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A Greek famous for his fables.
Who is Aesop?
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The god of the sun.
Who is Apollo?
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Traveling by land in Greece was difficult so the Greeks became.
What is expert shipbuilders?
100
A poem set to music.
What is a lyric poem?
100
A high hill that often had a fortress on its top.
What is acropolis?
200
Rich landowners
Who are aristocrats?
200
A body of stories about gods and heroes that tries to explain how the world works.
What is mythology?
200
Helped shape later Greek cultures.
Who are the Minoans and the Mycenaeans?
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Lived on the Greek mainland.
Who are Mycenaeans?
200
Everyone who lived in a city-state lived within this
What is fortress?
300
A famous poet and one of the earliest Greek writers.
Who is Homer?
300
The king of gods.
Who is
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Tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War.
What is IIiad?
300
Citizens elect officials to make laws.
What is a representative democracy?
300
This Sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland.
What is Aegean?
400
Brilliant elected leader who led the Athens government from about 460 BC until 429 BC.
Who is Pericles?
400
The ancient Greeks believed that these caused events like thunder and earthquakes.
What are gods?
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A leader who uses force to hold power.
What is a tyrant?
400
Marseille, France, Naples, Egypt and Istanbul, Turkey were all cities that began as
What are Greek colonies?
400
Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live.
What are fables?
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An age marked by achievements.
What is classical?
500
Many ancient Greeks visit the oracle at Delphi for this reason.
What is asking the god Apollo questions?
500
This Greek leader would have probably approved the type of democracy found in the U.S.
Who is Draco?
500
This shows that Greeks strongly influenced our language.
What is many English words and expressions come from Greek mythology?
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Greeks held political meetings, religious gatherings, and bought and sold goods here
What is the agora?