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Greek VIP's
100
A type of government where people vote
What is a democracy
100

The chief god of Greece

Who is Zeus

100

This Macedonian conquered the Persian Empire

Who is Alexander the Great

100

The largest island belonging to Greece

What is Crete

100
He wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad
Who is Homer
200
Greek solider
What is a hoplite
200

Greek god of the sea

Who is Poseidon

200

The first settlers of Greece

Who are the Minoans

200

Greece has over this many islands

What is 6,000

200
Philosopher who wrote the "Republic"
Who is Plato
300
rectangular battle formation
What is phalanx
300

He expanded democracy to more free men

Who is Pericles

300

He is called the "Father of History"

Who is Herodotus

300
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula
300
Mathematician and considered the Father of Geometry
Who is Euclid
400
Native or naturalized member of a political community
What is a citizen
400

Greek goddess of love

Who is Aphrodite

400

He wrote 123 plays but only 7 survive today

Who is Sophocles

400
This fortified gathering place was in the center of the city-state
What is the acropolis
400
Philosopher guilty of corrupting the youth and committed suicide by drinking hemlock
Who is Socrates
500
City-state or community with common identities and goals
What is a polis
500

He is credited with the idea of democracy around 510BC

Who is Cleisthenes 

500
He was an inventor, mathematician, and mechanical engineer
Who is Archimedes
500
This is where the first Olympics took place
What is Olympia
500
Greatest scientist of the ancient world, wrote 170 books, and tutored Alexander the Great
Who is Aristotle
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