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A Tale of Two City States
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100
Much of Greece is on this geographical feature, because it is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
Most kings came to power through this.
What is inheriting it from a relative?
100
Latitude and Longitude came from ancient Greece. This profession would be most likely to use them today.
What is a mapmaker?
100
Sparta's use of heavy iron bars for currency suggests this.
What is Sparta discouraged trade with other city states?
100
These made farming in ancient Greece especially difficult.
What are rocks?
200
Greek farmers built flat steps into the hills to adjust to this.
What is difficult terrain?
200
This English word comes from the Greek word for "few"
What is oligarch?
200
Greek scientists did this to make their most important discoveries.
What is observed and asked questions?
200
This city state was located on the Peloponnesus.
What is Sparta?
200
The ancient Greeks did not like to travel on land because of this.
What is difficult travel through the mountains?
300
An ideal location to start an ancient Greek colony must have this.
What is a natural harbor?
300
This form of government usually came first in the Greek city-states.
What is monarchy?
300
Pythagoras and Euclid would have most likely written about this.
What is lines, circles, and squares?
300
The citizens of Athens did this to get enough grain to eat.
What is shipped local products to Egypt to trade?
300
This feature of Athens geography most affected its economy.
What is it was close to the sea?
400
The ancient Greeks started colonies to solve this problem.
What is a shortage of farmland?
400
This idea that is important today came from Ancient Athens.
What is people should rule themselves?
400
This architectural feature is used in many buildings today, including the Lincoln memorial.
What are columns?
400
Both boys and girls got military training in this city-state.
What is Sparta?
400
This leader ruled through force and was often supported by the military.
What is a tyrant?
500
The sea was important to ancient Greeks for these two main things.
What is travel and trade?
500
This legislator passed cruel laws in Athens.
Who is Draco?
500
This Greek physician is considered the "father of modern medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
500
Sparta is said to have been an oligarchy because of this.
What is a small group held the most power?
500
This Greek thinker is considered the father of modern history.
Who is Herodutus?