test over unit 4 (Greece only) (ppts and notes) Flashcards

1
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vocab: main city of the Minoans

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Knossos

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vocab:altar, chapel, or other sacred place

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Shrine

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vocab:colorful paintings completed on wet plaster

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Fresco

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vocab: conflict between Myceanea and Troye (described in the Illiad and Oddessey)

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Trojan War

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vocab: narrow water passage

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Strait

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5
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vocab: author of the Illiad and the Oddessey

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Homer

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5
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vocab: city state in Ancient Greece

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Polis

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vocab: highest and most forfeighted point within a city state

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Acropolis

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6
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vocab:legal member of a country

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Citizen-

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vocab: a form of government in which the state is ruled by a monarch

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monarchy

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vocab:
government headed by privileged minority or upper class

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Aristocracy

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vocab: government in which ruling power belongs to a few people

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Oligarchy

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vocab: in Ancient Greece, a massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers

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Phalanx

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vocab: city state in Ancient Greece settled by the Dorians and built as a military state

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Sparta

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vocab: city state in Ancient Greece that evolved from a monarchy to a limited direct democracy and became famous for its great cultural achievements

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Athens

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vocab: a form of government in which citizens hold political power

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Democracy

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12
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vocab: in Ancient Greece, ruler who gained power by force

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Tyrant

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13
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vocab: lawmaking body

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Legislature

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vocab: Formal agreement between 2 or more nations or powers to cooperate and come to one another’s defense

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Alliance

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vocab: a fixed salary given to public office holders

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Stipend

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vocab: system of government in which citizens participate in daily affairs of government rather than through elected representatives

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Direct democracy

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vocab: group of people with authority to make a decision in a legal case

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Jury

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15
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Vocab: practiced in Ancient Greece to banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy

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Ostracism

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16
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Vocab: led Athens through the golden age

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Pericles

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Vocab: someone who seeks to understand and explain life, a person who studies philosophy

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Philospher

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18
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Vocab: rational thinking

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Logic

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19
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Vocab: art of skillful speaking

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Rhetoric

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Vocab: in Ancient Greece, a play about human suffering often ending in disaster

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Tragedy

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20
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Vocab: chief temple of Greek Goddess Athena

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Parentheon

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20
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Vocab: philosopher that sought truth through questioning

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Socrates

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Vocab: student of socrates, wrote philosophical dialouges, and founded the Academy in athens

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Plato

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Vocab: student of Plato, philosopher, writer of many branches of knowledge, founder of the Lyceum, and tutor of Alexander the Great

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Aristotle

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23
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Vocab: Father of History

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Herodotus

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24
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Vocab: muder of a public figure, usually for political reasons

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Assasination

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25
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Vocab: absorb or adopt another culture

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Assimilation

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26
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Vocab: one of the Greatest cities in the Medditeranean world

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Alexandria

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27
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Vocab: mathmatician and philosopher

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Pythagoras

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28
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Vocab: based on belief that the sun is the center of the universe

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Heliocentric

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29
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Vocab:famous Hellenistic mathmatician

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Archimedes

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30
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Vocab: father of medicine

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Hippocratus

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31
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Vocab: restored peace to Macedonia, built effective army, formed alliances with many Greek states. Was assisinated

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Philip II

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32
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Vocab:In Ancient Greece, play that mocked people or social customs

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Comedy

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33
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Vocab:
Phillip II’s son, student of Aristotle, at age of 20 inherited all of Phillip’s territories, founded and conquered A LOT of land. Died super early at the age of 32

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Alexander the Great

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34
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2 Greek playwrights

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Aeschylus
Sophocles

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35
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War between Athens and Sparta

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Peloponnesian War

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36
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Alliance of Greek states against Persia

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Delian league

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37
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Term for voting to banish someone from a city state

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Ostracism

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38
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Abolished debt slaver

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Solon

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39
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3 battles of the Persian war

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Plataea, marathon, salamis

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40
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Athenian tyrant

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Psistratus

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41
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Republic and idea of ideal forms philosopher

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Plato

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42
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What where the dates of the Minoans?

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2000 BC

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43
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What where the dates of the Mycenaeans?

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1600BC - 1200BC

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44
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What was an extremely profitable trade product for the Minoans?

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Olive oil

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45
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What was the name for the type of art on the Minoan walls?

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Frescos

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46
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How did the Mycenaeans provide water to their main city?

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Through a cistern

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47
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What was the main island of the Minoans?

