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What do you call a person who extends knowledge?
a philosopher
Valuables that are seized during a time of war.
plunder
What is a hired soldier called?
mercenary
What is the ability to explain why things happen?
reason
What do you call a long race?
marathon
What do you call ancient stories about Greek gods and goddesses?
myths
What is a fast spreading fatal disease?
a plague
to live forever
immortal
What is a form of government controlled by a few wealthy people called?
aristocracy
What is a form of government ruled by the people called?
Who is known as the "father of medicine"?
Hippocrates
Who is known to have worked out a system of plane geometry?
Euclid
Who took the throne at the age of 20?
Alexander the Great
Who believed that you could use a lever to move anything?
Archimedes
Who developed the Pythagorean Theorem?
Pythagoras
Greece is located on what peninsula?
The Balkan Peninsula
What are outside marketplaces called?
agora
Who was the one of the greatest leader who believed in the responsibilities of citizenship?
Socrates
What were the two major city states in Ancient Greece?
Sparta and Athens
Sparta invaded neighboring city states and forced the local people to become, _____________, or slaves.
helots
King and ruler of all gods and Mount Olympus
Zeus
The goddess and protector of family
Hera
The god of war
Ares
The goddess of wisdom
Athena
The god of intelligence, music and poetry
Apollo