Ancient Greece Vocab
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An area of land that is nearly surrounded by water and is connected to the main land by a narrow strip of land.
What is a peninsula
100
A widespread disease.
What is a plague
100
This caused Greek communities to develop separate customs and beliefs.
What is geography.
100
In Greek mythology there were this many gods.
What is twelve.
100
He is the leader of the Greek Gods.
Who is Zeus.
200
Ships may surround and close a harbor in order to defeat an army.
What is a blockade.
200
In ancient Greece this was a person that used reason to understand natural events.
What is a philosopher
200
Most Greeks believed that their Gods ruled...
What is different parts of human life.
200
Greeks forgot how to write during this time period, it was so bad.
What is the Dark Ages.
200
The Greeks believed that he purpose of this was to present images of human perfection.
What is Greek art.
300
Athens became a rich city because other cities paid them this.
What is tribute.
300
A member of a rich and powerful ruling family is called a/n...
What is an aristocrat.
300
During the Dark ages this way of life increased.
What is poverty.
300
The Spartan government concentrated its resources on creating these.
What are brave and skillful warriors.
300
Scholars in ancient Greece believed that this fraction of people were slaves.
What is 1/3.
400
After Alexander's death, his empire was split into 3 of these types of kingdoms.
What is Hellenistic.
400
A fortified hill of an ancient Greek city.
What is an acropolis
400
This leader helped to expand Greece's empire.
Who is Alexander the Great.
400
These laws helped to make Greece a leading democracy.
What is Solon's Laws.
400
These people believed that gods were not the source of everything.
Who are philosophers.
500
A public market and meeting place in Ancient Greece. Sorry ladies, men only!
What is an agora
500
A form of government where citizens govern themselves.
What is a democracy.
500
Democracy flourished during this time period.
What is the Golden Age.
500
While the Acropolis was the center of religious life, this was known as the center of public life.
What is the agora.
500
After this war Athens was never again a leader in the Greek world.
What is the Peloponnesian War
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