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greek study guide
social studies
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| in "the hare and the tortoise"the hare loses the race because? | the hare took a nap. |
| according to tradition ,the illiad and the odyssey were composed by ? | homer |
| the ancient greeks honored their gods by? | holding festivals |
| according to greek myth, prometheus gave humans ? | fire |
| the illiadis an example of a ? | epic poem |
| a short story, usually involves animals ,that teaches a moral lesson is a ? | fable |
| the games held every 4 years at a festivial to honor zeus were called ? | the olymipics |
| stories that portray greek gods and goddesses are called ? | myths |
| the greeks believed that gods lived on? | mount olympus |
| the ruler of the greek gods was called ? | zeus |
| women, slaves,and people who moved to athens could not ? | take past into government |
| the council of 500 was made up of ? | 500 cities chosen at random |
| when someone was ostracized,they had to ? | leave for 10 years |
| a government in which a majority of citizens make the decision is an ? | democracy |
| the only greeks who had the right to take part in ruling in a city-state were ? | cities |
| solon prevented a revolt by making a law that no citizen could ? | be enslaved for debt |
| someone who took power in an illegal way was a ? | tyrant |
| a government ruled by a few people is an ? | oligarchy |
| the uppper class in greece was called the ? | aristocracy |
| in greek,the word for city-states was called ? | Polis |
| a body of land with water on three sides is an ? | peninsula |
| greece is a peninsula that has a southern peninsula called ? | pelopanisis |
| a narrow strip of land between two bodiesof water is a ? | isthmus |
| the greeks used a system of writing developed be the ? | phoenician |
| system of writing that uses symbols to stand for sounds is called an ? | alphabet |
| the main products the greeks traded for were grain,timber,animal hydes and ? | slaves |
| the first greek civilizations was called | mycennean civilizations |
| in greece,mountains cover about ? | 75% (percent)of the land |
| because of their location ,the ancient greeks became skilled ? | sailors |
| in order to get more farmland the greeks? | founded colonies in other regions |
| an army of 300 spartans guarded a narrow pass at ? | thermopyla |
| women in sparta were expected to be ? | emotionally and physically tough |
| to defeat persia ,athens worked together with ? | sparta |
| an athens education was desighned to prepare boys to become good ? | citizens |
| the modern long-distance race named after a city in greece that played an importaint role in persian wars is called an ? | marathon |
| sparta focused on building a strong army because it feared a revolt by the ? | helots |
| spartans conquered neighboring areas and forced its residents to become ? | slaves |
| athens main rival was the city-state of | sparta |
| a direct democracy was used to govern the greek city-state of ? | athens |
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