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1
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The ___________________ – _____ was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states led by King Leonidas of Sparta and the Persian Empire of ______. Over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece.

A

Battle of Thermopylae; Xerxes I

1
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Alexander then turned south and invaded _____, easily defeating the satrap there and declaring himself the son of Zeus-Amon.

A

Egypt

2
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________ was limited to adult men who owned land. Women and slaves were not given _________.

A

Citizenship; citizenship

3
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The _________ held the Persian infantry in place long enough for the _____ _____ to attack from the sides - the “______ ___ _____”.

A

phalanges; heavy cavalry; Hammer and Anvil

4
Q

Bronze Age

A

1600-1100 BCE

4
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Hellenistic Greece

A

320-31 BCE

5
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Phillip armed his infantry with ________ - 18 foot long spears - and organized them into the ________ formation.

A

sarissas; phalanx

6
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The Spartan Army was led by a _____ - two kings.

A

duarchy

6
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Ancient Athens was a radical _______. Every citizen was expected to take part in the government, and every citizen helped to make decisions.

A

democracy

7
Q

Classical Greece

A

480-320 BCE

8
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In the 4th century BCE, the Northern Greek kingdom of Macedon grew in power and importance thanks to its king “_____ __ ____-____”

A

Phillip the one-eyed

9
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Dark Age

A

1100-900 BCE

10
Q

Alexander next attacked and conquered the city of ____, which was an island off the coast.

A

Tyre

12
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Sparta had an ____, a government where only the wealthiest citizens are allowed to make decisions.

A

oligarchy

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The Spartans were full-time soldiers. They relied on a large population of enslaved Greeks that they called ______ to support the City.

A

belots

15
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The stalemate was only ended when the _______ ____ ___ _____ ___ ____!

A

Spartans asked the Persians for help

16
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Philip reformed the Macedonian army, and created the first full-time army of ____ ____ since Sparta.

A

professional soldiers

17
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He first fought the forces of Darius III at the______ __ ___ in 333 BCE.

A

Battle of Issus

18
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It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemision, in 480 BCE, at the narrow coastal pass of Thermopylae (“ __ _____ _____”)

A

The Hot Gates

20
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At the age of 16, _______ led his father’s heavy cavalry against the other Greek city-states. Together they conquered Greece.

A

Alexander

21
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When Alexander became king of Macedon, he gathered a large army from all the Greek city-states and trained them to fight in the ______ formation.

A

phalanx

22
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Greece was divided into two alliances: the _____ ____ led by Athens and the ______ _____ led by Sparta.

A

Delian League; Peloponnesian League

23
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Alexander’s army invaded Persia from the North. When he arrived at Gordian, he encountered the prophecy of the ______ ______. What was his solution to it?

A

Gordian Knot

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Philip also organized a new ___ _____ that fought in a ______ formation.

A

heavy cavalry; wedge