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Early Civilizations

Sparta Athens Vocabulary Grab Bag

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The Mycenaeans learned to use the sun and stars to help them with navigation

from this early civilization

The MinoansThe Minoans

$20.00The Minoans made their living from

___.

tradingtrading

$30.00The time period when the Greeks forgot how

to read and write is called the ___.

Dark AgesDark Ages

$40.00Instead of money, Myceanaeans paid

taxes in ___.

Things like Things like wheat, wheat,

livestock and livestock and honeyhoney

$50.00People in early Greece

made money from these main occupations.

- Trading- Trading

- Fishing- Fishing

- Farming & caring- Farming & caring for animals for animals

Spartan males left their homes at age ___ and returned at age ___.

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Left at age 7 Left at age 7 and returned at and returned at

age 30age 30

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When the Spartans population grew and they needed more room for the

people they would ___.

Conquer more Conquer more landslands

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Who was trained in running, wrestling and

javelin throwing?

Spartan womenSpartan women

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Sparta had this type of government

oligarchyoligarchy

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What do you call the people who enforced laws and

collected taxes in Sparta?

ephorsephors

What was the name of the group that was formed to protect the Greeks from

more attacks by the Persians

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The Delian LeagueThe Delian League

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The name of the conflicts between Athens and the other city-states, led gby

Sparta

The Peloponnesian The Peloponnesian WarWar

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What do you call the conflict between the Greek city-

states and Persia?

The Persian WarThe Persian War

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What were the requirements to be a citizen in early

Athens?

You had to be free, You had to be free, native born and own native born and own

landland

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Athens had this type of government where all of the people voted on important

government matters.

A direct democracyA direct democracy

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What do you call the form of government where only a few people are in charge?

An oligarchyAn oligarchy

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What do you call an open area in Greece that was used

as a meeting place and a market?

An agoraAn agora

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What do you call someone who rules with total

authority?

A tyrantA tyrant

$40.00What do you call a body of

land with water on three sides?

A peninsulaA peninsula

$50.00This was the first

civilization to arise in ancient Greece.

The MinoanThe Minoan

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What do you call a body of water with land on

both sides?

A strait A strait

What do you call people who ponder questions about

life?

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philosophersphilosophers

These people, sometimes called the

“defenders of the kingdom” were in charge of the

smaller parts of Persia.

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SatrapsSatraps

What vocabulary term is used to describe the Greek city-states

that functioned like small, independent countries?

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polispolis

This religion was practiced in ancient Greece

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ZoroastrianismZoroastrianism

Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

How much would you like to wager?

The category is novelsThe category is novels

Who wrote the book Harry Potter?

J.K. Rowling