Classical Greece

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Greece was surrounded by water on 3 sides. What is this landform called?

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a peninsula

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What effect did the geography of Greece have on its early development?

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75 % of Greece was covered by mountains, which led to independent city-states (called polis)

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Why was Ancient Greece made up of separate city states (polis)?

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Mountains made unification difficult

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In a comparison of the ancient cities of Athens and Sparta, Sparta placed more emphasis on ___.

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military service

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What happened in Athens during the “Golden Age” of Pericles?

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Politics and architecture, monuments, art, philosophy, and literature flourished in the city as it became the center of Greek culture.

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Who came up with the formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle?

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Pythagoras