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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 true | Greece is 80% mountains. TF |
| true | Greeks used the seas to trade.TF |
| false | The Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Red sea played an important part in Greek trading. TF |
| religious ceremonies | The Greeks' sports competitions were a typical part of? |
| Mycenaeans | Which group established the first Greek civilizations? |
| Thermopylae | In what battle against the Persians did 300 Spartans fight for two days until all had been killed? |
| democracy, monarchy, and oligarchy | The government of Sparta was part... |
| true | Greece is a peninsula. TF |
| false | Less than half the Greeks were farmers and herders. TF |
| true | Greece lacked natural resources and metals. TF |
| false | Greeks didn't have stones for building. TF |
| true | Greeks believed that their gods controlled the human and natural worlds. TF |
| true | Greeks held festivals and games to honor their gods. TF |
| false | Greek gods looked like humans and were more powerful and beautiful but they lacked human emotions and feelings. TF |
| humans and the world | Greek myths explained the creations of what? |
| true | Myths often begin as oral stories-- they are later written down. TF |
| false | Greeks used statues, temples, and dances to honor their gods. TF |
| false | The Olympics were created to honor Mount Olympus. TF |
| true | Oldest Olympic records date to 776 B.C., but may have started earlier. TF |
| true | Races, wrestling, jumping, throwing tested soldiersʼ skills. TF |
| false | Girls competed to honor the Greek goddess Demeter. TF |
| true | Athens is known as the "birthplace of democracy". TF |
| false | Greek city states were large--more than 200,000 people. TF |
| agora | What was the center of life in a Greek city-state? |
| acropolis | Many cities had a fortified hilltop used for military at first, but later had temples, palaces, called _____. |
| acropolis | "highest city" |
| true | In oligarchy, people ruled because of wealth and land, not birth. TF |
| false | Tyrants helped overthrow monarchy and united people. TF |
| false | The city-states of Greece depended on each other. TF |
| true | Sparta was all about being strong. TF |
| true | Athens main rival was Sparta. TF |
| Council of Four Hundred | What council ran daily life? |
| Assembly | Which council voted on policies? |
| true | Persia conquered Anatolia in the 500s BC. TF |
| false | Athenians had a indirect democracy. TF |
| true | Spartan slaves had to work on fields and give half their crops to Sparta. TF |
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