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1
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developed the SCIENTIFIC methos of observation an record keeping

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Aristotle

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2
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wrote books called DIALOGUES that taught there was a spiritual world of the mind and ideas.

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Plato

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3
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was POISONED for causing young men to question beliefs in the gods.

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Socrates

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4
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historian who recorded one of Pericles’s most famous SPEECHES during the war

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Thucydides

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5
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women were rarely seen in public of work outside the home
men were educated and allowed to participate in the Assembly had a democracy.

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Athens

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6
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After the Peloponnesian war, Spartan controlled for about THIRTY years

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Greece

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7
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After this WAR, Spartan navy blocked the Hellspont

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Peloponnesian

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formed the PELOPONNESIAN league

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Sparta

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9
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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle were three major PHIOLOSOPHERS

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phiolosophers

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10
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Greek philosophers worshiped WISDOM and reason

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wisdom

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11
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Greek marketplace in Athens

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Agora

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12
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Ruled by a king

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Monarchy

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13
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rule by the people, Athens had last

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Democracy

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14
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ruled by a few people, Sparta had this type of government

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Oligarchy

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15
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earliest known Greek civilization

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Minoan

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16
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began the Trojan War

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Mycenaean

17
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center of religious life

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Acropolis

18
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Greek gods lived

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Olympus

19
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Orator and famous leader of democracy

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Pericles

20
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traditional story about gods and goddesses

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Myth

21
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story designed to teach a lesson

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Fable

22
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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

23
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mathematician who advance the lever and compound pulleys

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Archimedes

24
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poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Homer

25
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author of the first geometry book

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Euclid

26
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Greek slave who wrote fables

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Aesop

27
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huge outdoor theater

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Amphitheater

28
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spread Greek culture throughout much of the world

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Alexander the Great

29
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carefully tested idea

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Theorem

30
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special instrument used to teach math

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Abacus

31
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memorize the places

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