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Narrow water passage
strait
Government in which a king or queen exercise central power.
monarchy
Ruled by a landholding elite.
aristocracy
Government by the people
democracy
Art of skillful speaking
rhetoric
Statesman who established direct democracy in Athens.
Pericles
Blind poet credited with creating the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Homer
Mathematician who derived a formula to calculate the relationship between sides of a right triangle.
Pythagoras
Philosopher who examined beliefs and ideas through critical questioning.
Socrates
Physician whose oath set ethical standards for doctors.
Hippocrates
Philosopher who taught that good conduct meant following a moderate course between extremes.
Aristotle
The geography of Greece helped create:
many small city-states.
Following the Persian Wars, Greece was dominated by:
Athens
The Peloponnesian War resulted from conflict between:
Athens and Sparta
Alexander's greatest achievement was:
the spread of Greek culture
Which of the following geographic characteristics of Greece provided a link to the outside world?
seas
A form of government controlled by a small, powerful elite from the business class is called a(n):
oligarchy
From childhood, Spartan boys were trained to be:
soldiers
Athens enjoyed a golden age under the leadership of:
Pericles
Conflict between Athens and Sparta resulted in the:
Peloponnesian War
According to Aristotle, the best government was:
ruled by a strong virtuous leader.
Who established an empire that extends from Greece to Egypt and India?
Alexander
The Ancient Athenians are credited with:
establishing governments that had democratic elements
Which ancient civilization established the basis of western democracy?
Greek
The Ancient Greek city-state of Sparta:
was a powerful military state