Early Mediterranean Civilizations and early ancient Greece.

Question 1

The part of a polis on a high hill, with public buildings and temples on top.

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Acropolis

Question 2

Macedonian who conquered and united Greece, and the conquered many lands to the east.

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Alexander the Great

Question 3

Type of democracy in Greek City-States

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Direct

Question 4

The war between Athens and Sparta.

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Peloponnesian War

Question 5

War around 1100 BC between the Greeks and a city on Asia Minor (Anatolia).

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Trojan War

Question 6

They used a type of writing called Linear A.

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Minoans

Question 7

Members of city-states who had legal rights and met to make laws.

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Citizens

Question 8

The name for a greek city-state:

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Polis

Question 9

The rule by a small class of hereditary rulers

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Aristocracy

Question 10

Eastern empire that attempted to conquer Greece in the 5th Century BCE.

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Persian Empire

Question 11

Battle after which a soldier was said to have run 26 miles non-stop to bring Athens the news of victory.

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Marathon

Question 12

Their palaces contained beautiful wall murals.

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Minoans

Question 13

Who developed the technology of glass blowing around 100 BC?

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Phoenecians

Question 14

Famous for their large, unfortified palaces.

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Minoans

Question 15

The period when the Greek people left cities and lost many skills, including writing.

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Dark Ages

Question 16

They invented the first phonetic alphabet.

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Phoenecians

Question 17

What do we call the art and practice of governing?

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Politics

Question 18

The people famous for their purple dye.

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Phoenecians

Question 19

They used a writing system called Linear B.

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Myceneans

Question 20

Lived in fortified towns on hilltops in Greece.

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Myceneans

Question 21

The sea between Greece and Asia Minor (Turkey).

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Aegean Sea

Question 22

The temple built on the Acropolis of Athens that also acted as a central bank.

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Parthenon

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