| A | B |
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| The earliest Greek civilization | Minoan culture |
| There was great poverty and the art of writing was lost | Dark Ages |
| Acropolis | a high, rocky hill where early people built cities |
| Democracy | a form of government in which citizens govern themselves |
| Epic | a long poem that tells a story |
| Peninsula | an area of land nearly surrounded by water |
| tyrant | a ruler who takes power with the support of the working and middle class |
| The Minoans were mainly on the island of | Crete |
| Outsiders in Athens could not | become a citizen |
| Ancient Greeks set up colonies along the | Aegean and Mediterranean seas |
| Women in Athens | could play a part in the government, but could not vote |
| The two chief city-states in ancient Greece were | Athens and Sparta |
| Every male citizen in Athens | had one vote in the assembly |
| Three-fourths of the land in Greece is | mountains |
| Ancient Greek farmers grew | olives, grapes and/or grain |
| The government in Athens was called a | democracy |
| Greece is almost divided in half by an | isthmus |
| Dry climate and thin, rocky soil made | farming difficult |
| Leaders in Athens were | elected by the assembly |
| Trials in Athens were | by jury |
| The leader of Athens during the Golden Age was | Pericles |
| Pericles encouraged | art, science and politics |
| During the Golden Age the navy was | very strong |
| The assembly in Athens met | 40 times a year |
| Athens and Sparta went to war because | each wanted to expand their way of life |
| Athens and Sparta fought...this was called the | Peloponnesian War |
| The Peloponnesian War lasted for | 27 years |
| During this war Athens was unlucky because | it was crowded, disease spread, 1/4 of the army died |
| Demagogues are | bad leaders |
| Demagogues ruled by | making speeches that appealed to people's feelings instead of their minds |
| The Peloponnesian War was won by | Sparta...Athens surrendered to them |
| Sparta ruled Athens after the war and | democracy was lost because a council of 30 tyrants ruled them |
| A great teacher, who taught Prince Alexander of Macedonia was | Aristotle |
| King Philip's dream was to | conquer all of Greece |
| King Philip's son was | Alexander |
| When Alexander became king of Macedonia, his wish was to | rule all of the known world |
| Alexander's empire included: | Persia, Phoenicia, Egypt, parts of India and many cities in Asia and Africa |
| Alexander's empire broke up | when he died...it was divided up by his generals |
| When Alexander's empire broke up | it weakened |
| Hellenistic means | "Greek-like" |
| Socrates was | a great teacher who lived in Athens |
| Socrates taught people to | ask questions and think for themselves |
| Socrates was forces to drink poison because | he was accused of teaching dangerous ideas |
