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Greece sits on a peninsula that juts into this large sea
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Greece's location allowed the Ancient Greeks to set up a vast and powerful _____ network
What is trade?
this is a major reason that Ancient Greece had government based on city-states rather than strong central government
What is the landscape of mountains and islands made it difficult to communicate and travel between cities?
an autocratic form of government in which one leader controls all power over decisions and laws
What is a dictatorship?
he is widely considered to be the greatest poet/writer of Ancient Greece
Who is Homer?
Greece consists of the mainland peninsula and hundreds of these
What are islands?
these events, occurring at the point where two plates shift against each other, create challenges to life and require that buildings be designed to withstand much force
What are earthquakes?
each local government in Ancient Greece was a _____, which is Greek for "city-state"
What is polis?
a form of government in which the people have ultimate control over decisions and power.
What is democracy?
these short stories often included both human and non-human characters and were meant to teach a lesson
What are fables?
this type of land is very limited within Greece
What is flat land?
these were among the most valued items that Ancient Greece produced and traded to neighboring civilizations
What are grapes (wine) and olives (olive oil)?
What is one person or a small group of people?
this group of people, making up about half of the entire population, was not allowed to participate in Greek democracy
What are women?
these two companion books are widely considered to be the greatest examples of Ancient Greek literature
What are The Iliad and The Odyssey?
Greece sits along the edge where two of the earth's ____ come together
What is plates (sections of the earth's crust)?
Ancient Greece established several of these to help expand its trade networks - they are defined as settlements in which the inhabitants living in the area are subject to the rules and government of another country
What are colonies?
powerful landowners belonged to an upper-class group called this
democracy originated in this Greek city-state
What is Athens?
this strongman is the most-well known of the Ancient Greek heroes and is the key character in many Greek writings
Who is Heracles (Hercules)?
What is Mount Olympus?
these may occur when major earthquakes shift the land land below the surface of the ocean or sea and form a wall of water traveling across the surface of the water
What are tsunamis?
the Greek word for city-state is the root word of this - some people get fed up with it
What is politics? (Aristotle wrote a book called Politika: The Affairs of the Cities)
an autocratic form of government in which only a select group of a few people controls power over decisions and laws
What is an oligarchy?
these are two lessons that are common among the writings of Ancient Greece
What is to use your intelligence (not just your strength) to overcome challenges, and have perseverance/do not give up?