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Ancient Greece
Study Set for Ancient Greece
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History
9th Grade
12/12/2011

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Letter B is the ____________ Peninsula

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Peloponnesus
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Letter F is the city of:

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SPARTA!
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Letter D is the city-state of:

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Athens
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Greece is part of the _____ Peninsula of Europe.

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Balkan
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Letter E is the _________ Sea.

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Aegean
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Letter C is the _______ Sea.

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Mediterranean
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Letter J is the city of:

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Troy
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Number 3 is the region of:

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Asia Minor
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Number 1 is the ________ Strait, also known as the Hellespont.

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Dardanelles
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Number 2 is the _______ Strait.

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Bosporus
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Letter H is the region of _________ home of Alexander the Great.

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Macedonia
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Polis
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A Greek city-State
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Corinthian Column
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Doric Columns
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Ionic Columns
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The Parthenon
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The Acropolis
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The rugged terrain of ancient Greece led to the development of: 
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Independent city-states
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This was the first civilization or Greece, it was centered on the Island of Crete.
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Minoan
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This island was the center of Minoan civilization and is the largest island of the Aegean.
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Crete
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Capital of the Minoan Civilization
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Knossos
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It is thought that the Minoan civilization collapsed because of a:
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Natural Disaster
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This was the first Greek-Speaking civilization
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Mycenae
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The Mycenaeans fought a ten-year war with this city for the control of the Dardanelles Strait.
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Troy
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The Mycenaeans buried their royalty in these bee-hive shaped tombs.

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Tholos Tombs
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Greek Poet who wrote about the Trojan War
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Homer
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Homeric Epic about the Trojan War
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Iliad
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Homeric Epic about the journey of Odysseus home after the Trojan War.
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The Odyssey
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After the fall of the Mycenaean Civilization Greece entered a _________ Age.
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Dark
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This was the word that the Greeks used to describe "Excellence" in courage and honor.
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Arête!
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When the Greek city-states became too crowded they spread out and established _____________.
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Colonies
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The Greeks colonized the Mediterranean and Aegean in the search for ___________ land.
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Arable
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The open-air market of a Greek city State

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Agora
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The Three groups of the Athenian Polis were

 

Men

Women and Foreigners

Slaves

 

Which group had the right to vote?

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Men
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A greek foot soldier
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Hoplite
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The Greeks fought in a formation called a
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Phalanx
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The Greek economcy was based on Agriculture and ____________
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Trade
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This city-state had a life based on War
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Sparta
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Sparta's government was an:
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Oligarchy
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The slaves of the Spartans
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Helots
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The Government of Sparta was made up of

 

2 Kings

5 Ephors

an Assembly

A council of Elders called the: 

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Gerousia
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Athens was the __________ Center of Greece
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Cultural
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Rule by a king or queen
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Monarchy
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Rule by rich upper-class landowners
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Aristocracy
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Rule by a single leader who seizes power
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Tyranny
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Athenian tyrant who codified Athenian law
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Draco
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Athenian tyrant who ended debt slavery
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Solon
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Athenian Tyrant who enacted land reform taking land fromt the rich and giving it to the poor. 
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Pisistratus
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Athenian tyrant who created the Council of 500
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Cleisthenes
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Government by the people
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Democracy
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Athens had this type of Democracy
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Direct democracy
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In 499 BCE a revolt in this region sparked the Persian Wars.
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Ionia
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Persian King of the First Persian War
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Darius
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The Persians lost to the Greeks at this battle in the first Persian War
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Marathon
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The Persian King during the Second Persian War
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Xerxes
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The Spartans and their allies held off the Persian advance for several days at this battle of the second Persian War, giving the Athenians time to evaculate Athens. 
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Thermopylae
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The Athenian leader Themistocles defeated the Persian navy at this battle of the Second Persian War
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Salamis
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After the Persian Wars the Greeks formed this lead, headed by Athens, to defend against future attack. 
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The Delian League
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The man ruled during the Golden age of Athens
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Pericles
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Pericles built this temple to Athena in Athens. 
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The Parthenon
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Pericles expanded this form of government in Athens by paying politicans to serve in office. 
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Democracy
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The law-making body of Athens
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The Assembly
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Ostracism

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To ban a citizen from Athens for ten years. 
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Sparta formed this league to counter the Delian League.
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The Peloponnesian League
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This 27-year war broke out between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League.
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The Peloponnesian War
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This city won the Peloponnesian War
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Sparta
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The Greeks believed their gods and goddess had ________ characteristics.
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Human
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Greek goddess of Wisdom

Roman name is Minerva

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Athena
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Greek king of the gods

Roman name is Jupiter

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Zeus
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Greek goddess of love and beauty

Roman name is Venus

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Aphrodite
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Greek queen of the gods

Roman name is Juno

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Hera
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Greek god of war

Roman name is Mars

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Ares
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Greek and Roman god of the sun
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Apollo
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Greek goddess of the hunt

Roman name is Diana

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Artemis
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Greek god of wine and fertility

Roman name is Bacchus

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Dionysus
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Greek messenger of the gods

Roman name is Mercury

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Hermes
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Greek blacksmith of the gods

Roman name is Vulcan

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Hephaestus
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The Greeks used their religion to explain natural _______________
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Phenomena
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Greek teatre included these two areas
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Tragedy and Comedy
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When the Greeks wanted to know the will of the gods they would consult an:
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Oracle
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Theatre in Greece began with the worship of this god
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Dionysus
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Father of Greek Tragedy

His plays include the Persians, and the Orestia

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Aeschylus
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Greek tragic playwright who wrote Oedipus Rex
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Sophocles
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Greek tragic playwright who wrote Media, Electra, and the Trojan Women
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Euripides
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Greek comedic playwright who wrote The Clouds and the Frogs
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Aristophanes
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Greek Philosopher who sais, "know thyself" and was put on trial for corrupting the youth of Athens.
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Socrates
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Greek philosopher who was the student of Socrates.  He believed in a world of forms, wrote a book called The Republic about an ideal state, and established a school called the Academy.
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Plato
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Greek philosopher who was the student of Plato.  He established a school called the Lyceum and was the tutor of Alexander the Great.
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Aristotle
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This man is considered to be the father of History.  He wrote his book "The Histories" about the Persian wars.
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Herodotus
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This man is the first scientific historian.  He wrote about the Peloponnesian War.
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Thucydides
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The Greeks believed their sculpture and buildings should look:
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Perfect
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Greek sculptor who designed the great statue of Athena and is thought to have originated the idealized style of Greek sculpture.
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Phidias
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This man wrote a book called "The Elements" which became the foundation of Geometry.

He is called the father of geometry

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Euclid
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This man formulated the formula for solving for a right Triangle.

 

a2 + b2 =c2

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Pythagoras
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Scientists who found the way to measure volume and used levers and pulleys

 

Eureka!

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Archimedes
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This man is considered the father of medicine
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Hippocrates
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Philip II and his son Alexander were both from this region
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Macedonia
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This Macedonian King was assassinated after he conquered Greece before he could conquer the Persian Empire.
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Philip II
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This young Macedonian King conquered the Persian Empire.
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Alexander the Great
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This was the language spread by Alexander the Great.
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Greek
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The culture spread by Alexander the Great through trade.  It was a combination of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian culture.
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Hellenistic
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Alexander founded Greek style cities.  The most famous one was ___________ in Egypt.
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Alexandria
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This is the empire of:

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Alexander the Great
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Hellenistic Philosophy which stated that we should seek modest pleasures to achieve happiness.
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Epicureanism
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Hellinistic Philosophy which stated that one should not be ruled by emotions.
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Stoicism
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