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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
Sicily
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Country that is today southwestern Iran
Persia
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Greece northerner neighbor
Macedonia
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River that is the site of Rome
Tiber
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Mountian range running through the central Italy
Appenies
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Today country known as Gaul known today
France
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Island off west coast of Europe
United Kingdom
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Small central eupean boarded by France Germany Italy
Switzerland
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Country on Spain's Atlantic Ocean coast
Portugal
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Currency
Type of money
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Republic
Form of government in which the leader is not king or queen
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Latifundia
Large farming estates in Ancient Rome
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Patrician
Weathly landowner and a member of the ruling class in Ancient Rome
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Triumvirate
In Ancient Rome a three person ruling group
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Plebeian
Member of the common people in Ancient Rome
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Praetor
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
Herodotus
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Group of people who believed students should use their time to improve themselves
Sophist
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Beloved all relation in the world could be expresses in numbers
Pythagoras
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Student of Socrates
Plato
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Macedonian king who took over Greece
Alexander the sencond
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At the age twenty who took over Greece
Alexander the Great
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A city in Egypt that be same one the most important in ancient world
Alexander
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A time period when greek language and ideas spead to no. Greek people
Hellenistic era
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Teaching meathod that asks student pointed questions
Socratic meathod
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Legion
Unit of 3000 to 6000 men
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3 reforms of Diocletian
Workers chose the same job to life 4 parts Price control
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Capital of western empire
Rome
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Capital of eastern
Continople
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Theodosius
Divided empire after death 2 parts
54
Which events marks the fall of Roman Empire
Death of Romulus agustus
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Island southwest of Italy
Sicily
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Country that is today southwestern Iran
Persia
57
Greece northerner neighbor
Macedonia
58
River that is the site of Rome
Tiber
59
Mountian range running through the central Italy
Appenies
60
Today country known as Gaul known today
France
61
Island off west coast of Europe
United Kingdom
62
Small central eupean boarded by France Germany Italy
Switzerland
63
Country on Spain's Atlantic Ocean coast
Portugal
64
Currency
Type of money
65
Republic
Form of government in which the leader is not king or queen
66
Latifundia
Large farming estates in Ancient Rome
67
Patrician
Weathly landowner and a member of the ruling class in Ancient Rome
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Triumvirate
In Ancient Rome a three person ruling group
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Plebeian
Member of the common people in Ancient Rome
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Praetor
Important government official in Ancient Rome acted as a judge in court cases
71
The father of history and wrote about the Persian wars
Herodotus
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Group of people who believed students should use their time to improve themselves
Sophist
73
Beloved all relation in the world could be expresses in numbers
Pythagoras
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Student of Socrates
Plato
75
Macedonian king who took over Greece
Alexander the sencond
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At the age twenty who took over Greece
Alexander the Great
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A city in Egypt that be same one the most important in ancient world
Alexander
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A time period when greek language and ideas spead to no. Greek people
Hellenistic era
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Teaching meathod that asks student pointed questions
Socratic meathod
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Why did Greeks perform rituals
Decisions of the god
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The Trojan hero who became the father of the Romans
Aeneas
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Why did Greeks perform rituals
Decisions of the god
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The Trojan hero who became the father of the Romans
Aeneas

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