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5His.10
Chapter 10
Question | Answer |
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People who lived on the island of Crete | Minaans |
People who lived on the mailand | Mycenaeans |
Two seas that surround Greece | Aegean and Ionian Seas |
Another name for a "singing poet" | Bard |
A Poet who was blind, and wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey | Homer |
They were the Greeks that added the vowels to the alphabet | Phoenicians |
Goddess of wisdom | Athena |
A freed slave who wrote Fables | Aesop |
Stories that have a moral or teaching attached to them | Fables |
Lover of wisdom | Philospher |
Philosopher concerned about "what is the best way to live" | Socrates |
All work done by helots, most men couldn't read or write, foreigners not welcomed, boys trained to be soldiers, babies were judged | Sparta |
Most famous city, state; most cultural; boys trained to be good citizens; they became citizens at age 18; democracy | Athens |
"upper city' religious center of the Greek city | Acropolis |
Market place | Agora |
Largest gathering place in the city; plays | Theater |
Where men practiced sports | Gym |
Long racing tracks | Stadium |
Famous Greek scientest | Achimedes |
Where the 1st Olympic games took place in 775 B.C. | Olympia |
Comes from "people" and "rule" which means rule by the laws that the people made | Democracy |
Large group of foot soldiers armed with shields and spears that are 14' long (they moved together) | Phalanx |
Most important city in the world, 16 cities have the same name | Alexandria |
He conquered most of Greece | Philip II |
Alexander used this to unite the Greek cities | League of Cornith |
This man prophesied Alexander's rise to power and early death | Daniel |
Most important language, helped spread the Gospel | Greek |
200 year period that begun with Alexander's death | Hellensitic Age |
Greek god honored by the Olympics | Zeus |
Where the Myceneans left the Trojan Horse | Troy |
Where Greece is located | Balkon Pennisula |
Amount of rain, snow, sleet etc. an area receives | Precipitation |
Not to hot or to cold | Temperature |
Weather condition in an area | Climate |
Conditions of climate which change from day to day | Weather |
Cuts Greece in half | Gulf of Corinth |