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72 Cards in this Set
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Europe seems to be name for her
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Europa
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Which of these seas does not border Greece: Aegean, Mediterranean, Baltic, Adriatic
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Baltic
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The peninsula that Greece occupies
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Balkan
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Which group populated Greece first, the Minoans, the Mycenaeans, the Macedonians
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Minoans
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Of the Minoans and the Mycenaeans, which lived in city-states?
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Mycenaeans
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The city of Troy is located in this present day country
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Turkey
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The wealthy German businessman who found evidence that the Trojan War was an actual event.
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Heinrich Schliemann
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The author of the Illiad and the Odessey
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Homer
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The hero of the Odyssey
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Odysseus
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Who said of the Greeks, "We live around the sea like frogs around a pond."
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Plato
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The Greeks expanded whose alphabet to form the basis of all western alphabets
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Phoenicians
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The Greek word for city
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polis
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A government ruled by an elite group of landowners
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aristocracy
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Put these philosophers in chronological order: Plato, Aristotle, Socrates
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Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
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First leader of Persia who attacked the Greeks
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Darius
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Of Athens and Sparta the city-state that emphasized the military over everything else.
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Sparta
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Which had a more mountainous terrain...Egypt, Greece, Mesopotamia
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Greece
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Form of government that is ruled by an elite group of businessmen
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oligarchy
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About 650BC bronze weapons gave way to weapons made of this stronger, cheaper material
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iron
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A massive group of well armed infantry
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phalanx
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What term refers to the southern region of Greece?
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Peloponnesia
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What became of sickly Spartan infants?
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left to die
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At what age did Spartan boys begin military training?
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seven
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Did the Spartans mix well with neighbors or were they isolated from their neighbors?
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Isolated
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Which other city-state imitated the rigorous and rigid culture of Sparta?
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none of them....are you kidding?
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Solon was known as a conqueror or a reformer, or a Persian warlord?
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reformer
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This term today refers to vicious and brutal leaders, but some of these Greek___________were actually fair...what's the term?
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tyrant
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This man set up the Council of 500 and broadened the role of the ordinary citizen in Greek government
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Cleisthenes
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Name two groups of Athenians who were denied the right to vote....
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women, slaves, children
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Is it true that Aristotle believed that women did not have the ability to reason as well as men?
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Yessiree
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Athenian education was available to boys as well as girls....true or false
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false
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Name 3 examples of Greek unity
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common language, same gods, same ancient heroes, common festivals (Olympics)
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Who was considered the most powerful of the Greek gods?
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Zeus
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How did the Greeks view non-Greeks?
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as inferior, as barbarians
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Darius was a king of which civilization?
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Persian
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Herodotus was a....historian, god, philosopher, mathematician
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historian
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Who was the runner who "invented" the marathon?
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Pheidippides
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How many miles is the marathon today?
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26.2 miles
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When the Persians burned Athens, it was empty because the Athenians had gone where?
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to the ships they had built
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Which side won ultimately won the Persian Wars?
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the Greeks
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Which Greek city-state emerged from the Persian Wars as the most powerful?
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Athens
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Pericles was....a brutal Persian general, a minor Greek god, an Egyptian vizier, a wise Athenian leader
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a wise Athenian leader
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Name the Athenian leader who decided to pay people in government so that even poor people could participate
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Pericles
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Which Athenian turned Athens into the cultural center of Greece?
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Pericles
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Who fought who in the Peloponnesian War
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Sparta vs Athens
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With whom did Sparta ally itself in the Peloponnesian War?
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Persia
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During which war did Pericles die?
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Peloponnesian War
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Which side won the Peloponnesian War
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Sparta
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Which city-state defeated Sparta in the aftermath of the Peloponnesian War?
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Thebes
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What does the word "philosopher" mean?
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lover of wisdom
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What term means "the art of skillful speaking"
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rhetoric
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How do we know so much about Socrates when he did not write anything down?
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From Plato's writings
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For what was Socrates put on trial?
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corrupting Athenian youth
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Who was Socrates' most famous student?
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Plato
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Who was Plato's most famous student?
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Aristotle
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How were Philip and Alexander related?
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father and son
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Philip and Alexander were from a region called.....
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Macedonia
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Who was Aristotle's most famous student?
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Alexander the Great
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Alexander the Great's empire reached as far east as....
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India
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What caused Alexander's death?
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a fever
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The Hellenistic civilization was a blend of four civilizations...name them
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Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Indian
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What was the most common name for a city in Alexander the Great's empire?
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Alexandria
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St. Patrick spread Christianity in.....
STARTING HERE, THESE QUESTIONS BELONG WITH CHAPTER 8 |
Ireland
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Which saint spread Christianity in England?
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St. Augustine
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