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1
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What were the people of Troy called?

A

Trojans

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2
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What was another name for a marketplace?

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agora

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3
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What greek god was the founder of Athens?

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Athena

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4
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What is another name for a city-state?

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polis

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5
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What were the 3 greek columns?

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Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

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6
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What is the name of the famous building in Athens?

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Parthenon

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7
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What does the word Odyssey mean?

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long journey

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8
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Who is the god of the sea?

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Poseidon/Neptune

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9
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Who is the god of love and beauty?

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Aphrodite/Venus

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10
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Who is the god of the underworld?

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Hades/Pluto

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11
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Who is the head god?

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Zeus/Jupiter

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12
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Who is the queen of the gods?

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Hera/Juno

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13
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Who is the god of war?

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Ares/Mars

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14
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Who is the messenger of the gods?

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Hermes/Mercury

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15
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Only men performed in plays usually?

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True

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16
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Who was the hero in the Odyssey?

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Odysseus

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17
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Who was Greece conquered by?

A

Rome

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18
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What is the art form that is put together by bits and pieces?

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mosaics

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19
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What were the colors in greek pottery?

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black and terracotta

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20
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The greeks were known for founding what kind of government?

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democratic/democracy

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21
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What did they call their slaves?

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helots

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22
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A creature who was half man and half bull, the offspring of Pasiphaë and a bull with which she fell in love. Confined in Crete in a labyrinth made by Daedalus and fed on human flesh, it was eventually slain by Theseus.

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Minotaur

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23
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A many-headed snake whose heads grew again as they were cut off, killed by Hercules.

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Hydra

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24
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A creature with the head, arms, and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.

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Centaur

25
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A fire-breathing female monster with a lion’s head, a goat’s body, and a serpent’s tail.

A

Chimera

26
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A member of a race of savage one-eyed giants. In the Odyssey, Odysseus escaped death by blinding Polyphemus.

A

Cyclops

27
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A creature that has the power to fly, and can also sniff out treasure.

A

Griffon

28
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A watchdog that loves honey, has three heads, and guards the gates to the underworld.

A

Cerberus

29
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Each of three sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snakes for hair, who had the power to turn anyone who looked at them to stone.

A

Gorgon

30
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A rapacious monster described as having a woman’s head and body and a bird’s wings and claws or depicted as a bird of prey with a woman’s face.

A

Harpies

31
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What is the geography of Greece?

A

very mountainous

32
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What is the famous hill that the Parthenon is built on?

A

Acropolis

33
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Who was the man who wanted to rule the world, and almost did it?

A

Alexander the Great

34
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What is the name of this man? Teacher and philosopher, tutored Alexander the Great.

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Aristotle

35
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Largest city in Attica, famous for government and philosophers.

A

Athens

36
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Country north of Greece. Conquered Greece in 338 B.C. Their ruler at the time was King Philip.

A

Macedonia

37
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Wealthy noble and popular leader of Athens during the Golden Age of Greece.

A

Pericles

38
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Their army outnumbered Greece. But were unsuccessful.

A

Persians/Persia

39
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Name of the man that ran from Marathon to Athens to tell of their victory.

A

Pheidippides

40
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King of Macedonia, was admired by the Greeks.

A

King Philip

41
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Great philosopher, forced to drink poison because he was spreading “Dangerous Ideas”.

A

Socrates

42
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Large city state, known for their military.

A

Sparta

43
Q 
Fix the order of philosophers
Plato
Alexander the Great
Aristotle
Socrates
A

Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander the Great

44
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Capricorn

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Goat

45
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Sagittarius

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Centaur

46
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Leo

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Lion

47
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Gemini

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Twins

48
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Taurus

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Bull

49
Q

Libra

A

Scale

50
Q

Well traveled sea right by Greece

A

Mediterranean Sea

51
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A synonym for city-state

A

Polis

52
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What did Homer write about in the Odyssey.

A

Trojan War

53
Q

When people refer to “Ancient Greece” does it mean only to Greece itself.

A

No, there are lots of Islands.

54
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Name the battle, that is Greece against Persia.

A

Battle of Marathon

55
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Greeks would use this instrument in their Agoras, it calculated numbers.

A

Abacus

56
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Athenian building known for its architecture.

A

Parthenon

57
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Today doctors pledge what acient greek oath?

A

Hippocratic Oath

58
Q

In 2 B.C. who did Greece fall to?

A

Rome

59
Q 
In order to speak to the Democratic Assembly, you had to possess all but one of these. Which one?
A) Speaking abilities
B) Great military record
C) Not offended public morals
D)Married with two children
A

D) Married with two children.

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