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100
city-state
What is a city with its own traditions and its own government and laws
100
Assassinate
What is to murder someone for political reasons?
100
Homer
Who is a Greek poet?
100
Athens
What is the capital city of Greece?
200
Democracy
What is a form of government in which citizens govern themselves?
200
Blockade
What is the cutting off of an area by enemy forces that closes it to travel and trade?
200
Euclid
Who is a Greek mathematician, known for the Elements and a book on geometry?
200
Sparta
What is an ancient city-state of Greece?
300
Philosopher
What is someone who uses reason to understand the world?
300
Epic
What is a long poem that tells a story?
300
Archimedes
Who is a Greek mathematician who invented the formulas for the surface area and volume of a sphere?
300
Parthenon
What is the chief temple of the Greek goddess Athena on the hill of the Acropolis in Athens?
400
Hellenistic
What is the word that describes Greek culture after the death of Alexander the Great, three main kingdoms were formed?
400
Acropolis
What is a high, rocky hill on or near which early people built cities?
400
Alexander the Great
Who is the King of Macedonia who conquered Persia and Egypt and invaded India and spread Hellenism?
400
Marathon
What is a city in the Attic Peninsula where the Greeks defeated the Persians?
500
Plague
What is a widespread disease?
500
Aristocrat
What is a member of a rich and powerful family?
500
Socrates
Who is an Athenian philosopher who taught through questioning and was put to death for challenging Athenian values?
500
Macedonia
What is an ancient kingdom on the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe?