Ancient Greece Flashcards

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What is a statement the most likely represents the view of a citizen of ancient Athens visiting Sparta

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The government and society in Sparta are so strict. The people have little voice in government

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What description would accurately identify Socrates, Plato and Aristotle

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Philosophers of Ancient Greece

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What Greek city stat was centered around military

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Sparta

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Which group of invaders would play a role in the deadline of Minoan people

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Mycenaeans

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What effect did the geography of Ancient Greece have on its early development

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The mountainous terrain led to the creation of independent city-states

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What was a major characteristic of democracy in ancient Athens

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All adult male citizens were legible to vote

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Herodotus and Thucydides were important in Greece for their contributions to which area of study

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History

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What societies Procter direct democracy

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Ancient Athens

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Athens is famously the birth place of which method of government

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Democracy

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The main war that the Mycenaeans are remembered fir is what

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Trojan war

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What even didn’t occur during the pelopponesian war

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the use of Trojan horses

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Which ancient civilization established the basis of western democracy

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Greek

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The earliest Greek civilization is ___________ lived on Crete

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Minoans

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The battles of thermoplastic and salamis are examples of the ancient Greeks ability to use their advantage

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Geography

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What is one main impact of the Persian war

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Athens gain power

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16
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The main architectural feature we studied in class that comes out of Ancient Greece is what

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Both the Minoans and the Mycenaeans were successful…..___

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What society thought their government does not copy institutions of there neighbors and thought of it as a model to others and are democratic and thought power is in the hands of the whole people

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At what age were boys forced to begin their military service in Sparta

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Who isnt a significant leader we discussed in class

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Where did the earliest people in modern day Greece live

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What is the name of the earliest civilization on Crete

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What were the Minoan civilization centered around and with who

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Trade, Egypt and Mesopotamia

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What is a Painting done with eater color and wet plaster

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What was the cause of the decline of the Minoans
Invaders, Mycenaeans
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How and when did the Mycenaeans fall
The feel from invaders in the north Dorians, after the victory in the Trojan war 1100 B.C
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How did the geography of Greece affect the people
Mountains and islands lead to the use of city state and sea for trade
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What were new military technology that developed
Iron weapons, begins around 650 B.C
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How did Sparta develop
Dorian invaders settle and create the city state
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Characteristic of the civilizations Sparta
Slavery and strict laws centered around military sick babies would be left to die
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Characteristics of Athens
Used democracy not as strict education were important for boys
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Who took over a lot of land in Greece
Alexander the Great