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| Present-day Greece occupies a large peninsula - the ___________ Peninsula. | Balkan |
| The ___________ Sea was located near Greece. | Agean |
| The present-day country of Turkey was called ___________ . | Asia Minor |
| The Southern peninsula of Greece is called ___________ . | Pelonnesus |
| A small strip of land that connects two larger bodies of land is called an ___________ . | isthmus |
| ___________ made travel and trade difficult for the ancient Greeks. | mountains |
| Greeks living near athe sea became ___________ and ___________ . | fishermen, traders |
| The people who built the cities ofCrete, a large island off the coast of Greece, were called ___________ . | monoans |
| People who borrowed many ideas from the Minoans were called ___________ . | Mycenaens |
| The concept of adapting customs from one culture for use in another culture is called ___________ . | cultural borrowing |
| ___________ was a blind poet who wrote about ancient Greece. | Homer |
| ___________ are long poems | emics |
| Homer's two famous poems wer called ___________ and ___________ . | Iliad, Odyssey |
| Ancient Greek city-states were called ___________ | Polis |
| A fortress built on a hill was called an ___________ . | acropolis |
| An open air market and gathering place was called an ___________ . | agora |
| Someone who takes control of a government and rules alone is called a ___________ . | tyrant |
| A wealthy ruling class is called an ___________ . | aristocracy |
| A law-making body of ancient Greece was called an ___________ . | assembly |
| The two most powerful city-states of ancient Greece were ___________ and ___________ . | Sparta, Athens |
| ___________ was the city-state in which the citizens led a simple life filled with physical activity. | Sparta |
| ___________ were the slaves of Sparta. | helots |
| A government run by a few people is called an ___________ . | oligarchy |
| ___________ ios a Greek historian who said that "Athens favors the many instead of the few." | Thucydides |
| ___________ was the city-state that allowed freedom. | Athens |
| ___________ is a type of government in which the people rule. | democracy |
| ___________ is a system in which the ideas and decisions supported by the most people are followed. | majority rules |
| A connection that people feel toward one another is called ___________ | cultural identity |
| A story passed down about an ancient god or hero is called a _____________. | myth |
| The _____________ Games were held every four years. | Olympic |
| The Greek _____________ had 24 letters. | alphabet |
| The Greek city-states banded together because they had a common enemy - the _____________. | Persians |
| The important effect of the Persian Wars was that _____________ won spreading their customs, language, and ideas. | Greeks |
| Groups of allies are called _____________. | leagues |
| The Athenian time of achievement was knows as the _____________. | Golden Age of Athens |
| _____________ was the leader of Athens who allowed more men to take part in the government. | Pericles |
| _____________ was famous building in Athens, Greece. | Parthenon |
| Serious Greek plays were called _____________. | tragedies |
| Funny Greek plays were called _____________. | comedies |
| _____________ was a Greek writer who wrote tragedies. | Sophocles |
| _____________ was a Greek writer who wrote comedies that made fun of political leaders. | Aristophanes |
| _____________ was one of the great scientists of the Golden Age. | Hippocrates |
| Dirung the Golden Age of Athens, people worked in art, _____________, writing, and _____________. | building, science |
| The Golden Age of Athens came to an end when Sparta defeated Athens in the _____________ war. | Peloponesun |
| Bad leaders, called _____________, took over the city-atates. | demagogues |
| _____________ taught by asking questions and making his students think. | Socrates |
| _____________ was a student of lSocrates who started a chool called the Academy. | Plato |
| _____________ was a student of Plato who created the scientific method, and was known as the great thinker. | Aristotle |
| _____________ were agreements the city-states formed to help each other. | Allianies |
| King _____________, of Macedonia, united Greece. | Phillip |
| King Philip's son, _____________ , conquered much of the known world. | Alexander, the Great |
| Alexander the Great spread Greek _____________ thoughout his empire. | culture |
| Alexander the Great named many cities _____________. | Alexandria |
| The period of Alexander's rule was known as the _____________ Age. | Hellenistic |
| Alexander the Gread ruled over a _____________ empire - an empire of many cultures. | multicultural |
| Alexander teh Great's _____________ took over parts of his empire after his death. | generals |
| Alexandria, Egypt became the center for the study of _____________ and _____________. | medicine, surgery |
