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Studies Wkly. Greece
publication #10
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| name for the city-state where democracy began | Athens |
| first battle in which the Greeks defeated the Persions | Marathon |
| used by the people of Sparta as money | iron bars |
| the main god of ancient Greece | Zeus |
| Greek goddess of growing things | Demeter |
| a famous Greek historian who lived from 484 - 425 B.C. | Herodotus |
| the name for a place (or PERSON) whom people went to in order to talk to the gods, or to hear from the gods | oracle |
| marketplace (Greek) | agora |
| a made-up story that explained something people didn't understand | myth |
| the name of a mountain that had great religious importance to the Greeks; from its name we get the name of a world-wide sporting competition | Olympus |