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in "the hare and the tortoise"the hare loses the race because?   the hare took a nap.  
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according to tradition ,the illiad and the odyssey were composed by ?   homer  
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the ancient greeks honored their gods by?   holding festivals  
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according to greek myth, prometheus gave humans ?   fire  
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the illiadis an example of a ?   epic poem  
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a short story, usually involves animals ,that teaches a moral lesson is a ?   fable  
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the games held every 4 years at a festivial to honor zeus were called ?   the olymipics  
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stories that portray greek gods and goddesses are called ?   myths  
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the greeks believed that gods lived on?   mount olympus  
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the ruler of the greek gods was called ?   zeus  
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women, slaves,and people who moved to athens could not ?   take past into government  
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the council of 500 was made up of ?   500 cities chosen at random  
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when someone was ostracized,they had to ?   leave for 10 years  
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a government in which a majority of citizens make the decision is an ?   democracy  
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the only greeks who had the right to take part in ruling in a city-state were ?   cities  
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solon prevented a revolt by making a law that no citizen could ?   be enslaved for debt  
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someone who took power in an illegal way was a ?   tyrant  
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a government ruled by a few people is an ?   oligarchy  
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the uppper class in greece was called the ?   aristocracy  
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in greek,the word for city-states was called ?   Polis  
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a body of land with water on three sides is an ?   peninsula  
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greece is a peninsula that has a southern peninsula called ?   pelopanisis  
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a narrow strip of land between two bodiesof water is a ?   isthmus  
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the greeks used a system of writing developed be the ?   phoenician  
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system of writing that uses symbols to stand for sounds is called an ?   alphabet  
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the main products the greeks traded for were grain,timber,animal hydes and ?   slaves  
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the first greek civilizations was called   mycennean civilizations  
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in greece,mountains cover about ?   75% (percent)of the land  
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because of their location ,the ancient greeks became skilled ?   sailors  
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in order to get more farmland the greeks?   founded colonies in other regions  
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an army of 300 spartans guarded a narrow pass at ?   thermopyla  
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women in sparta were expected to be ?   emotionally and physically tough  
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to defeat persia ,athens worked together with ?   sparta  
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an athens education was desighned to prepare boys to become good ?   citizens  
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the modern long-distance race named after a city in greece that played an importaint role in persian wars is called an ?   marathon  
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sparta focused on building a strong army because it feared a revolt by the ?   helots  
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spartans conquered neighboring areas and forced its residents to become ?   slaves  
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athens main rival was the city-state of   sparta  
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a direct democracy was used to govern the greek city-state of ?   athens  
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