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Which of the 7 seas borders both Greece and Egypt?
Mediterranean Sea
100
The type of government in Athens were people held the power is ___________.
Democracy
100
Which city-state was known for having the best military?
Sparta
100
Where was Alexander born?
Macedonia
100
Which Greek God was Athena's father?
Zeus
200
If you were sailing North from Alexandria in Egypt to Athens in Greece what direction would you travel? Northeast OR Northwest
Northwest
200
What is the government type of Sparta, where a small group of people where in control?
Oligarchy
200
"A city within a country that governs itself" describes what vocabulary word?
City-State
200
Who did Alexander's armies battle the most?
The Persians, OR The Persian Empire, OR Darius III
200
What are the 3 PARTS of a column?
Capital, shaft, base
300
Greece is covered with _________ which act as barriers between the City-States.
Mountains
300
Why, geographically, did the City-States have different forms of government?
The mountains were a barrier, which made sharing ideas difficult. (ACCEPT PARAPHRASED ANSWERS)
300
The Greek Gods ruled from what mountain?
Olympus
300
A devotion to or imitation of Greek culture is known as?
Hellenism
300
Who ordered the Parthenon to be built on the acropolis in Athens?
Pericles
400
Which vocabulary word? "A building or place in a state of decay, collapse, or disintegration"
Ruin
400
The type of government where an absolute ruler takes control by force is called?
Tyranny
400
The Athenian priestess who was able to turn people to stone and had hair of snakes was named?
Medusa
400
What is the name of the Greek General who led Athens during the Golden Age?
Pericles
400
What are the 3 TYPES of columns?
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
500
Name two most well known mountains in Ancient Greece.
Mt. Parnassus & Mt. Olympus
500
What type of democracy does the United States have today? Direct Democracy like Athens, Greece OR Representative Democracy like Ancient Rome
Representative Democracy like Ancient Rome
500
Alexander the Great wanted to be a famous Greek Warrior like what character from the Iliad?
Achilles
500
Where and when did Alexander the Great die?
Babylon, 323 BC
500
The four social classes in ancient Greece are:
Citizens, Metics, Women, Slaves