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Crete

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48
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What was the name of the main city for the Minoans?

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Knossos

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49
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Which civilization had domed tombs?

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The Mycenaeans

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50
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Which civilizations had indoor plumbing?

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The Minoans

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51
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Goddess whose name was adopted by Athens

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Athena

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52
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paintings in watercolor done on wet plaster that decorate minoan palace walls

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freascos

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53
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analyzed different type of government and living by the golden mean

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aristotle

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54
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10 neighborhoods or townships that determined Athenian civilization

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Demes

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55
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Winner of the Peloponnesian War

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Sparta

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56
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Victory of the Athenians against Darius I’s Persians in 490 B.C.

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Marathon

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57
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Athenian philosopher who argued every object on Earth had an Ideal form

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Plato

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57
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Spartan last stand against the Persians under King Leonidas

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thermopylae

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58
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Athenian Philosopher who taught by asking question

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Socrates

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58
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tyrant who seized power in athens giving poorer citizens a greater voice

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Pisistratus

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59
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Greek author of Comedies such as The Clouds and Lsistrata

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Aristophanes

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60
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Set up the Council of 500 and made the assembly a legislature for Athens

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cleisthenes

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61
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greek term for their city state

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polis

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62
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father of history

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herodotus

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63
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Athenian naval victory over the persian fleet

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Salamis

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64
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people who gained power in a city by force

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tyrants

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64
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persian ruler who sent armies to invade Greece in 480 BC

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xerxes

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65
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Athenian statesman who led Athens into a golden age

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pericles

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66
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athenian leader who outlawed debt slavery

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solon

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66
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native peoples conquered and enslaved by the spartans

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helots

66
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wrote the trojan woman

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euripides

67
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greek battle formation

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phalanx

67
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type of government where power is in the hands of a small wealthy elite

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oligarchy

68
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battle where an alliance of Greek city states defeated the persians, ending the wars

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platea

68
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athenian leader who urged Athens to build up the navy and defenses

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Themistocles

69
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hill top, often forfieted, in the center of a Greek city-state

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acropolis

70
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voting to banish a citizen from atehns for 10 years

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ostracism

70
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an alliance of Greek City states organized and dominated by athens

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delian league

71
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greek infantry soldier

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hoplite

72
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famous war retold in the Illliad

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trojan war

73
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Greek playwright and author of tragadies such as Antigone

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Sophocles

74
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chief officials in athens

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archon

75
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ahtenian who wrote the Histroy of the Pelopennisian War

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thucydides

76
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the most powerful of the Olympian Gods

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Zeus

77
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Minoan king’s palace

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knossos

77
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blind poet and probable composer of the Illiad and the Oddessey

A

Homer

78
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Which Greek Philosopher was a teacher who asked questions about everything, tried to get people to think, charged with corrupting the youth of Athens, challenged the original beliefs of Gods, never wrote anything but his student Plato did, and died from drinking poison hemlock (berries)?

A

Socrates

79
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Which Greek Philosopher that you live your best life when you live in moderation, had a misogynist theory of women, was very logical, believed that all logic makes sense in 1 major system, was more evidentiary, and believed that we understand reality and out truth through the sense?

A

Aristotle

79
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how many islands does Greece have?

A

over 2,000

79
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t or f
when people gathered at agora or acropolis, they discussed the government of the city

A

true

79
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Which Greek Philosopher did not believe in direct democracy, killed Socrates, liked the idea of a republic, famed for ideal form, believed that we know what we know because your soul knew it before you did, had a theory that the ideal form of everything before we existed, and had a religion named Neoplatonism that was adapted in Christianity?

A

Plato

79
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where did the Greeks orignially settle?

A

turkey

80
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where did people usually gather in classical Greece?

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agora (marketplace) , or acropolis

80
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where does the word polis come from?

A

politics

81
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what are the 4 types of Greek Government?

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monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, and tyrants

81
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what does a monarchy type of rule consist of?

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a single king type of rule

82
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what does an oligarchy consist of?

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a government ruled by a few powerful people

82
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what does an aristocracy type of government consist of?

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a government ruled by hereditary nobility

83
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what does a tyrannical government consist of?

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leaders who seized power, claimed to work for ordinary

83
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where did representative government begin?

A

Athens

84
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who took power of Athens in 621 BC?

A

Draco

84
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t or f
When Draco took power of Athens, he imposed a very severe law code that was Draconian or very strict.

