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Social Review for Chapter 5
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Ancient Greece consisted of what 3 areas?
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1. mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea.
2. 2,000 islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas.
3. Lands on the eastern edge of the Aegean were also part of ancient Greece.
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Ancient Greece consisted of what 3 areas?
1. mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea.
2. 2,000 islands in the Aegean and Ionian seas.
3. Lands on the eastern edge of the Aegean were also part of ancient Greece.
List the 3 physical geographic features that shape Greek traditions and customs.
1. The Sea
2. The land
3. The climate
An Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
Mycenaeans
Homer was the greatest Greek storyteller and was a blind man. The Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
a long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes
Epics
a traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society
Myths
a Greek city-state—the fundamental political unit of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C
Polis
A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
Acropolis
Who were the two most powerful city-states in ancient Greece?
Athens and Sparta
Give 2 major differences between Sparta and Athens?
-Sparta and Athens
-Sparta had the most powerful military in ancient grease.
-Sparta had a oligarchy
-Athens had a better education system.
-Athens had a democracy
