Places

Question 0

Knossos

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Ancient city in Crete. Famous Minoan palace

Question 1

Mycenae

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First Greek kings/ ancient city civilization

Question 2

Peloponnesus

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Peninsula in Greece where city states including Sparta were

Question 3

Troy

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City that may be real or not in what is now Turkey

Question 4

Sparta

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City state for oligarchy and military power

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Athens

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Modern Capitol of Greece; old city state

Question 6

Persia

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Ancient name for SW Iraq

Question 7

Marathon

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Village near Athens where 20,000 Persians landed and were killed by 10,000 Greeks

Question 8

Thermopylae

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Narrow pass in mountains where Greeks were crushed to grant allies more time prepare for Persians

Question 9

Salamis

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Water in Greece where Greeks crushed the Persians with faster and smaller more maneuverable boats called triremes

Question 10

Plataea

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Greek city state where Greeks beat Persians and they retreated to Asia Minor

Question 11

Minoan

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Non Greeks lived on Crete famous for trade, pottery, palace at Knossos, and Minotaur and labyrinth

Question 12

Crete

Answer 12

Minoan civilization on Greek island