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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1. What is a polis? | A city-state |
| 2. What's an acropolis? | A fortified area |
| 3. What's an agora? | An open area used as a marketplace and where the politicians met |
| 4. Who were the hopolites? | They were heavily armed infantry soldiers |
| 5. What was a phalanx? | It was a close formation form shoulder to shoulder created by a wall of shields |
| 6. What were the Hellespont and the Bosporus? | They both were straits connected to the Black Sea |
| 7. Why was Byzantium important? | It was part of the trade route connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea |
| 8. What's a tyrant? | Were rulers who seized power by force from the aristocrats |
| 9. What's a democracy? | It's a government by the people or ruled of the many |
| 10. What is an oligarchy? | It's a government ruled by the few |