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Persian Wars

61.

Sparta and Athens joined together to defeat the Persians in the _____________ ______.

direct democracy

62.

Athenian democracy was a ______________ ______________in which each citizen participated directly in government decision making.

agora

63.

The ________ was an oopen air marketplace in the center of Athens where the public bartered for goods.

Pericles'

64.

During the Golden Age, ___________ three contributions were democracy, protection, and beautification of the city-state of Athens.

Peloponnesian War

65.

The _______________ was fought between Sparta and Athens because Athens would not give up some of the control gained after the Persian Wars.

Socrates

66.

__________, a Greek philosopher and well-known teacher, used a questioning technique to search for the truth and meaning of life.

67.

_________, Socrates' student, as a writer and philosopher.

Greek culture

and

beliefs

68.

Alexander the Great, king at age 20, spread _____________________ through Persia, India and Egypt.

69.

____________  ____________ is influenced by Greek forms of literature, the arts, architecture, mathematical discoveries, science, and democracy.

Homer

(and I don't mean Simpson!!)

70.

________ wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad, two epic poems about the adventures of Odysseus.

71.

____________ taught Alexander the Great and was the father of the scientific method.

72.

________ was a Greek slave who taught moral lessons in the form of fables.

73.

_______________, semi-nomadic invaders from Europe, conquered the native people of India pushing them south.

74.

The Aryans' beliefs of daily lives are described in the _________, collections of sacred hymns, poems, and prayers.

75.

The Indian culture was divided into four social __________: priests, rajas and warriors, merchants and peasants, and servants.

76.

As Indian people learned new skills, they developed subgroups called ________ into which people were born, and worked their entire lives.

77.

Buddha, meaning "The Enlightened One," was a Hindu prince named __________  __________.

78.

___________ is a religion in which people follow The Four Truths, and the Eightfold Path to reach enlightenment.

79.

Buddhists believe in moderation, not too much or not too little of anything.  This in-between path is called the ___________ ______.

80.

_________   _________ was the Mauryan king who unified India, renounced violence, and established Buddhism as the official religion.