Greece Chapter 7

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Almost 75% of the Greek mainland is covered by

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mountains

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Rocky soil makes large scale farming difficult, but Greece is well known for the crops of

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grapes and olives

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The mountains made it difficult for the Greeks to communicate so instead of forming a civilization under one government, the Greek formed

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city-states

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During the _____ _______ people did not build cities; make art, music, or literature; trade stopped; writing was forgotten; poverty increased.

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The Dark Ages

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In the 700s BC, oral poetry that had been passed down through the generations during the Dark Age was compiled into Homer's _______ and _______.

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The Illiad and The Odyssey

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A city-state is an independent city with its own _____________ and economic system.

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government

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Each city state had a market place which was called an ____________.

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agora

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City-states had an ___________ or fortified hill at the center of the city. It had a temple on top of it.

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acropolis

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The Greeks were ____________ and worshipped multiple gods.

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polytheistic

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The the Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses lived on the highest mountain on the Greek mainland which was _____________.

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Mount Olympus