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World History Chapter 8 Study Guide on Greek Civilization

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show Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their__________ beliefs.  
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Homer   show
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show What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?  
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show The three best-known dramatists who wrote Greek tragedies were Aeschylus, Euripides, and  
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Ionic   show
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show a long poem about heroic deeds  
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show a short tale that teaches a lesson  
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oracle   show
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show a traditional story about gods and goddesses  
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show the custom of passing along stories by speech  
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show This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.  
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philosophy   show
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show After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, who wrote the book Politics?  
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Herodotus   show
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Plato   show
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philosophers   show
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show considered to be the greatest historian of the ancient world  
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show a traveling professional teacher  
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Socratic Method   show
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show Which public speaker said that the Macedonian king Philip II was considered a threat to Greek freedom?  
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show Alexander and his army of 40,000 Greek and Macedonian soldiers, including cavalry units, defeated an army of Persians in modern-day northwestern Turkey in the Battle of  
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Darius III   show
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fought   show
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Greek   show
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Hellenistic Era   show
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show became king of Macedonia at age 20  
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Phillip II   show
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Alexandria   show
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show what a person leaves behind when he or she dies  
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show Alexandria was the Greek capital of Egypt, and was most famous among scholars for its  
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show Hellenistic kings wanted which city to serve as a cultural model for all other cities?  
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Hippocrates   show
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Aristarchus   show
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show Archimedes, a scientist, mathematician, and inventor, is best known in the field of mathematics for this  
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Eratosthenes   show
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Stoicism   show
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plane geometry   show
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solid geometry   show
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show Happiness through moderate pleasure and freedom from fear and pain is the goal of life.  
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