Ancient Greece Vocabulary

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Who were the Minoans?

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A group of expert shipbuilders that settled on the island of Crete

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What is a Polis?

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City-state

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Where was democracy first created?

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Athens

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What type of government did Sparta become?

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Military society

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What is an Oligarchy?

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Power shared with a small group of people

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Who was Pericles?

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Leader who promoted democracy

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What was the long-term war between Athens and Sparta that Sparta eventually won?

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Peloponnesian War

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Who wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad?

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Homer

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What is Direct democracy?

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A form of democracy that allows all citizens to directly participate.

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What is Representative democracy?

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A form of democracy where citizens choose officials to represent them