Ancient Greece Exam Review

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  1. 6. Short stories that teach a lesson
  2. 9. The main gathering place and religious center in ancient Greece
  3. 10. Long poem that tells of a hero's deeds
  4. 12. Rule by a king or monarch
  5. 14. A group of people who settled on the main Greek peninsula around 2000 B.C.; leading city called Mycenae which could withstand any attack.
  6. 15. Government ruled by small group of (elite) people
  7. 16. The 12 Greek gods that lived on the top of Mt. Olympus
  8. 18. large empire, conquered Persia, Greece, and other lands.
  9. 19. Blend of Greek culture with the lands Alexander conquered-- Persia, Syria, Egypt, India
  10. 20. a person thought to be a source of wisdom or prophecy
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  1. 1. Greek city-state, won the Peloponnesian War. Militaristic.
  2. 2. Earliest Greek civilization that had developed on the island of Crete by 2000 B.C.
  3. 3. Ruled by someone who illegally took control; sometimes asked to by the people
  4. 4. A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
  5. 5. A Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea, southeast of Greece
  6. 7. A citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek City-states.
  7. 8. Rule by the people
  8. 11. A term referring to any city-state in ancient Greece.
  9. 13. the marketplace in ancient Greece
  10. 17. Ruled Athens during the Golden Age