Ancient Greece

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What natural feature extends throughout Greece, influencing the growth of individual city-states and lack of farmland for large-scale farming? Options: Mountains, Deserts, Oceans, Plateaus

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Mountains

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This vocabulary term describes a political system where an independent, sovereign city serves as the center of political, economic, and cultural life of the territory. Two examples are Sparta and Athens.

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City-state (polis)

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A type of government where people vote (government of and by the people). It existed (and started in) ATHENS!

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Democracy

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Type of government ruled by a small group of people, typically with money, as existed in SPARTA.

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Oligarchy

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The strongest branch of Athens' military was...

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Navy

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The strongest branch of Sparta's military was...

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Army

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The Persian War began because Persia was angry that the Greeks sent supplies, troops, and weapons to _, a Greek city-state near Persia that was rebelling at the time. Options: Sparta, Athens, Ionia, Delian League.

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Ionia

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During the Persian War, the Greeks defeated the Persians using a tactic where men stood in a formation and yielded long spears. They would CHARGE at their enemy! This tactic is called _.

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Phalanx

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After the Greeks stood up to the Persians and won the war, Athens created a coalition called the _. This group was essentially an alliance of Greek city-states, and its purpose was to protect and prepare in the case of another Persian invasion. Options:

United Nations

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Sparta

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Delian League

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Navy

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Delian League

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Who waged a war on Athens called the Peloponnesian War after Athens took money from the Delian League to rebuild their city?

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Sparta