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World Studies The Ancient World
Chapter 6 Prentice Hall World Studies The Ancient World
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History
7th Grade
12/13/2009

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Children in Sparta....
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underwent competitive training, whether they were boys or girls.
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Who was Homer?
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a Greek poet
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Who was a common enemy of the Greek city-states
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Persia
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Who were the gods and goddesses worshipped by the Greeks?
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twelve Olympians, led by Zeus,
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The Peloponnesian War ended when
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Sparta prevented Athenians from receiving shipments of food.
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What occured during the Trojan War?
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Greek soldiers hid inside a wooden horse
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Who ended Athens' golden age of accomplishment?
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Sparta

 

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The Bronze Age people called the Minoans lived on the island of

 

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Crete

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Women in Sparta....
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could not own land, or participate in politics. could not vote.

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Slaves in Athens
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were treated like members of the family.
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What was a temple for the goddess Athena called?
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Parthenon
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Hellenistic cities were modeled after what cities?
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Greek Cities
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Greece is called a peninsula because
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it is surrounded on three sides by water.
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Euclid developed a branch of mathematics called
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Geometry
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 A basic rule in Sparta was that

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the city's needs came first.
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Wherever he went, Alexander the Great established
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Cities
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Which of the following is NOT true of tyrants in Greece?
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Tyrants always ruled with cruelty and violence.

 

(They did not rule with cruelty and violence)

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Who was Pericles?
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the leader of a democratic group and one of the most powerful men in Athens
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