Ancient Greece was located on a peninsula surrounded
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Ancient Greece was located on a peninsula surrounded by 3 seas: AEGEAN (EAST) MEDITERRANEAN (SOUTH) IONIAN (WEST) ? ? ?
Why were city-states in Greece usually isolated from each other? MOUNTAINS
What is a Greek agora? A marketplace for trading and buying goods
The group of people who lived on Crete until they were killed by a large volcano? Minoans
The group of people who were fierce traders, who took over after the Minoans all died: Mycenaeans
Ancient Greek religion was POLYTHEISTIC. True or False? TRUE!!
King of the Greek Gods (and father of some humans like Hercules) ZEUS
Patron goddess of Athens: ATHENA
Greek goddess of love and beauty: APHRODITE
Sister and wife of ZEUS, protector of women and marriage: HERA
Greek god of the sun APOLLO
Greek goddess of light and hunting ARTEMIS
4 Types of Government that Greece once had: 1. 2. 3. 4. Monarchy Aristocracy (oligarchy) Tyranny Democracy MATD—In order
Rule by one person who may inherit power through family succession: MONARCHY
OLIGARCHY or Aristocracy involves rule by: A small group of nobles.
Rule by one person who seizes power by force is known as: A TYRANNY
Rule by a popular assembly in which the citizens may vote is known as : DEMOCRACY
Type of government in Sparta OLIGARCHY (rule by a few nobles)
City-state with a militaristic society, focused on being strong and tough SPARTA
The city-state that is the home to artists, musicians, writers, scientists, philosophers, etc. ATHENS
Known for his epic poetry, the Iliad and the Odyssey: HOMER
The wars against this empire united the Greeks against a common enemy: PERSIA
Macedonia is located _____ of Greece. NORTH
The Macedonian who conquered most of Greece and his son: Philip II and Alexander
Alexander’s empire and the influence of Greek culture extended as far as this river valley in the East THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY
The primary language spoken in Alexander’s Empire: GREEK
T or F: The people of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India were not influenced by Greek culture and art. FALSE!!
Greek culture combined with other cultures; word that means “Greek like” Hellenistic
The maze that Theseus had to find the Minotaur in: Labyrinth
Person who opened the box that let all of the troubles out into the world: Pandora
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