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30 Cards in this Set
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Democracy started in the city-state of |
Athens |
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Spartan men served in the military until age |
60 |
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Greek architecture and temples were known for having tall white |
Columns |
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After the death of Alexander the Great, his empire was |
Divided among his generals |
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Famous Greek Philosophers |
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle |
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War stopped every _____ years in Greece to let athletes travel safely to the Olympics |
4 |
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Subjects that boys in Athens were taught |
science, music, singing, math and philosophy |
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The geography of Greece is |
rocky and mountainous |
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The early Greek civilization that lived on the island of Crete |
Minoans |
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At the battle of Thermopylae... |
The Persians defeated the Spartans |
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King Phillip II was the ____________ of Alexander the Great |
Father |
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Hippocrates created the ________________ _______ for doctors to sign promising to use medicine to help patients |
Hippocratic Oath |
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Aristotle created a system to classify |
plants and animals |
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City-states in ancient Greece were |
separated by rugged mountain valleys
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Ancient Greek Democracy |
Citizens voted directly on all issues |
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American Democracy |
Citizens vote to elect leaders to make decisions |
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The result of the Peloponnesian War |
Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece |
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Monarchy |
ruled by a king |
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Oligarchy |
ruled by a few aristocrats |
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Tyranny |
ruled by a strict and harsh ruler |
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Democracy |
ruled by the people |
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Peloponnese was a large _______________ in Greece |
Peninsula |
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The Iliad and the Odyssey were epics written about this war |
The Trojan War |
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Socrates was arrested for this crime |
asking questions that challenged the government |
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An important contribution of Archimedes |
Discovered the value of Pi |
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The city of Alexandria was important to |
Scholors |
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A concept in math still used today from ancient Greece |
Pythagoras Theory |
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The result of the Persian Wars |
Prevented Persia from conquering Greece |
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This event was held to honor the Greek god Zeus |
The Olympics |
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Boys living in this city-state were probably more well-rounded |
Athens |