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Question | Answer |
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epic | a long poem that tells a story of a hero |
barbarians | the name given by the greeks to any people who were not greek |
colonies | areas set up in conquered lands by greek city statesfor use when they themselves became over populated |
MINOAN | AN ANCIENT CRETAN CIVILASATION |
MYTHS | LEGENDS OR STORIES THAT ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN NATURAL EVENTS |
DORIANS | A GROUP THAT INVADED GREECE AROUND 1000 B.C. |
HELLENES | THE NAMES THE DORIANS GAVE THEMSELVES |
ACROPOLIS | A HILLTOP FORTRESS ANCIENT ATHENS WHICH IINCLUDED THE PARTHENON AND OTHER FAMOUS BUILDINGS WHERE CITIZENS MET TO DISCUSS AFFAIRS OF COMMUNITY |
AGORA | THE CENTRAL MARKETPLACE IN ANCIENT ATHENS AND THE SITE OF NUMERUOS TEMPLES AND GOVERMENT BUILDINGS |
MATTOCK | A HEAVY HOE WHICH WAS THE CHIEF TOOL OF GREEK FARMERS |
DRAMA | A SERIOUS PLAY OR THEATRICAL EVENT |
METICS | A CLASS OF PEOPLE IN ATHENS WHO WERE NOT CITIZENS |
HELOTS | ONE OF THE SPARTAN SLAVES |
CITY STATE | A SELF GOVERNMENT UNIT MADE UP OF A CITY AND ITS SURROUNDING VILLAGES AND FARMLAND |
HOMER | A GREEK EPIC POET AND AUTHER OF THE ILIAD AND ODYSSEY |
MONARCHY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A MONARCHY-A KING,QUEEN,OR EMPEROR IS THE SOLE AND ABSOLUTE RULER |
OLIGARCHY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH A FEW PEOPLE RULE |
DEMOCRACY | A SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN WHICH THE PEOPLE RULE ,EITHER DIRECTLY OR THRUO |