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Who was Aspasia?
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The wife of Xerxes, leader of the Persian invaders
The Greek Goddess of war
A City that rivaled Athens
Female reformer who sought to win more rights and responsibilities for women
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The phonetic alphabet that was adopted by the Greeks came from these people:
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Minoans
Myceneans
Dorians
Ionians
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Who was Aspasia?
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The phonetic alphabet that was adopted by the Greeks came from these people:
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The Minoan Civilization was located on the island of:
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This man was known as the "Father of History"
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Blind poet who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey
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Which city served as a center for development of Greek culture, architecture , and government
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This form of government means rule by a few, usually wealthy, powerful people:
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The epic poem written about the Trojan war that included heroes like Achilles, Hector, and Odysseus was called:
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The fort-like structure, usually on top of a hill that occupied many Greek city states is known as the:
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This group of peoples was the first of the Ancient Greek civilizations:
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This man was the Father of Xerxes, and ordered the initial invasion of Greece in order to pay the Greeks back for backing an Ionian revolt
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The site of the battle where the Greeks, led by 300 Spartans, made their famous stand:
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This man was King of the Spartans and led them during their famous last stand at Thermopylae
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This group of Ancient Greeks was conquered by the Dorains, likely because the Dorians had Iron weapons.
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He was the chief of all the Greek Gods and was said to have ruled the sky:
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Greeks would often make a pilgrimage to these, in order to seek spiritual guidance or advice about the future:
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This is a large, arena-like structure that was usually carved into a hillside. They were designed to host Greek dramas, so that everybody in the audience could see and hear everything on the stage:
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A government in which all the people hold the power, and have direct input in the government is called a:
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From time to time, usually during times of crisis, one individual would seize all government power in Greece, while most of these individuals were fair, the ones who were not gave them all a bad name. They were known as:
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The greek fighting formation in which soldiers would stand in tight formation protecting each other and forming a shield wall was known as a:
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This man was leader during the Golden Age of Athens, he rebuilt the city and turned it into a hub of developing culture after the Persian wars:
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A greek slave was known as a:
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At what age were Spartan boys taken from their family to begin their military training:
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At what age did Spartan men complete their training and become a full fledged Spartan soldier, then were promptly sent to the frontier.
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Sparta is an example of:
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This Athenian reformer issued a code of written laws that applied equally to aristocrats and peasants
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Leader of the massive Persian invasion force that clashed with the Greeks at Thermopylae
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Leader of Greek navy that defeated the Persians in the battle of Salimas