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social studies ancient greece!
extrememly hard lol NOT!!
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6th Grade
11/14/2007

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who was the greatest historian of the ancient

 world?

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thucydides
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aristotle taught his students the golden

________________? 

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the golden mean
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what is Greece's northern neighbor?
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Macedonia
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what is the first civilization in greece?
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Minoan
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what is the name for a long poem about heroic deeds

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an Epic
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what is the name for a short tale that teaches a lesson?
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a Fable
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name 1 type of greek column!
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a Doric
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where did the myceneans come to Greece from?
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Central Asia
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what is the word for a Greek city-state?
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Polis
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in 359 BC whos was the admirer of Greek ideas who planned to conquer Persia?
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Phillip the 2
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why did phillip the 2 need Greek city-states?
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to acheive conquering Persia
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what lawyer and public speaker warned that phillip the 2 was a threat to Greek freedom?
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Demosthenes
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who became king of Macedonia?

 

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Alexander
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how old was Alexander when he became king ?
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what city became the most important in the ancient world?
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Alexandria
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what book did Alexander keep under his pillow?
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the Illiad
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what is a legacy?
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a legacy is  what a person leaves behind when he or she dies
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what is the Hellenistic Era?
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a time when the Greek language and ways spread to the non-Greek people of southwest Asia
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why did Alexanders empire fall?
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he died and all of his guards faught eachother for power!
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what is the socratic method?
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a way of teaching developed by socrates that used a question and answer format to force students to used their reason to see things for themselves!
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who was the student of Socrates who wrote the Republic?

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Plato
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who was the Philosopher who was an Athenian sculptor?
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Aristotle
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who wrote the History of the Persian Wars?
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Herodotus
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which philosopher taught that the universe was governed bu the same laws as music and numbers?
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Pythagorus
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