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1
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Polis

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Greek city-states

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Athens and Sparta

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Two traditional enemy city states

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3
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Hatshepsut

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The famous female pharaoh

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4
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Legacy a of Ancient Greek

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Philosophy, astronomy, architecture, democracy

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5
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Aristocracy

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A form of government ruled by the wealthy elite

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Democracy

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Form of government run by the people

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7
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Women in Athens

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Taking care of their children and family,

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8
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Delian leagues

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The alliance between the Greek city states

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Monarchy

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Government run by a king

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Oligarchy

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Government run by a small group of people

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11
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Voting in Athens

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Make land owners

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12
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Pericles

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Was a famous statesmen or politician

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13
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Two Greek genres of Greek plays

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Tragedy and comedy

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14
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Most famous Greek philosophers

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Aristotle Plato and Socrates

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15
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Peloponnesian war

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Sparta won

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Parthenon in the Acropolis

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Dedicated to Athena

17
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Alexander the Great was a student of

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Aristotle

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Alexander’s empire

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Extended from Macedonia to India

19
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Hellenistic culture

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Greek, Egyptian, Indian, Persian

20
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A story about the gods that the Greeks wrote

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Mythology

21
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The academy

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The name for the cool that Plato founded

22
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How did

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Poisonous hemlock

23
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The languages that derived from Latin

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Romance languages

Italian Spanish French Portuguese

24
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How did the people of Pompeii die

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A volcanic eruption

25
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Julius Cesar

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Held the title of dictator of the time of assassination by the Spanish

26
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Alaska land bridge

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Scholars believe the first people to arrive in America came from

27
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Maya cities

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Well known for their stone temples and palaces

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Maya people

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Did not own things it was owned by pachacuti in a upanchi

29
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What did the clan mother do

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Removed members from the council

30
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Incas kept record of history with

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Kepu knots

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All roads in the inca empire lead to

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The capital cusco

32
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Maize

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The most important crop of the survival of early Americans

33
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Inflation

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The fast increase of prices

34
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Diocletian

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Divided the Roman empi into two parts

35
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Constantinople

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The city that Constantine made

36
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How did the incas carry messages to each other

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Relay runners

37
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Maya writing system is

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Hieroglyphics

38
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Israelites reaching cannan

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40 years

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