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A high rocky hill where early people built cities
What is acropolis
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An area of land nearly surrounded by water
What is peninsula
100

another name for a city state is called 

Polis

100
A long poem that tells a story
What is epic
200

This city-state gives more right to women than the other city-states

Sparta

200

Poseidon is god of the

sea

200
This was a ruler supported by the middle and working classes in Greece.
What is tyrant
200
This Greek _______ used reason to try to explain natural events.
What is philosopher
300

This city-state focuses on art, beauty, and education

Athens

300
This civilization built a great temple at Knossos complete with statues and paintings
What is Minoan
300

goddess of wisdom is

Athena

300

a governmental structure in which only a few people have power

oligarchy

300

This author wrote the Greek epics The Odyssey and the Iliad

Homer

400

An oligarchy best describes the governmental structure of which city-state

Sparta

400
In general, Greeks worshipped
What is several gods and tried to avoid angering them
400
They were friends, best describes Socrates and _____
What is Plato
400
Valued their freedoms and took an active role in ________ best describes citizens of Athens and other Greek city-states.
What is government
400
It encouraged people to be sailors and traders yet keeping cities separate
What is Greece's physical geography
500

This philosopher once said, " the unexamined life is not worth living"

Socrates

500

The rule by one and usually passed down through royal blood line

monarchy

500

A great leader of Athens

Pericles

500
Oracles had a great impact on Greek history because
What is the advice of priests and priestesses was taken very seriously by Greek leaders