History- The Greeks
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- The earliest civilization inthe vincinity of Greece where the?
- The Minoans.
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These gods stood for what?
Apollo:
Poseidon:
Artemis:
Athena:
Aphrodite:
Hera: -
Apollo:The sun
Poseidon:The sea
ArtemisThe moon
Athena:Wisdom
Aphrodite:Love and Beauty
Hera:Marriage - What is Democracy?
- Rule by the many or common people
- In what year did Athens surrenderto Sparta?
- 405 b.c.
- what did Socrates urge his students to do?
- Ask questionsand examine their beliefs.
- What is represenative democracy?
- The People elect a few men who repersent them in the goverment
- Where did the Greek gods live?
- Mount Olympus.
- What are Phalanx?
- A large group of fot soldiers armed with spears and sheilds, trained to charge the enemy as a group.
- One of the impressive stuctures of the Minoans was the palce at?
- Knossos
- Plato was a student to whom?
- Socrates
- Where did the great poet Homer live?
- Smyrna
- who was the firts philosopher to write down his examinations in a dialouge?
- Plato
- Who was the king of the gods?
- Zeus.
- Where were the Minoans centered?
- Crete
- Who brought the Athenian democracy to its fullest?
- Pericles
- What was the war between sparta and Athens?
- Peloponnesian War
- what is the Thermopylae?
- a narrow mountainpass in central Greece about 6 miles from the Aegean
- What impressive structure occupied 4 acres and contained excellent plumbing?
- Knossos
- What is the Agora?
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A marketplace.
- What is a polis?
- City-state.
- What did Solon introduce?
- Democratic Principles to Athenian govrement.
- Aristotle was a student to whom?
- Plato
- Who wrote Illiad and Odyssey?
- Homer.
- Who are the Greeks desendants of?
- Javan, Japeths son.
- What is direct democracy?
- The people themselves made the big decisions of goverment directly rather than indirectly through represenatives
- a description o fthe acropolis is?
- A seat of goverment and religion.
- What was the first recorded date in Greek history?
- 776 b.c. when the first Olympic games were held.
- What city are the Mycenaeans famous for?
- Mycenae.
- What is th Hellespont?
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A strait where Europe and Asia Minor are less than one mile apart.
- What is Tyrany?
- A bad form of one-man rule
- What does Aristocracy?
- Rule by the Best
- What is Monarchy?
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Rule By One.