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a fortified hill of an ancient Greek city
What is acropolis
100
Greek communities developed separate customs and beliefs because of its
What is geography.
100
Some scholars believe that in ancient Athens, one-third of all people were...
What is slaves.
100
In Greek mythology, there were...
What is 12 great gods, led by Zeus.
100
After Alexander's death, his empire broke up into three ___ kingdoms.
What is Hellenistic.
200
a public market and meeting place in ancient Greece.
What is an agora
200
What item, introduced by Solon, made Athens become a leading democracy?
What is laws.
200
Unlike Athens, in ancient Sparta the government concentrated all its resources on creating?
What is brave and skillful warriors.
200
Unlike most early Greeks, philosophers believed that the gods were...
What is not the source of everything.
200
In ancient Greece, a _______ was a person who used reason to understand natural events.
What is philosopher.
300
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves.
What is democracy.
300
What was the goal of Greek art?
What is to present images of human perfection.
300
Mathematics and Science were important achievements during which period?
What is the Hellenistic period.
300
After the Peloponnesian War, Athens was...
What is never again a leader in the Greek world.
300
Ships may surround and close, or ______, a harbor in order to defeat an enemy.
What is blockade.
400
an area of land nearly surrounded by water and connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land.
What is a peninsula.
400
Most Greeks believed that these people ruled different areas of human life.
What is the gods.
400
During the leadership of Alexander the Great, Greece...
What is expanded its empire.
400
Because Greece was split up into many tiny islands, it made it difficult for the Greeks to....
What is unify.
400
A member of a rich and powerful ruling family is called an _________.
What is aristocrat.
500
A widespread disease
What is a plague.
500
During the Golden Age of Greece, Athenians made achievements in?
What is the arts.
500
While the Acropolis was the center of Athens' religious life, the Agora was the center of...
What is public life.
500
The collapse of the Greek civilization during the Dark Ages increased...
What is poverty.
500
In part, Athens became rich because of the _______ paid by other cities.
What is tribute.