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History mid-term study guide Flashcards

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What was the chief magistrate in Athens called

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Archon

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Who led the Persian army that Alexander The Great defeated

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Darius III

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Greek philosopher and mathmatician of the sixth century BC who concluded that the universe could be explained in mathmatical terms

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Pythagorea

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what ancient civilization had modern plumbing in the palace

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Minoan

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Who was the author of the Illiad and the Odessy

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Homer

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What city-state was the leader of the Delian League

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Athens

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Which Persian king led attacks against the Greeks at the Battle of Thermopolaye

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Xerxes

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name two forms of greek drama

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Comedy and tragedy

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Who is the Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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Who is the Father of History

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Herodotus

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Who is the Father of Geometry

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Euclid

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Who is Father of Philosophy

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Thales

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Who is Author of Republic

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Plato

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Who is a poet

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Homer

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Who said ‘‘know thyself’’

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Socrates

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Who is associated with syllogism

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Aristotle

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Who is historian of the Peloponnesian War

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Thucydides

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Who is an astromer and geographer

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Eratosthenes

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What word refers to ruled by a few

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Oligarchy

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What was the basic political unit of Greece

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Polis

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What was not a form of government experienced by greek city-states

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Anarchy

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What ocurred at the Battle of Thermopolaye

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Three hundred Spartans fought in a mountain pass

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What was the leading comercial center of the early mainland Agean civilization

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Mycenae

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Sparta formed which league to protect against foreign invasion

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Delian League

25
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The Peloponesian War developed over a war between who?

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Athens and Sparta

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