Ancient Greece Vocabulary

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A Greek city-state is called a

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polis

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A group of expert shipbuilders that settled on the island of Crete

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Minoans

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The first Greeks who established colonies and built fortresses throughout Greece

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Mycenaeans

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Alexander the Great spread Hellenistic culture, meaning

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Greek-like culture

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Greeks fought in a formation called a "phalanx," meaning a formation like a

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square

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The Olympics started in ancient Greece as a sporting competition to honor Zeus

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true

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This high hill was an important part of every Greek city, and was called the

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Acropolis

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An agreement formed between groups to work together is a(n)

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alliance

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The war between Athens and Sparta that Sparta won, but led to the downfall of both

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Peloponnesian War