A

true

85
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Aristocracy ->

A

democracy

86
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who are the 5 most important politicians of Classical Greece?

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Draco, Solon, Cleisthenes, Pisistratus, Pericles

87
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what where the main values of Athens?

A

education, freedom, individuality, beauty

88
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what where the values of Sparta?

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power, strength, discipline, duty, and loyalty to group

89
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t or f
Women in Sparta where restrained and had no freedom and where weak

A

False, women in Sparta where strong, and had a lot more freedom compared to women in Athens

90
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what was the government like for Athens?

A

they made reforms after Draco, they created classes based on Wealth, they organized citizens into 10 groups based on location, and created the Council of Five Hundred.

91
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what was government like for Sparta?

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they had an assembly which was open to all citizens, elected officials, and voted on major issues, had a Council of Elders: 30 older citizens, proposed laws to assembly, and had 2 kings which ruled over Sparta’s military force

92
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t or f
the Greeks used an army of ordinary citizens

A

true

93
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what are foot soldiers who stand side by side?

A

hoplites

94
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what is a battle formation that the hoplites use where they hold their sheild and spear in front?

A

Phalanx

94
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what are the 4 battles of the Persian War?

A

marathon
salamis
Plataea
Thermopylae

95
Q

t or f
the Persians conquered Greece Lands

A

true

96
Q

T or f
the Greeks revolted and Athens sent Aid during the Persian Wars

A

true

97
Q

t or f:
Persian King Daruis defeated rebels and vowed to destroy athens during the persian wars

A

true

98
Q

t or f
the battle of marathon was a greek loss

A

false, it was a victory

99
Q

which of the 4 major battles of the Persian was did Darius’ son Xerxes, send army to Athens in 480 BC, where they had to pass through Thermopylae, but stopped by 7000 Greeks, including 300 Spartans, where the Greeks where betrayed and all 300 Spartans died, and Xerxes destroyed Athens?

A

Thermopylae

99
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during which of the 4 major battles of the Persian war did Courier run 26 miles to announce the win of the Greeks against Persia to Athens, then Athenians prepared to defend their city, returning soldiers reinforced Athens, and the Persians turned away?

A

Marathon

100
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t or f
the delian league drove persians out of Greece

A

true

100
Q

t or f
the battle of Thermopylae was a Greek Loss

A

true

101
Q

t or f
the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC was a Greek victory against the Persians

A

true

102
Q

t or f
athens led Delian league and controlled other League members

A

true

103
Q

how did Geography Influence life for people in classical Greece?

A

they had a lot of water, as well as mountains, and lived in independent communities with not very much surplus, had poor farmland and mostly only grew olives, and had moderate temperatures so people didn’t wear heavy clothing.

104
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t or f:
the myceaneans and the Minoans traded by sea

A

true

105
Q

t or f:
the Myceneans and the Minoans help form the core of Greek religious practices, art politics, and literature

A

true

106
Q

t or f
in 1200 BC Myceneans fought against troy, but no one knows where troy is

A

true, it is believed that it might be coastal city in Turkey because of some evidence found through excavations

107
Q

did the Myceneans disappear before or after the Dorian period?

A

before

108
Q

t or f
the Dorians where less advanced than the Myceneans

A

true

109
Q

t or f
the Dorian’s economy collapsed and their trade stopped, and they lost their ability to write during the Dorian Age

A

true

110
Q

t or f
Gods had inhuman qualities, but did not live forever

A

false, they had human like qualities and unlike humans, they lived forever

111
Q

how did people learn about history before things where written down?

A

through spoken word

112
Q

who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey

A

Homer

113
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, can you kidnap a man before taking him to court first?

A

no, you cannot kidnap a man before taking him into court or else you will have to pay a fee, higher for free men and lower for slaves.

114
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according to the Law Code of Crete, can you sue someone without kidnapping them?

A

yes

115
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, can you rape someone of a higher class than you?

A

no

116
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According to the Law Code of Crete, can you seduce someone as long as you are aware of the when and the where?

A

yes

117
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, how much does rape and adultery cost you in terms of fines?

A

100 slaters

118
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, do women have property rights?

A

yes

119
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According to the Law Code of Crete, if a husband and a wife divorce, will a woman have her own property that she came with to her husband, and half of the income if it be of her own property?

A

yes

120
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, can you divorce people?

A

yes

121
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t or f:
According to the Law Code of Crete, in the case of a divorce, a woman can take her weavings

A

true

122
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if a woman becomes a widow, can she re-marry?

