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| Mythology | A group of stories about Gods, Goddesses, and heroes that try to explain natural events in the world. |
| Greek writer who wrote the epic tales Iliad and Odyssey | Homer |
| Greek Philosopher who was accused of corrupting the minds of the young and sentenced to death in Athens. | Socrates |
| This great Greek writer wrote stories to teach people important life lessons. | Aesop |
| Odyssey | A Greek story about a man fighting in the Trojan war and his journey to get home. |
| The Age in Greece when everyone was at peace and the city states prospered. | Classical Age |
| What type of government has people ruling themselves? | Democracy |
| What type of government has only a few usually rich people rule | Oligarchy |
| People who were ALLOWED to participate in government | Citizens |
| What kind of leader established their rule through force,violence, and harsh laws. | Tyrant |
| The King of the Gods | Zeus |
| Goddess of Marriage | Hera |
| Messenger of the Gods | Hermes |
| God of the Sun | Apollo |
| Goddess of Love | Aphrodite |
| God of War | Ares |
| Goddess of Athens and Wisdom | Athena |
| God of the underworld | Hades |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| What helped the development if the individual city-states? | Greece's Geography |
| Polis | A Greek City-State |
| Minoans and Mycenaeans | Earliest Greek cultures |
| Draco | Created harsh laws and people failed to rebel against him |
| Salon | Created less harsh laws and gave rights to all free men |
| Peisistratus | Tyrant and good ruler who overthrew the oligarchy |
| Cleisthenes | Created the first Democracy |
| Pericles | First payed juries and expanded Democracy |
| Downfall of the Minoans | A Volcano and Tsunami |
| First culture to speak Greek | Mycenaean |
| Greta at building fortresses | Mycenaean |
| Mountain rage that helped the Greek people develop | Pintos mountains |
| Downfall of the Mycenaeans | Earthquake and Invasion |
| Greek Peninsula is surrounded by | Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian |
| Age of war and suffering in Greece | Dark Age |
| Minoan Geographical features helped them to develop | Shipbuilding skills |
| Peninsula | An area of land that is surrounded by water on three sides. |
| Fable | Greek story about life lessons and values |
| Monarchy | kings rule |
| Crete | Island where the Minoans settled |
| Phalanx | Greek fighting technique using shield and spears |
