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| What name do we give to the Greek Civilization that thrived on Crete in 2000 BCE? | Minoan |
| What do we call the Greeks who lived from 2000 BCE to 1300 BCE and fought in the Trojan War? | Mycenaeans |
| What was another name for Troy? | Ilium |
| What famous blind poet wrote epic poems about the Trojan War, 400 years after it ended? | Homer |
| Name at least three major exports that Greeks shipped to other countries | Olive oil, linen, wine, weapons, coins, jewelry, or pottery |
| What do we call the swift military vessels that had three levels of rowers and protected Greek merchant ships? | Triremes |
| What two new businesses increased as a result of using coins? | insurance and moneylending |
| Name at least two ways the Greek government was involved in trade. | controlling imports and exports, setting prices, protective tariffs, and/or collecting taxes |
| In what age was there the Rise of the Polis? | Archaic Age |
| Who were the ambitious aristocrats in the Archaic period who led revolts to have more voice in government? | tyrants |
| Who rules in an oligarchy? | a few, generally wealth and powerful individuals |
| What empire was a threat to Greek freedom in the Archais Age? | Persian Empire or Persia |
| Why was Cleisthenes famous? | He created the Athenian Assembly, lawmaking body of Athens. |
| How were Athenian leaders (including generals) selected? | by lot |
| What do we call the practice of banishing overly ambitious citizens who were deemed dangerous to the polis? | ostracism |
| Three hundred soldiers from what polis held off the whole Persian army at the narrow pass of Thermopylae in 480BCE? | Sparta |
| What was the name of the people conquered by the Spartans and forced to turn over most of their farm crops to their Spartan overlords? | helots |
| What was the name of the people who were generally foreign-born free men and women who lived and worked in ancient Greece? | Metics |
| What is a palaestra and how was it used? | A gymnasium where young Greek males trained in the skills of war. |
| What was the job of a pedagogue? | walked wealthy boys to school and oversaw homework tasks |
| What did students in ancient Greece use instead of pencil and paper? | Stylus and wax tablet |
| To what class did freed slaves belong? | metic |
| At what age were boys enrolled as Athenian soldiers and learned the duties of citizenship and war? | about 18 years old |
| What skills did Athenian girls learn that Athenian boys did not learn? | to spin, weave, and embroider |
| What is another name for the Classical Age that lasted generally from 500-400 BCE? | The Golden Age |
| Who where the two major opposing city-states int he Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE)? | Athens and Sparta |
| Alexander learned to be an outstanding general from his farther, king of Macedonia. What was his father's name? | Philip II of Macedonia |
| Which Greek military genius conquered the largest empire ever seen between 334-332 BCE? | Alexander or Alexander the Great |
| After Alexander's death, which of his generals became ruler of Egypt and established the city of Alexandria? | Ptolemy |
| What name do we give to the age after Alexanders's death when Greek culture and civilization continued to spread over the known world from 330-30 BCE? | Hellenistic Age |
| What two significant institutes of knowledge did Ptolemy establish in Alexandria? | A great library and the Museum of Alexandria |
| What great civilization finally conquered the ancient Greek Empire? | The Roman Empire or Rome |
