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100
The ancient name for France.
What is Gaul?
100
The 2 major seas on which the Greek civilization developed.
What is the Mediterrean Sea and the Aegean Sea.
100
A rocky landscape surrounded by the sea and made up of 400 islands.
What is the country of Greece?
100
The biggest island of Greece.
What is Crete?
100
The ideal rest stop for ships sailing between Greece and Western Asia.
What is the island of Rhodes?
200
The large peninsula shaped like a hand with a large mountain region and ringed by a thin band of fertile land.
What is the Peloponnesus Peninsula?
200
A sheltered place along a coast for boats to pull in safely.
What is a harbor?
200
The means of transportation the Greecians used to trade with other civilizations.
What is by sailing ships.
200
The product of a crop that grows well in Greece's rocky soil that they traded for grain.
What is olive oil.
200
This is what the The Greeks called a self-governing city that also governs surrounding villages.
What is a city-state/ a polis.
300
A large hill where city residents could find shelter when the city was attacked.
What is an acropolis?
300
A person who has certain rights and responsibilites in his or her country or community.
What is a citizen?
300
A form of government ruled by one ruler, or king.
What is a monarchy?
300
Only free men, not women or slaves could be this.
What is a Greek citizen.
300
A clearing set aside as a market and also served as a meeting place in Greece.
What is an agora?
400
The city-state with the most slaves.
What was Sparta?
400
Boys of the city-state had opportunities to learn to read, write and train physically. Training to be soldiers was not important in the city-state.
Who were Athenian boys?
400
The search for wisdom and the right way to live.
What is philosophy?
400
The two Greek city-states that historians know most about.
What are Sparta and Athens?
400
The Greek city-state that dedicated much of their lives to making their community (polis) strong.
What is Sparta?
500
A form of government where a small group of the richest, most powerful citizens controlled the decision making.
What is an oligarchy?
500
He has been called the "greatest general of all times" and others labeled him a "ruthless murderer" and a "cruel dictator".
Who was Alexander the Great?
500
Girls stayed home in this Greek city-state to help their mothers, weave, and harvest the fields.
What is Athens.
500
A philosopher and student of Socrates.
Who was Plato?
500
A form of governmant where all the citizens take part in making decisions by being able to vote.
What is a democracy?