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Oligarchy

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Government in which a small of people holds power

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Democracy

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Government in which all citizens share in running the government

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Philosopher

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Thinkers who poked questions about life

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Tyrant

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One who takes power by force & rules with total authority

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The palace of Knosses reveals the riches

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Minoan

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Mycenaean

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Around 1400 BC trading power

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Pericles

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State men who wrote funeral oration

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Thucydides

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Wrote history pelepeonnean

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Cyrus the great

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King of Persia

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The difference between a representative democracy and a direct democracy

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To chose a small group

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What is the signifence of Knossos

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Minoan

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What did Athens contribute in the fight with Sparta against the Persians

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A navy

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Who was the major trading power in the medditerrean in 1400 BC

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Mycenaean

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Fable

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Short story that teaches a lessen

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Epic

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A long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds

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Myth

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Traditional story describing gods or heoros or explaining natural events

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Tragedy

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Form of drama in which a person struggles

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Dynasty

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Line of rulers in the same family

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Legion

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Unit of 3000 to 6000 men

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3 reforms of Diocletian

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Workers chose the same job to life
4 parts
Price control

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Capital of western empire

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Rome

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Capital of eastern

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Continople

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Theodosius

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Divided empire after death 2 parts

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Which events marks the fall of Roman Empire

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Death of Romulus agustus

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Island southwest of Italy

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Sicily

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Country that is today southwestern Iran

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Persia

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Greece northerner neighbor

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Macedonia

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River that is the site of Rome

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Tiber

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Mountian range running through the central Italy

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Appenies

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Today country known as Gaul known today

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France

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Island off west coast of Europe

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United Kingdom

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Small central eupean boarded by France Germany Italy

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Switzerland

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Country on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean coast

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Portugal

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Currency

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Type of money

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Republic

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Form of government in which the leader is not king or queen

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Latifundia

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Large farming estates in Ancient Rome

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Patrician

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Weathly landowner and a member of the ruling class in Ancient Rome

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Triumvirate

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In Ancient Rome a three person ruling group

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Plebeian

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Member of the common people in Ancient Rome

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Praetor

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Important government official in Ancient Rome acted as a judge in court cases

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The father of history and wrote about the Persian wars

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Herodotus

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Group of people who believed students should use their time to improve themselves

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Sophist

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Beloved all relation in the world could be expresses in numbers

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Pythagoras

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Student of Socrates

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Plato

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Macedonian king who took over Greece

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Alexander the sencond

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At the age twenty who took over Greece

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Alexander the Great

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A city in Egypt that be same one the most important in ancient world

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Alexander

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A time period when greek language and ideas spead to no. Greek people

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Hellenistic era

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Teaching meathod that asks student pointed questions

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Socratic meathod

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Legion

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Unit of 3000 to 6000 men

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3 reforms of Diocletian

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Workers chose the same job to life
4 parts
Price control

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Capital of western empire

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Rome

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Capital of eastern

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Continople

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Theodosius

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Divided empire after death 2 parts

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Which events marks the fall of Roman Empire

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Death of Romulus agustus

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Island southwest of Italy

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Sicily

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Country that is today southwestern Iran

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Persia

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Greece northerner neighbor

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Macedonia

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River that is the site of Rome

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Tiber

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Mountian range running through the central Italy

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Appenies

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Today country known as Gaul known today

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France

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Island off west coast of Europe

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United Kingdom

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Small central eupean boarded by France Germany Italy

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Switzerland

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Country on Spain’s Atlantic Ocean coast

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Portugal

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Currency

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Type of money

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Republic

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Form of government in which the leader is not king or queen

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Latifundia

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Large farming estates in Ancient Rome

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Patrician

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Weathly landowner and a member of the ruling class in Ancient Rome

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Triumvirate

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In Ancient Rome a three person ruling group

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Plebeian

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Member of the common people in Ancient Rome

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Praetor

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Important government official in Ancient Rome acted as a judge in court cases

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The father of history and wrote about the Persian wars

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Herodotus

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Group of people who believed students should use their time to improve themselves

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Sophist

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Beloved all relation in the world could be expresses in numbers

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Pythagoras

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Student of Socrates

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Plato

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Macedonian king who took over Greece

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Alexander the sencond

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At the age twenty who took over Greece

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Alexander the Great

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A city in Egypt that be same one the most important in ancient world

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Alexander

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A time period when greek language and ideas spead to no. Greek people

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Hellenistic era

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Teaching meathod that asks student pointed questions

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Socratic meathod

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Why did Greeks perform rituals

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Decisions of the god

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The Trojan hero who became the father of the Romans

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Aeneas

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Why did Greeks perform rituals

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Decisions of the god

83
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The Trojan hero who became the father of the Romans

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Aeneas

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