Test your Knowledge on the Isle of Bria

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  1. 5. Ancient Greek doctor who is often called the "father of medicine"
  2. 7. Queen of the gods
  3. 9. a government that is run by a few people, usually by members of rich, powerful families
  4. 11. developed written code of Athenian law 620 BC
  5. 12. a system of government ruled by a queen or a king; "one ruler"
  6. 14. Goddess of love and beauty
  7. 17. Peninsula a stretch of land that extends southward into the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea
  8. 18. the basic law making body in a democracy, made up of a group of citizens
  9. 19. King of the gods
  10. 21. goddess of wisdom and war, patron goddess of Athens
  11. 22. method an approach to teaching developed by the Greek philosopher, Socrates, which involves teaching people to think by asking questions
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  1. 1. valuables taken in war
  2. 2. a mountain in northern Greece thought by the ancient Greeks to be the home of their gods
  3. 3. Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician whose ideas led to the field of geometry
  4. 4. a government run by the people in which citizens make their laws
  5. 6. Scientist of the Hellenistic Age who was the first person to explain how levers work
  6. 8. Ancient Greek poet who composed two poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey, about the Trojan War
  7. 10. powerful military ships - on the bow was a bronze-tipped battering ram, which could easily slice through a wooden ship.
  8. 13. another name for city-state used by the Greeks
  9. 15. Ancient Athenian leader who strove to make Athens the center of art and literature and who was responsible for building the Parthenon.
  10. 16. a type of government in which all power is held in the hands of one ruler, usually a military leader
  11. 20. sea goddesses in mythology that sang a lured sailors to their deaths.