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Famous Greeks
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Culture
100
a fast spreading & fatal disease
What is a plague?
100
Greek philosopher who was brought to trial for challenging the rulers in Athens
Who is Socrates?
100
this is the word used to best describe the climate of ancient Greece
What is mild or pleasant?
100
this was the most important building in any city-state
What is the temple?
200
a government ruled by the PEOPLE
What is a democracy?
200
the greatest Greek Poet; he wrote "The Iliad" & "The Odyssey"
Who is Homer?
200
these landforms separated the Greek city-states
What are mountains?
200
this is the Greek name of the sacred hill dedicated to Athena in Athens
What is the Acropolis?
300
a hired soldier
What is a mercenary?
300
The mathematician who figured out the system of plain geometry
Who is Euclid?
300
Greece is unusual because it is one of the only ancient civilizations NOT to develop near one of these
What is a river?
300
in these two areas, Greeks made huge advancements during the Hellenistic Age
What is math & science?
400
a government ruled by members of the wealthy class
What is aristocracy?
400
the "father of medicine" who studied natural causes of diseases
Who is Hippocrates?
400
this is who Sparta fought during the Peloponnesian War
Who is Athens?
400
Greeks used these to explain why things happened like storms & disease
What are myths?
500
the Greek name for a slave
What is a helot?
500
A mathematician who discovered new theories, one famous theory about right triangles is named after him
Who is Pythagoras?
500
Like Sparta, these other early Greeks loved war
Who are the Mycenaeans
500
this was one reason, related to Greek culture, that Alexander the Great was nicknamed "great"
What is he started the Hellenistic Age?