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A high rocky hill where early people built cities
What is acropolis
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An area of land nearly surrounded by water
What is peninsula
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A payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one
What is tribute
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In ancient Greece, a sacred site used to consult a god or goddess; any priest or priestess who spoke for the gods
What is oracle
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A long poem that tells a story
What is epic
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This is a member of a rich and powerful family
What is aristocrat
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People often fortified this near them during the Dark Ages of Greece
What is acropolis
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When a Greek drama ends in disaster for the main character it is called a(n)
What is tragedy
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This was a ruler supported by the middle and working classes in Greece.
What is tyrant
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This Greek _______ used reason to try to explain natural events.
What is philosopher
300
Offered little farmland but access to the sea for trade best describes the mountain, islands, and peninsulas of Greece's _______ geography
What is physical
300
This civilization built a great temple at Knossos complete with statues and paintings
What is Minoan
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Historians would agree that the Greeks and Trojans fought and _____ was destroyed by fire
What is Troy
300
People built villages and fortified structures during this period of Greece
What is The Dark Ages
300
Solon helped promote democracy in Athens by changing laws that
What is enslaved citizens with debts
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Pericles helped poor citizens get involved in government by
What is paying salaries to city officials
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In general, Greeks worshipped
What is several gods and tried to avoid angering them
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They were friends, best describes Socrates and _____
What is Plato
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Valued their freedoms and took an active role in ________ best describes citizens of Athens and other Greek city-states.
What is government
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It encouraged people to be sailors and traders yet keeping cities separate
What is Greece's physical geography
500
Both used writing, best describes Minoan and _______ civilizations
What is Mycenaean
500
Put tyrants, aristocratic rule, and democracy is proper order of government types in ancient Greece
What is aristocratic rule, tyrants, democracy
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Pericles is remembered as
What is a great leader of Athens
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Oracles had a great impact on Greek history because
What is the advice of priests and priestesses was taken very seriously by Greek leaders
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Sculptures at the Parthenon showed
What is images of perfection
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