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| Describe the land of Greece. |
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| rocky and mountainous with many large and small islands in the nearby sea |
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| What are two factors that early forced men to the sea as fishermen and traders? |
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| nearness of the sea and limited fertility of the soil |
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| What ended the Aegean civilization? |
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| The period in Greece between 1100 and 800 B.C. was called what? |
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| The period in Greece between 1100 and 800 B.C. is the Dark Ages. |
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| Why is it called the Dark Ages?? |
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| because of the choas and violence in the land |
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| The 'Iliad' and the 'Odyssey' are written about what? |
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| The Trojan Wars and their aftermath. |
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| What was the leading city-state throughout most of the Classical period? |
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| Athens was the leading city-state throughout most of the Classical period. |
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| When and Who built the temple of Athena? |
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| Pericles built the temple during Athens' Golden Age. |
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| What was the temple of Athena called? |
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| What was the popular assembly in Athens called? |
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| What began in 492 and continued until 479 B.C.? |
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| Persian Wars, 492-479 B.C. |
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| Athenians built beautiful public buildings and produced great works of art and literature during what period? |
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| The Spartans devoted themselves to what? |
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| military training and war |
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| What was the Delian League? |
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| An alliance between Athens and other Greek city-states. |
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| Where were the great Greek gods supposed to have lived? |
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| A famous Greek history writer. |
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| A famous group of Greek philosophy teachers. |
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| "know thyself" was a favorite saying of whom? |
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| Who wrote the book "Republic"? |
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| In his book, the "Republic", Plato proposed what? |
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| dividing society into three classes |
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| Who put forth the "golden mean"? |
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| The Greeks have been famous in art in the areas of what? |
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| The Greeks added vowels to whose consonants? |
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| Who was Alexander's famous tutor? |
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| Alexander founded what place in Egypt? |
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| The Hellenistic Age covered what period of Biblical history? |
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| The general Ptolemy recieved what after Alexander's death? |
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| Both Italy and Greece are peninsulas and have what climate? |
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| What is located on seven hills rising out ot the Latium Plain on the banks of the Tiber River? |
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| A civilized people who were excellent warriors. |
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| What did the Eutruscans teach the Romans? |
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| to build arches, fortifications, and an army |
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| Who founded Rome and when? |
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| Shepherds and farmers founded Rome in 753 B.C. at a crossing of the Tiber River. |
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| dethronement of Tarquin the Proud |
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| The Roman family was ruled by whom? |
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| Who controlled the political power not given to the consuls or the dictator. |
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| What two factors helped Rome to build a great empire? |
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| military might and political common sense |
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| Phoenicians from Phoenicia |
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| Who led Carthage in the Second Punic War? |
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| The Third Punic War led to what? |
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| the destruction of Carthage |
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| Rome annexed what lands and when? |
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| western Asia Minor, Greece, and Macedonia between 200 and 133 B.C. |
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| During the EARLY Republic, the Roman army was made up of what? |
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| citizen-soildiers--mainly farmers |
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| What was the basic unit of the Roman army? |
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| What was the result of Roman conquests? |
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| increase of wealth and slaves |
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| Were Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus successful in their reforms? |
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| no, both were eventually killed |
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| Who captured Palestine for the Romans? |
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| Who added territory to the Roman Empire in Gaul? |
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| Who won the war between Julius Caesar and Pompey? |
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| Who was the Greek Queen of Egypt? |
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| Savior born in Bethlehem was? |
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| a Roman statesman, orator, philosopher, and writer |
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| Who was the first Roman emperor? |
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| religion teaching a person to live in harmony with nature |
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| religion offering no hope for eternity |
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