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100
The city of Athens is on the coast of which body of water?
What is the Mediterranean/Aegean Sea.
100
In the Trojan war, the Greeks were able to overthrow the city of Troy using what?
What is the Trojan Horse.
100
Spartan boys started training to be soldiers at what age?
What is seven.
100
This philosopher was the first to discuss the importance of rational-thinking as opposed to divine (godly) intervention?
What is Socrates.
100
Alexander the Great brought about what age?
What is the Hellenistic Age.
200
Sparta was secluded from the rest of Greece because it was surrounded by what physical feature?
What is mountains
200
What group of Greeks fought against the Trojans in the Trojan war?
What is the Mycenaeans.
200
Athens was ruled by what form of government?
What is Democracy.
200
This was a method where philosophers stopped people on the street, asked them questions, then asked why they thought the way that they did?
What is The Socratic Method.
200
Which Macedonian King took over all of Greece and much of Persia?
What is Alexander the Great.
300
Who was said to have lived in Mt. Olympus?
What is the Gods.
300
In which war did the battles of Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis take place?
What is the Persian War.
300
Sparta ruled by what type of government?
What is an oligarchy (2 warlord kings).
300
Socrates was arrested and condemned to death for what?
What is corrupting the youth.
300
This "blind" poet wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey.
What is Homer.
400
Much of Greece was made up of city-states. What is the Greek word for "city-states"?
What is polis.
400
In which battle did 300 Spartans take on an entire Persian Army?
What is the Battle of Thermopylae.
400
What major structure sat at the top of a hill in the middle of Athens?
What is the Acropolis.
400
This term describes the ability to speak skillfully and artfully.
What is rhetoric.
400
This Spartan battle formation was created by all the soldiers standing or moving in a close formation.
What is a phalanx.
500
Greece was located directly across the sea from their Persian rivals in Anatolia. Today, what is Anatolia known as?
What is Turkey.
500
In which war did Spartans join with the Persians to fight Athens, who kept trying to take over various Greek city-states.
What is The Peloponnesian War.
500
Spartan girls were expected to be fit so they could be good Spartan ____________?
What is mothers.
500
This individual is known as the father of history.
What is Herodotus.
500
Herodotus is known for writing about what event?
What is the Peloponnesian War.