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Test 9
Chapter 10; Geography Facts 11
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History
5th Grade
11/20/2011

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A blind singing poet of ancient Greece
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Homer
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A large group of foot soldiers, armed with shields and spears and trained to move together
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phalanx
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A long racing track
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stadium
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A philosopher concernced with finding the best way to live
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Socrates
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A singing poet
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bard
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Alexander the Great's empire extended as far east as
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India
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At age 7, boys began a program of education designed to make them good citizens here.
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Athens
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At age 7, boys began a training program designed to make them loyal soldiers here.
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Sparta
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At the age of 18, boys in this city-state became citizens after taking a pledge in a solemn ceremony
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Athens
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Became the language used in most of the civilized world
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Greek
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Conditions such as temperature and precipitation which change from day to day
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weather
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Means scorching
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torrid
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Most of Greece was conquered by Alexander's father
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Philip II
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Most of the men in this city-state never learned to read or write
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Sparta
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The Greek god honored by the Olympic games
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Zeus
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The alphabet the Greeks borrowed and added vowels to
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Phoenician
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The amount of rain, snow, sleet, etc., an area receives
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precipitation
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The body of water which cuts Greece almost in half
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Gulf of Corinth
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The book of the Bible which prophesied Alexander the Great's short life
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Daniel
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The city-state where philosophers and foreigners were not welcomed
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Sparta
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The climate zone that is neither too hot nor too cold
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temperate zone
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The first city-state to become powerful
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Sparta
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The freed slave who wrote fables
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Aesop
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The idea of democracy was developed in this city-state.
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Athens
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The independent cities Greece was made up of in Ancient times
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city-states
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The marketplace
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agora
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The name Alexander the Great gave to each of the 16 cities he built
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Alexandria, after himself
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The peninsula Greece is located on
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Balkan
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The place where men practiced sports
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gymnasium
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The religious center of the city
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acropolis
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The word that comes from two words meaning "people" and "rule"
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democracy
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They completed all of the work in Sparta
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helots
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This city-state was the greatest cultural center in ancient Greece
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Athens
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Usually the largest gathering place in the Greek city-state
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Theater
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Weather conditions of a region over a period of many years
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climate
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Why the spreading of the Greek language was important
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It prepared the way for the writing of the New Testament in Greek
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