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Greece Snidow Lang
Question | Answer |
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Greece is comprised of 75% of ? | Mountains |
What two seas border Greece? | Aegean and Ionian |
What is Draco best known for in Greece? | Creating the first law code |
What city-state was militaristic? | Sparta |
If you wanted to find philosophers and other cultural items what city-state would you visit? | Athens |
Pericles created what type of government in Athens? | Direct Democracy |
Pericles ultimately died of what cause? | The Plague |
The Delian League provided what for city-states? | protection by Athens |
What is an Acropolis? | A fortified hilltop |
In a Direct Democracy who has control over the government? | citizens |
Who was allowed to vote in Athens? | Free land owning men |
What was the war between Athens and Sparta? | Peloponnesian War |
Where did Alexander grow up? | Macedonia |
Who was Alexander's father? | Philip II |
What country did Philip II defeat and unite under his rule? | Greece |
What was the one empire that Philip II wanted to defeat but died before doing so? | Persian |
What is a Helot? | A captive that was forced to work as a peasant. |
What new military strategy did Sparta use? | Phalanx |
Where did Greek gods live? | Mt. Olympus |
Which goddess was the Parthenon dedicated to? | Athena |
The Greek economy was based on ? | Trade |
Which was began in 1250 B.C.? Achilles vs. Hector. | Trojan War |
Who was the god of wine? | Dionysus |
Who was the messenger god? | Hermes |
Who was the god of the seas? | Poseidon |
Which book told the story of the Trojan War? | The Illiad |
Who was the father of History? | Herodotus |
Which leader spread the Hellenistic culture? | Alexander the Great |
This man was a student of Plato and built a school called the Lyceum. | Aristotle |