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Final Jeopardy

$100 Question from Geography & Early Greece

The early Greek city-states were profoundly shaped by these physical features

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Bays, Harbors, Mountains, valleys & sea coasts

$200 Question from Geography & Early Greece

Due to their separation Greek communities became fierce rivals, a fact that eventually led to what contest that was held in honor of Zeus every 4 years

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The Olympics

$300 Question from Geography & Early Greece

The oldest civilization in Greece was the Minoan society. They used the sea to trade & became skilled artists and architects. This would not have been possible if they were not located on the island of…..

$300 Answer from Geography & Early Greece

Crete

$400 Question from Geography & Early Greece

•This civilization followed the Minoans & reached their peak between 1400 and 1200 BCE

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Mycenaean

$500 Question from Geography & Early Greece

What has one of the most popular sports in Minoan Crete?

$500 Answer from Geography & Early Greece

Bull Jumping

$100 Question from Greek Dark Age

The _______ arose during the 8th century BCE and is the Greek word for city-state

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POLIS

$200 Question from Greek Dark Age

honor and courage of Greek heroes in battle was a typical theme for this writer whose stories took place during the Trojan War

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Homer

$300 Question from Greek Dark Age

These two stories were written by homer and are the basis for much of our knowledge of the Greek Dark Age

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•The Iliad and the Odyssey

$400 Question from Greek Dark Age

This battle formation typical of Greek city-states arose during this time period and put a special emphasis on discipline and team work

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•The Phalanx

$500 Question from Greek Dark Age

Why was the Greek Dark age considered dark?

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•It was a period of migrations and declining food production where we have little evidence of ‘civilized’ society

$100 Question from Sparta

•This group farmed the land as sharecroppers & had war declared on them every year.

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The Helots

$200 Question from Sparta

•Unlike the women of most other Greek cities, Spartan women were expected to

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Stay physically fit to bear healthy children

$300 Question from Sparta

•The Spartans made the army the center of their society because

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they feared an uprising by their helots

$400 Question from Sparta

• Who were the Perioikoi ?

$400 Answer from Sparta

The neighbors of the Spartans who were free inhabitants and required to pay taxes and perform military service but who were not citizens of Sparta were

$500 Question from Sparta

These reforms resulted in the establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta

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The Lycurguan Reforms

$100 Question from Athens

•Cleisthenes' constitution established the Athenian government as

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a democracy

$200 Question from Athens•Typical of Greek culture in the archaic age was ____________ written by the likes of Sappho and Hesiod

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Lyric Poetry

$300 Question from Athens

Following the revolt of Ionian Greeks in Asia Minor, which started the Persian War, Athenian Hoplites were able to defeat Persia at the Battle of __________

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Marathon

$400 Question from Athens

•This league was formed by Athens to drive the Persians from the Aegean Sea and Ionia

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The Delian League

$500 Question from Athens

What was the cause of the Peloponnesian war and what was the final outcome

$500 Answer from Athens

Cause –Sparta's fear of the power of Athens and its maritime empire

Effect - the defeat of Athens and the collapse of its empire

$100 Question fromOdds and Ends

Greek _________ was used to express political views as evidenced by the play Lysistrata which was written by Aristophanes

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Comedy

$200 Question from Odds and Ends

This philosopher believed that ‘the unexamined life was not worth living’ and was killed for ‘corrupting the Athenian youth’

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Socrates

$300 Question from Odds and Ends

in The Republic, this philosopher imagines a perfect society ruled by philosopher-kings

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PLATO

$400 Question from Odds and Ends

This building is considered the greatest example of classical Greek temple architecture

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The Parthenon

$500 Question from Odds and Ends

The Greek historian Thucydides differed from Herodotus in that the former

$500 Odds and Ends

was unconcerned with spiritual forces as a factor in history

Final Jeopardy

Final Jeopardy Answer

Who is Tolstoy?(The book is Kingdom of God)