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Sociology
8th Grade
01/26/2009

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how much of greece is farmable
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1/5
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Describe the geography of Greece
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a mountainous penisula
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what did greece resort to because of the lack of farming
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Fishing and trading
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What were the main items traded?
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olive oil and wine for wheat and grain.
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By 1400 BCE who controlled the Aegean sea?
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Acheans
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What was the most likely cause of the Trojan war?
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Control of the Aegean sea.
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Who attacked whom by 1250 BCE? Who won?
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Achens attacked troy. Acheans won
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How do we know about the Trojan War?
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Because of Homer.
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What did Homer write?
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The Illiad and the Oddesey
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After the Trojan war the acheans fell to whom?
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The Dorians.
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Between 1000 and 750 BCE Greece ended what?
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The Dark Ages.
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Greek City states were referred to as what?
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polis
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what is a polis?
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it is a fortified hilltop and the surrounding countryside.
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life around the polis revolved around the ___?
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acropolis
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in greek city states millitary was the service of who?
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citizen soilders
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what was the most feared army formation in greece?
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the phalenx
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what are astocracies?
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governments ruled by an upper class
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what are monarchies?
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ruling by kings
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when did the merchant class grow stronger?
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as coined money flourished
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in 500 bce citizen soilders revolt with the support of who?
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by the lower class
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what is tyrany?
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government by an individual who seized power by force
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what is tyrany?
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government by an individual who seized power by force
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what is democracy?
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government leaded by the people.
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what is the order of athens government?
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monarchies, aristocracies, tyrany, democracy
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what did solon create? what did they do? did it fail or flourish?
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he created the reforms. they abolished debt slavery. it failed.
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who was the first robin hood?
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pisistratus
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who created the athenian assembly?
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ceisthenes
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how many citizens were in the athenian assembly?
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500.
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what is ostracism? who introduced it.
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the temperary exile of a citizen. cleisthenes
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what were the 5 quals. for being a citizen?
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male, over 18, must be born in athens, must be free born, both parents must be athenians.
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what were the 5 quals. for being a citizen?
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male, over 18, must be born in athens, must be free born, both parents must be athenians.
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did athenian men work?
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no.
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t or f: women had many legal rights.
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false
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what did the dorians call the spartans when they were enslaved?
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helots.
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how did the helots match up to the dorians?
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20 to 1
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what was the government of the spartans?
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monarchies
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what was the government of the spartans?
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monarchies
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why did sparta have 2 kings?
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incase one was hurt
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what age did boys leave their families?
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7
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how old were men when they will get married in sparta? how much longer do they live in barracks?
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20. 40.
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how old were men in sparta when they took their place in the assembly?
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30.
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did sparta have coined money?
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no
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