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| Ancient Greece spread their culture along which 3 seas | Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea, & Black Sea |
| How did Greece's geography affect its development? | Mts. encouraged devel. of city-states; peninsula encouraged sea trade |
| Name 3 characteristics of Greek mythology. | Polytheistic, Gods had human characteristics, God's powers caused natural occurrences |
| What Greek city-state had an oligarchy, rigid social structure, & was militaristic | Sparta |
| This Greek city state devel. direct democracy, built Parthenon, lost Peloponnesian War | Athens |
| Which war united the Greeks where they won at the battles of Marathon and Salamis | Persian War |
| This Athenean leader extended democracy and rebuilt Athens | Pericles (Period known as the Age of Pericles) |
| Wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad | Homer |
| What did the Greeks Plato, Aristotle, & Socrates have in common | Philosophers |
| Name the 3 types of Greek columns. | Doric (plainest) Ionic (small scroll on top) Corinthian (most ornate) |
| Major result of the Peloponnesian War | weakened all of Greece & hindered Greek culture |
| Peloponnesian War was between which city-states? | Sparta and Athens |
| Who was defeated in the Peloponessian War | Athens |
| This person's empire stretched from India to Greece, Egypt & blended Greek and Eastern culture | Alexander the Great |
| What effect did the Alps & Mediterranean Sea have on Rome | Provided protection |
| Rome based their religion and mythology on which culture? | Greek |
| Roman Upper class | Patricians |
| Roman Lower class | Plebians |
| Name the type of government Rome developed. | Republic |
| Name of the Roman laws | Twelve Tables |
| This group had the most power in the early days of Rome's republic | Senate (composed of Patricians) |
| Who fought in the 3 Punic Wars? | Rome and Carthage |
| What did Rome gain when they won the Punic Wars? | Control on W. Mediterranean, expanded trade & wealth |
| What happened after Caesar's assassination? | Civil war & the end of the republic |
| Who was the 1st Roman Emperor? | Augustus Caesar (Octavian) |
