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What is the Aegean What is the Aegean Sea?Sea?

This sea separates the This sea separates the Balkan Peninsula from Balkan Peninsula from

Asia Minor.Asia Minor.

What are short mountain What are short mountain ranges?ranges?

These prevented These prevented communities from communities from forming a sense of forming a sense of

unity.unity.

What is the What is the sea?sea?

Like the Phoenicians, Like the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks used this ancient Greeks used this

for trade and travel.for trade and travel.

What are olives, grain, and What are olives, grain, and

grapesgrapes??

These foods were grown These foods were grown in the small valleys and in the small valleys and foothills of mountains.foothills of mountains.

This was invented in the 500s B.C., and made

things easier to buy and sell.

What is coined What is coined money?money?

These are long poems These are long poems describing heroes and describing heroes and

great events.great events.

What are epics?What are epics?

These were special These were special sanctuaries where the sanctuaries where the Greeks believed the Greeks believed the gods spoke through gods spoke through

priests.priests.

What are What are oracles?oracles?

This is what the Greeks This is what the Greeks called someone who called someone who

seized power by force seized power by force and ruled alone.and ruled alone.

What is a tyrant?What is a tyrant?

This was the idea that This was the idea that people could and should people could and should

rule themselves.rule themselves.

What is popular government?What is popular government?

This is a government in which all citizens take part.

What is a democracy?What is a democracy?

This Greek city-state This Greek city-state had 40,000 citizens at had 40,000 citizens at

its peak.its peak.

What is Athens?What is Athens?

This part of a city-state This part of a city-state was used as a was used as a protective fort.protective fort.

What is a polis?What is a polis?

This was the largest This was the largest city-state at three-city-state at three-fourths the size of fourths the size of

Connecticut.Connecticut.

What is Sparta?What is Sparta?

This was the smallest This was the smallest city-state -- even city-state -- even

smaller than Rhode smaller than Rhode Island.Island.

What is Athens?What is Athens?

These were the only These were the only people that counted as people that counted as

citizens.citizens.

What are adult males?What are adult males?

This was the palace of King This was the palace of King Minos.Minos.

What is What is Knossos?Knossos?

This was the half-man This was the half-man and half-bull creature and half-bull creature

that King Minos that King Minos allegedly protected.allegedly protected.

What is the What is the MinotaurMinotaur??

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This was a main factor in the collapse of the Minoan civilization.

What is a tidal wave caused What is a tidal wave caused by a volcano?by a volcano?

Minoan artisans carved Minoan artisans carved figures using these five figures using these five

materials. materials.

What are ivory, stone, silver, What are ivory, stone, silver, bronze, and gold?bronze, and gold?

This British archeologist This British archeologist discovered the ruins of discovered the ruins of

King Minus’s palace.King Minus’s palace.

Who is Arthur Evans?Who is Arthur Evans?

This was the mountain This was the mountain where the gods were where the gods were

said to live.said to live.

What is Mt. Olympus?What is Mt. Olympus?

This was the most This was the most famous oracle.famous oracle.

What is the Oracle of Apollo What is the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi?at Delphi?

These games were held These games were held every four years to every four years to

please the godsplease the gods

What are the Olympics?What are the Olympics?

He was the king of the He was the king of the gods and the god of the gods and the god of the

sky.sky.

Who is Zeus?Who is Zeus?

She was the goddess of She was the goddess of womanly virtue, womanly virtue,

wisdom, and technical wisdom, and technical skill, and had a city-skill, and had a city-state named in her state named in her

honor.honor.

Who is Athena?Who is Athena?

This was the most This was the most honored occupation for honored occupation for

an Athenian citizen.an Athenian citizen.

What is farming?What is farming?

The Athenian economy The Athenian economy depended on this.depended on this.

What is trade?What is trade?

What is a pedagogue?What is a pedagogue?

When an Athenian boy When an Athenian boy reached the age of six reached the age of six one of these people one of these people began taking care of began taking care of

him.him.

What is 19 years?What is 19 years?

At this age a boy became a full citizen.

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What is “an What is “an inflammation”?inflammation”?

This is what the Greek This is what the Greek ending ending -itis -itis meansmeans