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Ancient Greece Test
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9th Grade
12/16/2007

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Ancient Greece laid a foundation of what civilization
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The Western Civilizations
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What subjects do we see influence from ancient Greece's ideas in?
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government, philosophy, architecture, mathematics
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What two seas are by Greece
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Mediterranean and Aegean Sea
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What geographical feature limits farmland
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the rocky mountainess terrain
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Order of Civilizations
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Minoans, Mycenaeans, Dorian Invasion, Dark Ages, Rise of Greek Polis, Greek City-States, Athens is Democracy, Persia, Athen Gold, Delian League, Athens defeated, Alexander the Great
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Zeus

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Ruler of the Olympian Gods,and God of Sky
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Hera
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Goddess of Marriage and Childbirth
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Poseidon
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God of the Sea
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Hades
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God of the Underworld
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Ares
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God of War
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Athena
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Goddess of Wisdom, arts and literature
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Apollo
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God of music, light, and of truth
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Demeter
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Goddess of grain and harvest
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Aphrodite
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Goddess of love, beauty, and desire
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Hermes
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Fastest god who delievers messages
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Athens is the birth place of what type of government
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Democracy
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What is a monarchy and which civilization used this
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ruled by a royal family with kings and queens, and the minoans and mycenaeans used this
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What is an Oligarchy
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A small group of people hold power
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What is a Tranny
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power is within the hands of a person who has taken control called Tyrants
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Which civilization used the Oligarchy
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Sparta
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The minoans were sea traders, what kind of material did they build their ships with
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wood
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Was the minoan's written language translated
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no
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Was the mycenaean written language translated
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yes
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What type of food did the mycenaeans harvest
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grapes and olives
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Who were the Helots

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Slaves for Sparta
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What was significant about Polis

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 Greek city-state, origin word for words such as politics and police
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These are often included in the literature, art, architecture, and politics of Western civilization
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mythological symbols and images
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Beliefs of the ancient Greek religion
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powerful gods and goddesses, gods live on Mt. Olympus, gods with human forms and human characteristics
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Description of the Greek mainland
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mountains, good harbors, limited arable land
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What the Odyssey is about
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Travels of Odysseus while trying to return home
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Main crops of Greece
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grapes, olives, figs
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Greeks replaced their barter economy with this
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money economy
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were not citizens of Greece
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women, slaves, foreigners--also called metics
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A person who takes part in the government
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citizen
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Why Greek colonies spread
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overcrowding, to get more food
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A government ruled by nobles
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aristocracy
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The Civilization which ended because of earthquakes and invasions

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Minoan
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3 Purposes of Myths
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explain natural phenomena, explain life events, explain human qualities
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Also, your short answer/discussion question will be for you to explain...
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the effect that Greece's geography and terrain will have on its development of polises and civilization
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What were the people called who made many reforms in government in Athens as tyrant and did not abuse his power
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Cleisthenes
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Father of Geometry
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Euclid
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Sculptor who created statue of Athena on the Acropolis
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Phidias
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man who became tyrant of Athens, rebuilt Athens, commissioned building of Parthenon
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Pericles
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defend your ideas by asking more questions
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Socratic method
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dedication of main temple in Athens
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Athena
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tyrant who organized the harsh laws of Athens into written code of law
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Draco
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Developed code of ethical conduct practiced by doctors today
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Hippocrates

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Facts about Persia
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tolerated customs of people they conquered, developed central bureaucracy, Royal Road made travel easier
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defensive alliance of Greek city-states with Athens as leader
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Delian League
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characteristics of Zoroastrianism
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practiced in Persia, Ahura Mazda - god, people choose good/evil, Zend Avesta- holy book
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battle of Salamis
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Greece's smaller ships were better for fighting against large Persian ships
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comedy
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play with a humorous theme and happy ending
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Battles between Sparta and Athens
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Peloponnesian WarPeloponnesian WarPeloponnesian War
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Archimedes
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cylinder screw, principle of lever, pulley, principle of buoyancy
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battle in which Sparta held Persians back for 7 days
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Thermopylae
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this empire stretched from Egypt to Turkey, Mesopotamia to Indus River. Was largest empire in world
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Persia
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tyrant who allowed ALL free men to participate in government
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Cleisthenes
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mathematician who developed a2+b2=c2
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Pythagoras
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alliance between Sparta and other city-states
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Peloponnesian league
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hired soldier
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mercenary
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Greek historian who provided an account of the Persian Wars
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Herodotus
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Persian War results
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retreated to Asia Minor, never invaded Greece again, Greeks controlled Aegean Sea, Greeks developed culture and politics that influences us today
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Marathon, Salamis, Thermopylae
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Persian War battles
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characteristics of Spartan society
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rigid social structure, militaristic, aggressive society
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Pheidippides run to Athens announced this victory and was the basis of what event
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Marathon
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Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great, studied biology and politics
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Aristotle
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king of Macedonia, father of Alexander, conquered most of Greece
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Phillip II
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Persian Wars united these city-states
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Athens and Sparta
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goals of Alexander the Great
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conquer the world, spread Greek culture
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city-state that led the Golden Age of Greece
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Athens
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Greek playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex
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Sophocles
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mixture of Greek and Eastern cultures spread by Alexander the Great
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Hellenistic culture
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accurate historian who reported the Peloponnesian Wars
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Thucydides
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Greek philosopher who began the school, the Academy, and wrote the Republic
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Plato
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results of the Peloponnesian Wars
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slowing of cultural achievements, Greek city-states refuse to unify, Greece left open to invasion
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commercial and cultural center of Greece
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Athens
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actions during Solon's rule
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ended enslavement for debt, expanded democracy, set up 2 house legislature
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Competition between Athens and Sparta
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Peloponnesian Wars
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Pericles' impact
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created Delian League, Parthenon built, Acropolis rebuilt, extended democracy to most males
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Spartan government
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oligarchy
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philosopher who believed in absolute truth and taught Plato
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Socrates
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statements about Alexander the Great
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military genius, loved all Greek things, his empire stretched from Greece to Egypt to India
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BUREAUCRACY
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a group of officials who administer day to day operations of a government
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ALLIANCE
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an agreement between 2 or more states for their mutual benefit
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Temple to Athena on the Acropolis
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Parthenon
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Emperor of Persia who fought at Marathon
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Darius
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Solon, Draco
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tyrants that worked for reform, right to vote, but were harsh in their laws
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All of the following are purposes of myths
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• to explain natural phenomena
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• to explain life events
• to explain human qualities
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Free-bie
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