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World History Ch 4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An area dedicated to the honor of gods and goddesses | shrine |
| Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster | fresco |
| A war about 1250 B.C. between Mycenae and Troy | Trojan War |
| A narrow water passage | strait |
| The Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey | Homer |
| The act of people or groups competing for the same thing against another | rivalry |
| The success of the Minoans (mi-noh-uh n s) was based on: | trade |
| The frescoes in the palace at Knossos (NAHS us) reveal that: | the sea was important to Minoan (mi-noh-uh n) society |
| Historians believe the Trojan War may have been caused by: | an economic rivalry |
| From 1100 B.C. to 900 B.C., Greek civilization: | came under attack and its power faded |
| The subject of the Odyssey is the: | struggles of Odysseus (oh-dis-ee-uh s) to return home after the war |
| Someone who gains power by force | tyrant |
| A lawmaking body | legislature |
| A Greek city-state | polis |
| A military formation of foot soldiers | phalanx (fal-angks) |
| High part of a city, with temples | acropolis |
| How did geography help shape Greek civilization? | Mountains and islands led to smaller, isolated communities. |
| Rule by a hereditary landowning elite is called: | an aristocracy (ar-uh-stok-ruh-see) |
| An accurate statement about Sparta: | Sparta stressed military virtues and discipline |
| A description of Athenian democracy: | Athens gave more people a say in government than other ancient civilizations. |
| One factor that helped unify all the Greek city-states was their: | common culture |
| Within a ________, citizens take part in day-to-day governmental affairs. | direct demoncracy |
| Athens paid a ______, or fixed salary, to people who held offices in government. | stipend |
| Athenians used a process called ______ to remove people considered a threat to their democracy. | ostracism (os-truh-siz-uh m) |
| A formal agreement between states to cooperate is an: | alliance |
| A group of citizens who make the final decision in a trial is called a: | jury |
| The Persian Wars began when: | Darius decided to punish Athens for helping the Ionians |
| What was one result of the Greek victory against the Persians? | Athens formed the Delian League |
| Why did Pericles approve paying people to serve in government? | It allowed poor men to serve |
| What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War? | Spartans resented Athenian domination |
| When the Peloponnesian War ended: | Sparta had defeated Athens |
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