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Greece Part 1

Quiz yourself on the geography, early Greeks, and city states

AB
MilitaryThese leaders would meet at the Strategion to conduct their business
StoaThis place is similar to a COVERED market or mini-mall
TholosThe cemetary is the modern day version of this.
BouletuerionWhere city officials meet to conduct their business
AcropolisA fortified hill where a temple was built for the local deity
AcroMeans "high" in Greek
Irrigation and travelNo inland rivers limit these two things in Greece
MildGreece has a _________ climate
MinoansThe first Greeks, these people were happy go lucky and peaceful
DoriansTheir invasion of Greece led to the Dark Ages
MyceneansThis group waged the Trojan War
The AgoraThis place is the root for the fear called "agoraphobia," which is fear of leaving the house or going outside.
AthensDemocracy flourished in this polis
polisThis is another word for city state
AcademicsSince its coins featured an owl and it was the home of Socrates and Archimedes, we can say that ___________ were valued in this city state
PersianArgos refused to supply Atheans and Sparta during the ________ invasion
ArgosThis city state is known for its arts
Standard weights and measuresThese were developed by Pheidon in Argos and made trade among city-states easier because everyone was using common numerical values.
DiolcosA stone road connecting two gulfs on either side of Corinth
SpartaIn this city-state, all jobs served the city-state
precious metalsSparta banned ___________ so that people would not become greedy.
gods and goddessesAn Acropolis was set up to worship these entities.
MegaraBecause of its location between Athens and Sparta, this city-state was a great center of trade.
Peloponnesian WarMegara allied with Sparta in the ________War after Athens banned its goods.
TextilesThis is another word for cloth.



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