Ancient Greece Review

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What was a unified formation of Greek soldiers called?

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Phalanx

Front

A Government by the people

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Democracy

Front

A Government with the power in the hands of a few wealthy people.

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Oligarchy

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Greece is a peninsula which means

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land surrounded by water on three sides

Front

What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula? Options: rocky and mountainous, flat, desert, rolling plains

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rocky and mountainous

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What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?

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Mycenaeans

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A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.

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Sparta

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A city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education. (Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)

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Athens

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Greek word for city

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polis

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What is Greece's hilly terrain (land) good for?

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growing grapes and olives