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Chapter 9 The Greek World
Chapter 9 The Greek World
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6th Grade
10/08/2012

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Chapter 9
The Greek World
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As ruler of Persia, what was Darius most interested in doing?
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Making Persia's empire strong
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In Athens, most of the boys from poor families
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Became farmers and grew food for the wealthy
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What caused the Peloponnesian War to begin?
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Greek cities feared Athens would control Greece
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What was the relationship between Philip of Macedonia and Alexander the Great?
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Philip was Alexander's father
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What can you infer about the Ancient Greeks based on their achievements?
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The Ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art.
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Which event took place before Darius ruled Persia?
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Cyrus's son died in a rebellion in Persia
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What might have happened in Sparta if its army had become weak?
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Slaves would have staged a rebellion.
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What happened after Alexander and his army crossed the Indus River in India?
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His exhausted troops refused to fight anymore.
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Why did Alexander work to spread Greek culture throughout his empire?
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Alexander admired and enjoyed Greek culture and ideas.
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What did Greek philosophers believe was the one thing that was most important than anything else in life?
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Using the human mind to think and understand
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What was the most important aspect of life in Sparta?
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Preparing for battles
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One improvement that Darius made to the Persian Empire was the creation of
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ROADS
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Athenian domination of the
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DELIAN League caused Sparta to declare war on Athens
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The spread of
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HELLENISTIC culture brought Greek customs to new parts of the world
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Because people were upset by his ideas,
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SOCRATES was arrested and sentenced to death
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Many geometry rules from the writings of
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EUCLID are still used today
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Cyrus the Great's treatment of conquered people helped him successfully rule a large empire.
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TRUE
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The democratic society of Athens allowed women to have more rights than in other cities.
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FALSE
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After defeating Athens in the Peloponnesian War, Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
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TRUE
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Hellenistic culture influenced the building of the world's largest library in Alexandria, Egypt.
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TRUE
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Greek statues of people were usually not very realistic.
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FALSE
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Cavalry
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A unit of soldiers mounted on horses
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Zoroastrian
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A religion based on the battle between good and evil
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Alliance
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An agreement to work together
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Satraps
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Governors of Persian provinces
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Phalanx
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A group of warriors standing close together in a square
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Parthenon
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A building constructed in Athens in the 400s BC
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Sophocles
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A famous Greek playwright
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Plato
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A Greek philosopher
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Reason
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Clear and ordered thinking
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Hippocrates
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The greatest Greek doctor
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