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Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
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10th Grade
08/14/2013

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City-States
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Each area has their own government but they trade and interact with each other
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Foster
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To help or speed up progress
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Hinder
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To slow or make progress more difficult
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Trojan War
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A 10 year war between a group of Greek City states called the Mycenaeans and the Greek City of Troy
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Polythiestic
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Belief in many Gods
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Olympics
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City-States sent their best athletes to compete against other city-state’s athletes.
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Homer
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Wrote Poems about Greek Life. Most famous poems was the Iliad which explained life during the Trojan Wars.
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Polis
Definition
was made up of the city and the surrounding country side. It had between 50 and 500 square miles of territory and about 10,000 people
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acropolis
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a fortified hilltop where important meetings were held
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Athens
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Greek City-State most famous for having a democracy
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Direct Democracy
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Type of democracy Athens had where citizens voted directly on each law
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Limited Democracy
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Only certain members of society could vote. In Athens only males who owned land could vote.
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Sparta
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Greek city-state that was famous for being a military state.
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Persian Wars
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War between Persia and the Greek city-states which the Greeks eventually won.
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Monarchy
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Government ruled by a King or Queen and then power is handed down to children.
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Oligarchy
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Government is ruled a few rich people
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Aristocracy
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Government run by the rich
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Delian League
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After the Persian Wars the Greek city-states join a trading alliance.
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Persian Wars
Definition
War between Persia and the Greek city-states which the Greeks eventually won.
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Age of Pericles
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Athens Golden Age where they advanced in Philosophy, Drama and Sculpture
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Aristotle, Socrates and Plato
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Famous Athenian philosophers
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Peloponnesian Wars
Definition
War between Sparta and Athens
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Alexander the Great
Definition
Greek leader who defeated the Persian empire in 332 B.C.E.. This opened up the east for the Greeks and later create Hellenistic Culture.
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Hellenistic Culture
Definition
This blending of all the Greek and Middle Eastern ideas
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