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Describe the land of Greece.
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rocky and mountainous with many large and small islands in the nearby sea
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What are two factors that early forced men to the sea as fishermen and traders?
Definition
nearness of the sea and limited fertility of the soil
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What ended the Aegean civilization?
Definition
the Dorian conquest
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The period in Greece between 1100 and 800 B.C. was called what?
Definition
The period in Greece between 1100 and 800 B.C. is the Dark Ages.
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Why is it called the Dark Ages??
Definition
because of the choas and violence in the land
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The 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey' are written about what?
Definition
The Trojan Wars and their aftermath.
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What was the leading city-state throughout most of the Classical period?
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Athens was the leading city-state throughout most of the Classical period.
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When and Who built the temple of Athena?
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Pericles built the temple during Athens' Golden Age.
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What was the temple of Athena called?
Definition
the Parthenon
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What was the popular assembly in Athens called?
Definition
the Ekklesia
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What began in 492 and continued until 479 B.C.?
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Persian Wars, 492-479 B.C.
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Athenians built beautiful public buildings and produced great works of art and literature during what period?
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Golden Age
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The Spartans devoted themselves to what?
Definition
military training and war
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What was the Delian League?
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An alliance between Athens and other Greek city-states.
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Where were the great Greek gods supposed to have lived?
Definition
Mt. Olympus
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Who was Herodotus?
Definition
A famous Greek history writer.
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What was the Sophists?
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A famous group of Greek philosophy teachers.
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"know thyself" was a favorite saying of whom?
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Socrates
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Who wrote the book "Republic"?
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Plato
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In his book, the "Republic", Plato proposed what?
Definition
dividing society into three classes
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Who put forth the "golden mean"?
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Aristotle
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The Greeks have been famous in art in the areas of what?
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sculpture and painting
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The Greeks added vowels to whose consonants?
Definition
Phoenician
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Who was Alexander's famous tutor?
Definition
Aristotle
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Alexander founded what place in Egypt?
Definition
Alexandria
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The Hellenistic Age covered what period of Biblical history?
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Intertestament Period
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The general Ptolemy recieved what after Alexander's death?
Definition
Egypt
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Both Italy and Greece are peninsulas and have what climate?
Definition
Mediterranean climate
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What is located on seven hills rising out ot the Latium Plain on the banks of the Tiber River?
Definition
Rome
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Who were the Etruscans?
Definition
A civilized people who were excellent warriors.
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What did the Eutruscans teach the Romans?
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to build arches, fortifications, and an army
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Who founded Rome and when?
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Shepherds and farmers founded Rome in 753 B.C. at a crossing of the Tiber River.
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What ended the monarchy?
Definition
dethronement of Tarquin the Proud
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The Roman family was ruled by whom?
Definition
The oldest adult male.
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Who controlled the political power not given to the consuls or the dictator.
Definition
the Senate
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What two factors helped Rome to build a great empire?
Definition
military might and political common sense
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Who were Carthaginians?
Definition
Phoenicians from Phoenicia
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Who led Carthage in the Second Punic War?
Definition
Hannibal
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The Third Punic War led to what?
Definition
the destruction of Carthage
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Rome annexed what lands and when?
Definition
western Asia Minor, Greece, and Macedonia between 200 and 133 B.C.
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During the EARLY Republic, the Roman army was made up of what?
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citizen-soildiers--mainly farmers
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What was the basic unit of the Roman army?
Definition
the legion
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What was the result of Roman conquests?
Definition
increase of wealth and slaves
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Were Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus successful in their reforms?
Definition
no, both were eventually killed
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Who captured Palestine for the Romans?
Definition
the general Pompey
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Who added territory to the Roman Empire in Gaul?
Definition
Julius Caesar
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Who won the war between Julius Caesar and Pompey?
Definition
Julius Caesar
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Who was the Greek Queen of Egypt?
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Cleopatra
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Savior born in Bethlehem was?
Definition
Jesus Christ
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Who was Cicero?
Definition
a Roman statesman, orator, philosopher, and writer
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Who was the first Roman emperor?
Definition
Caesar Augustus
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what is Stoicism?
Definition
religion teaching a person to live in harmony with nature
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What is Epicureanism?
Definition
religion offering no hope for eternity
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