A

yes

123
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if a woman becomes a widow, can she take her kids things?

A

no

124
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if a widow shall die childless, should all of her things be given back to her family?

A

yes

125
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, if a woman bears a child while living apart from her husband after the divorce, what should she do?

A

show the father of the kid, and he decides whether the baby is his or not his and whether the baby shall live or be killed

126
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if a dad dies, what does the son get?

A

all of it

127
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if a dad dies, what does a daughter get?

A

half of it

128
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if a woman marries a slave, will her kids be slaves?

A

yes

128
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
can you sell someone else’s property?

A

no

129
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
does a woman have to marry her family?

A

yes, whether that is her uncle, her brother, or someone else in the family, or else the marriage can be forced to the point of going to court.

130
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
can adoption occur?

A

yes, but you need witnesses, you need to be male, must be older than puberty’s age.

130
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
can a son die his money?

A

no

131
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete, if you adopt a kid and it dies, who does the property return to?

A

the extra kids in the family

132
Q

According to the Law Code of Crete,
if you did not follow the rules in the law code because they where not written in the moment, will you be punished?

A

no, but you just can’t do it from now moving forward.

133
Q

t or f

pericles was an athenian leader

A

true

134
Q

what where Pericles’ 3 goals?

A
  1. strengthen Athenian democracy
  2. hold and strengthen empire
  3. glorify athens
135
Q

what isa form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives?

A

direct democracy

135
Q

Athens led and organized the _____ ______ which strengthened the Athenian navy

A

Delian league

136
Q

How was Athens glorified?

A

money was used from the Delian league to beautify Athens to build things such as the Parthenon to honor Athens and form classical art

137
Q

who built the first theaters?

A

pericles

138
Q

what is a tragedy?

A

a serious drama about common themes including love, hate war, or betrayal

139
Q

who where 3 tragedy Greek Playwrights?

A

Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

140
Q

what two genres of theater are the Greeks best known for?

A

comedy and tragedy

141
Q

who is considered the first historian?

A

Herodotus, since he accuratley reported events from the time

142
Q

who is considered the greatest historian of the classical age?

A

Thcydides

143
Q

who believed the past would repeat itself?

A

Thucydides

144
Q

Who was the Pelopennisian war fought between?

A

Athens and Sparta

145
Q

what did Pericles, who was part of Athens, do during the Peloponnesian war?

A

he called everyone into the city walls, and a plague swept through the city, killing 1/3 of population

146
Q

what year was a truce signed between Athens and sparta?

A

421 BC, but peace did not last

147
Q

in 404 BC, which group surrendered with its allies and they lost their empire?

A

Athenians

148
Q

King Philip II of Macedonia wanted to take control of?

A

Persia

149
Q

after preparing for the Invasions of Greece, who defeated the Greeks and planned to invade Persia next but never got to do so because he was assassinated?

A

Philip of Macedon

150
Q

t or f
alexander the great was King Philip’s son

A

true

151
Q
A
151
Q

t or f:
alexander the Great learned from aristotle

A

true

152
Q

who carried out his father’s plan to invade persia?

A

Alexander the Great

153
Q

T or f:
Alexander invaded Persia and forced King Darius III to flee, and took control of Anatolia or what we know modernly as Turkey

A

true

154
Q

T or F:
alexander the Great was named pharoah when he invaded Egypt

A

true

155
Q

Who did Alexander defeat in Mesopotamia that allowed for his empire to expand to India?

A

Darius

155
Q
A
156
Q

T or F:
Alexander was eventually forced to return home

A

true

157
Q

When Alexander was forced to return home, what did he plan to do?

A

he planned to organize and unify his empire, but he died before he could do so.

158
Q

How was Alexander’s empire divided once he passed away?

A

it was divided between 3 generals

159
Q

What was the cultural impact Alexander had?

A

he incorporated Persian customs and people into armies, Greek settlers adopted new ways of life and a new culture known as Hellenistic culture emerged which had a blend of both Greek and Eastern customs

160
Q

Which Egyptian city became the center of Commerce and Hellenistic civilization?

A

Alexandria

160
Q

t or f
alexandria was a city of great beauty

A

true, it had lots of museums and temples, stone lighthouses called Pharos, and had the first research library in the world.

161
Q

t or f:
by 150 BC, the Hellenistic world was in decline

A

true, since Rome had gained strength.

162
Q

t or f:
Greek culture was preserved and eventually became part of western Civilization

A

true