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Who was Zeno
Founder of Stoicism
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What was Mycenae
The First Greek civilization
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What is an Epic Poem
The odyssey, as a type of Literature
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What was the Age of Pericles
Height of Athenian power and brilliance
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Who was Herodotus
Who wrote the first ‘real’ history in Western Civilization?
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Who was Homer
Who provided an account of the sacking of Troy by the Myceneans
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What is a Polis
Greek city, town, or village and surroundings-
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What is ostracism
Athenian vote of Banishment
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What is the Hellenistic Era
Age that began with Alexander the Great’s conquests
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What is Pakistan
At its height Alexander’s empire reached to this country.
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Who was Pheididdes
Relayed news of the battle of Marathon to the people on Athens
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What was Byzantium
Important Greek colony city on the Bosporus strait
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What is an Oligarchy
Ruled by a small number of people
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What are isolation (due to mountainous region)
Different communities and ways of life developed in Greece due to
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What is Sparta
Militaristic state/
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Who was Socrates
Said “ the unexamined life is not worth living?”
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What is the Oracle
Sacred Shrine where priests revealed the future
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What is Arete
Greek term that mean to strive for excellence and which can only be achieved through struggle or conquest
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What are language, art, architecture, and literature?
The four things that spread due to Alexander the Great’s Conquests
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What is Athens
State with a focus and reliance upon trade
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Who was Euripedes
Wrote realistic tragedies that portrayed war as barbaric?
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What is the Parthenon
Famous temple to Athena
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What is an Acropolis
A fortified gathering place at the top of hill that was often the site of temples or public buildings
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What was a breakthrough in gravity while taking a bath
Caused Archimedes to run through town yelling Eureka.
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What is the Socratic Method
Uses question and answer format.
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