in a bloody battle against Persia

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Strong naval alliance with Athens at the head

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Delian league

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Sparta won this war and ended democracy democracy in Athens

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Peloponnesian war

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Alexander the Great

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Great conqueror that took over Greece and much of asia

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Greek culture spread by Alexander the Great

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Hellenistic culture

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Author of the odyssey and the Lliad

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Homer

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Feeling connected and loyal to your city/country

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Civic pride

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Name 3 landforms Greece had

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Macedonia
Peloponnesian peninsula
Ancient greece

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