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1
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How did the Greeks travel and trade

A

Along the sea

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2
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Greeks were experts in what

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Shipbuilding and sailing

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3
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What activities took place in the agora?

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It was a marketplace where they sold goods and also a meeting place for political and religious assemblies

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4
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What Greek leader would not have approved of the type of democracy found in the US

A

Draco

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5
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What is a lyric poem

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A poem set to music

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6
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How did the Greeks influence our language

A

Many English words come from Greek

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7
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Where did the Mycenaeans live?

A

Greek mainland

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8
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Where did the Minoans live

A

Crete

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9
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What cities began as Greek colonies

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Istanbul, Naples, Marseille

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10
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What is representative democracy

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Citizens elect representatives to make laws

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11
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In the democracy in Athens did the aristocrats have more power than citizens

A

No

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12
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What did the Greeks do at the oracle of Delphi?

A

Ask Apollo questions

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13
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What two groups of people helped shape Greek cultures

A

Mycenaeans and Minoans

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14
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What sea lies east of the Greek mainland

A

Aegean

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15
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When things like earthquakes and thunder happened who did the Greeks think was responsible

A

The gods

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16
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Who was Apollo

A

God of the sun

17
Q

What work tells the story of the last year’s of the Trojan war

A

The Iliad

18
Q

What group lived on the island of Crete

A

The Minoans

19
Q

Did everyone leave and stay inside the city walls

A

No

20
Q

Who was Hera

A

Queen of the gods

21
Q

Why did the Greeks write myths

A

To try to explain how the world works. Stories about gods and heroes it explained a natural or historical event

22
Q

An ancient Greek leader who held power through the use of force

A

Tyrant

23
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The Greek word for a city state

A

Polis

24
Q

Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works

A

Mythology

25
Q

A rich landowners or Noble

A

Aristocrat

26
Q

A short story that teaches a lesson about life or gives advice on how to live

A

Fable

27
Q

A type of government in which people rule themselves

A

Democracy

28
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An age marked by great achievements

A

Classical age

29
Q

A high Hill upon which a Greek fortress was built

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Acropolis

30
Q

A person who has the right to participate in government

A

Citizen

31
Q

A government in which only a few people have power

A

Oligarchy

32
Q

Leader who led Greece to the height of democracy. He paid people who served in public offices or on juries.

A

Pericles

33
Q

Created many fables about animals who talk and act like humans to teach lessons

A

Aesop

34
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Famous Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey

A

Homer

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