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Ancient Greece Tann
Question | Answer |
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Greek term for "rule of the people" | democracy |
leader who encouraged people to participate in government | Pericles |
government of the United States | republic |
free men who had the right to participate in government | citizens |
city where democracy was born | Athens |
because traveling by land was difficult, Greeks became _____ | ship builders |
political and religious meetings and markets were held ______ | agora |
This leader would not have approved of democracy | Solon |
citizens elect officials to make laws in this type of democracy | representative |
aristocrats are in power | oligarchy |
where did people go to receive prophesies? | Delphi |
king of Greek gods | Zeus |
explained nature--religion | myths |
Homer's epic told of the Trojan War | Iliad |
high hill with fortress on top | acropolis |
age marked by great achievements | classical |
This sea lies to the east of Greece | Aegean |
most famous Greek building (440BCE) | Parthenon |
created the Academy | Plato |
thinker who taught by asking questions and was poisoned | Socrates |
interested in geometry | Euclid |
Athens' main rival | Sparta |
Hellenistic culture developed because of ____ | Alexander the Great |
began as a religious ceremony | Olympics |
both Sparta and Athens had powerful _____ | armies |
Darius invaded Greece creating the ____ | Persian Wars |
Alexander's father | Philip |