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This Greek deity is the god of lightning and ruler of all the other gods.
Who is Zeus?
This is the island on which the Minoan civilization developed.
What is Crete?
This government gives the power to the people.
What is a democracy?
Greece began to refer to itself as 'Hellenes' in this year.
When is 750 BC?
To force someone to live outside of a place as punishment.
What is exile?
This person conquered Persia, Greece, and Egypt, spreading Greek culture as he went.
Who is Alexander the Great.
This city-state is in northern central Crete.
Knossos.
A small group of wealthy elites rules this government.
What is an oligarchy?
Minos flourished between these two dates.
When is 2700-1200 BC?
The study of ways of thinking and making rational arguments.
What is logic?
This influential philosopher was Plato's student and Alexander the Great's tutor.
Who is Aristotle?
This Hellenistic city lies on the northern coast of Egypt.
What is Alexandria?
At least half the people in a city-state write down the name of someone they want to exile. They have 10 days to leave the city for 10 years.
What is ostracism?
Mycenae flourished during these years.
When is 1700-1100 BC?
The skill of using words effectively in speaking or writing.
What is rhetoric?
This Athenian ruler cancelled all debts and freed all enslaved landowners.
Who is Solon?
This city-state is on the northern end of the Peloponnesian Peninsula.
What is Mycenae?
These ruled Sparta.
What is 5 ephors and 2 kings?
Alexander the Great conquered Greece in this year.
When is 336 BC?
A narrow waterway that connects two large bodies of water.
What is a strait?
This Athenian ruler reigned during their golden age, built up their walls, built the Parthenon, and reformed their government.
Who is Pericles?
This peninsula sits southeast of Europe and southwest of Asia.
What is Asia Minor?
Plato wrote this book on the ideal society.
What is "The Republic"?
Tyrants take power in this year.
When is 650 BBC?
In ancient Greece, a meeting for drinking, music, and intellectual discussion; today, a meeting or conference for discussion of a topic.
What is a symposium?