Lessons 3-11 Flashcards

1
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the record of people as they relate to other people and to other nations

A

political history

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2
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earliest Greek historian

A

Herodotus

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3
Q

It was the lot of Hellas to have its season for more failry tempered than other lands.”

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Herodotus

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4
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the response or message given by god to people

A

oracle

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5
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dwelling place of the gods

A

Mount Olympus

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6
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father of gods and men

A

Zeus

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7
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wife of Zeus

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Hera

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8
Q

chief nymph of the gods

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Pan

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9
Q

“Nothing in excess.”

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inscription on temple

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10
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an event with five different contests

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pentathlon

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11
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“If you have exercised youself in a manner worthy of hte Olympic Festival, if you have been guilty of no slothful or ignoble act, go on with a good courage. You have to so practiced, go whither you will.”

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official motto of the Olympic Games

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12
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system of leaders and laws that maintain order in a state

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government

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13
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city with surrounding territory that is politically independent

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city-state

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14
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“The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick.”

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Lycurgus

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15
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wise man and lawgiver of Sparta

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Lycurgus

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16
Q

“The city is well fortified which hath a wall of men instead of brick.”

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Lycurgus

17
Q

wise man and archon of ancient Greece

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Solon

18
Q

“The gods, O King, have given the Greeks all other gifts in moderate degree, and so our wisdom, too, is a cheerful and homely, not a noble and kingly wisdom, and him only to whom the divinity has continued happiness unto the end, we call happy.”

A

Solon

19
Q

small group of people who have control of a country

A

oligarchy

20
Q

fortress on high ground that protects a city

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21
Q

Greek rulers who seized power without legal right.

A

tyrants

22
Q

Greek colony

A

Ionia

23
Q

Ionian poet

A

Homer

24
Q

a drink poured out as an offering to a god

A

libation

25
Q

Athenian who ran to Sparta to request help and ran to Athens to declare the Athenian victoy over the Persians

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Pheidippides

26
Q

battle between Athenians and Persian army

A

Battle of Marathon

27
Q

“Athens is saved!”

A

Pheidippides

28
Q

part of the Persian army always containing ten thousand men

A

the Immortals

29
Q

place of battle between Spartans and Persians

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Pass of Thermopylae

30
Q

“I may have take vengeance on the Athenians for all the things which they have done both to the Persians and to my father. I will not cease until I have conquered Athens and burnt with with fire.

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Xerxes

31
Q

king of Sparta

A

King Leonidas

32
Q

Date of Battle at the Pass of Thermopylae

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480 B.C.

33
Q

year of the First Olympic Games

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776 BC