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A-History Ch.10
5th Grade history Ch. 10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| peninsula where Greece is located | Balkan Peninsula |
| first settlers of Greece; lived on the island of Crete | Minoaons |
| first settlers of Greece;lived on the mainland of Greece | Mycenaeans |
| what did the Greeks add to the Phoenician alphabet | vowels |
| Greek example of a bard | Homer |
| two poems composed by Homer | Illiad and Odyssey |
| what is a bard | singing poet |
| famous writer of fables | Aesop |
| Greek philosopher known for important rules of mathematics; pythagorean theorem | Pythagoras |
| Greek philosopher known for atomic theory | Democritus |
| group of philosophers that argued that something is true only if someone believes it | Sophists |
| Greek philosspher concerned with doing what was right and good | Socrates |
| define philosopher | lover of wisdom |
| the two most important Greek city-states | Sparta and Athens |
| Greek form of government | city-state |
| means "upper city" | acropolis |
| market place | agora |
| greatest scientist of ancient Greece | Archimedes |
| the largest gathering place in the city | theater |
| place in city where young men practiced sports | gymnasium |
| long racing track, straight at one end and rounded at the other | stadium |
| town of the most famous ancient stadium; where the first Olympic games took place in 776 B.C. | Olympia |
| the idea that the citizens of a country should take an active part in the government of the country; comes from the Greek words that mean people and rule | democracy |
| first city-state to become powerful in Greece | Sparta |
| known for their courage, strength, and loyalty | Spartans |
| occupation of Spartans | soldiers |
| greatest cultural center in ancient Greece | Athens |
| age that Spartan men became citizens | 30 |
| age that Athenian men became citizens | 18 |
| grew the food and did all of the work in Sparta | helots |
| small country north of Greece; Alexander the Great came from here | Macedonia |
| large group of foot soldiers who were armed with shields and with spears that were 14 feet long | phalanx |
| the most important city in the world for that period of time | Alexandria in Egypt |
| father of Alexander | Philip II |
| three seas that surround Greece | Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Ionian Sea |
| book of the Bible that prophesied about Alexander | Daniel |
| number of cities named Alexandria | 16 |
| 200- year period after Alexander died | Hellenistic Age |
| the most important language | Greek |
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