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Vocab
100
metal objects invented in Anatolia about 650 b.c for use in trade
What is coins
100
waht was believed to be the home of the major gods
What is Mount Olympus
100
what were the largest city-states in ancient greece
What is athens and sparta
100
ruler of the greek gods
zeus
200
a set of symbols that the greeks developed into their own system of writing
What is alphabet
200
who was the protector of athens
What is athena
200
what is an acropolis
a fortified hilltop
200
a long poem abut a heroes adventure
epic
300
the most important city of the first greek civilization
What is mycenae
300
a story that people tell to explain beliefs about their world is called
What is myth
300
what is an oligarchy
What is rule by few
300
type of government that developed in athens over time
direct democracy
300
to send someone away for ten years
ostracize
400
the large sea that is south of greece
What is aegean
400
the olympics were held every four years to honor who
What is zeus
400
what kind of government allows people to make political decisions
What is democracy
400
the plain from which a runner ran to athens to tell of the greek victory over the persians
Marathon
400
a peninsula that forms the southern part of greece
peloponneus
500
one of the surplus gods that greece traded for products such as timber, animal hides, nuts, and
olive oil
500
the iliad portrays events during the
trojan war
500
hat was the earliest form of government in greece
monarchy
500
what did sparta society expect of its women
to be tough physically and emotionally
500
people of southwest asia who began to trade around 1100 b.c
phoenicians