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| What is Greece's mainland? |
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| What bodies of what surround Greece? |
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West-Ionian Sea
South-Mediterranean Sea
East-Aegean Sea |
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| What was home to the Minoans? |
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| Who used sun and stars to navigate ships? |
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| What is known as the Dark Ages? |
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| Where did the 12 most important Greek gods live? |
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| Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey? |
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| prince of Troy kidnaps wife of king of Sparta-battle for 10 years- Greeks build huge wooden horse, Greek soldiers hide inside, Trojans roll it into the city, soldiers come out and destroy Troy |
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| What is the Odyssey about |
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| story of Odysseus, Greek hero and his journey home from the Trojan War, faces storms, witches, and giants before returning to his wife- took him 10 years to get home |
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| Who made up some famous fables? |
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| a Greek slave named Aesop- hence "Aesop's Fables" |
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| What are the 3 types of Greek columns? |
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| doric, ionic, and corinthian |
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| "Father of Medicine"-Wrote medical code of good behavior |
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| Came up withe "Golden Mean" or or that a person should do nothing in excess |
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| Aristotle-student of Plato |
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| How old were Spartan boys when they began training to fight? |
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| Who was Athen's named for |
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| Athens and Sparta joined forces to defeat whom? |
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| After the defeat of the Persian Empire, Sparta and Athens battled for control of what country? |
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| What was the battle between Athens and Sparta for control of Greece called? |
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| Who tutored Alexander in literature, sience, medicine, and philosophy |
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| Who built the city of Alexandria |
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| What was Alexandria to Alexander |
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| the center of buisness for his empire |
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| What was one of the 7 wonders of the world that Alexander built? |
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