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Unit 3 Test Flashcards

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Mycenaean

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Early people who settled on the greek mainland

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Trojan War

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A ten year war the Mycenaeans fought against Troy

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Dorian

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A new group of of people who moved into the war-torn countryside

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Homer

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A blind man who told the greatest stories, epics and myths

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Epic

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Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds

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Myth

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Traditional stories told about a certain thing that is incorrect

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Polis

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The fundamental political unit in Ancient Greece

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Acropolis

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A marketplace of fortified hilltop the citizens gathered to discuss city government

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Monarchy

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A government in which one person, called a king, rulled

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Aristocracy

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A government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families

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Oligarchy

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A government ruled by a few powerful people

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Tyrants

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Powerful individuals that seize control over the government and appealed to the common people for support

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Democracy

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Ruled by the people by voting

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Helots

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Peasants forced to stay on the land they worked

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Phalanx

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A fearsome army formation that dominated

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Persian Wars

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A war fought between the Greek and Persian armies

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Direct Democracy

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A form of Government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives

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Classical Art

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Greek sculptors that captured harmony, balance, order and proportion

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Tragedy

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A serious drama play about common themes such as love, hate, war, or betrayal

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Comedy

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A play that contained humorous scenes

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Peloponnesian War

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A war between the two city-states of Athens and Sparta

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Philosophers

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Greek thinkers that based their minds on facts

Meaning: “Lovers of Wisdom”

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Socrates

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A famous Greek philosopher who believed absolute standards did exist for truth and justice

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Plato

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A student of Socrates who wrote down the conversations of Socrates

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Aristotle

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Questioned the nature of the world and of human belief, thought and knowledge

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Philip II

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The king of Macedonia during the Peloponnesian War

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Macedonia

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Located north of Greece had a rough terrain and cold climate

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Alexander the Great

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A ruler of Macedonia who defeated Persia and expanded his empire

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Darius III

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The Persian King at the time when Alexander invaded Persia

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Hellenistic Culure

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A culture that was blended with the Egyptian, Persian, and Indian Cultures

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Alexandria

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An Egyptian city named after Alexander the Great

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Euclid

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A greek mathematician who wrote a geometry text

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Archimedes

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A Hellenistic scientist who accurately estimated the value of Pi

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Colossus of Rhodes

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A famous bronze statue that stood over 100 feet high

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