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10643814478PolisGreek name for city-state0
10643814480What were Spartan woman taught?Reading and Writing1
10643814481Who had no voice in the government?Foreigners, slaves and woman.2
10643814482Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?Athens vs. Sparta3
10643814483Who won the Peloponnesian War and how?The Spartans forced the Athens to surrender.4
10643814484Greek society- Explain woman in the society?Woman could not own land property but could operate small businesses.5
10643814485What was the only public position for woman?Priests.6
10643814490What did Socrates encourage?reflection on questions of ethics and morality.7
10643814491Why was he condemned to death and charged with?Corrupting Athenian youths.8
10643814492Who was Plato?A zealous disciple of Socrates.9
10643814493Who was Aristotle?Plato's student.10
10643814494What did Aristotle do?devised rules of logic to construct powerful arguments.11
10643814496What did Greek mathematician Pythagoras do?Developed a formula to calculate the relationship between the sides of a right triangle.12
10643814497What book did Euclid write?The Elements13
10643814498What is 'The Elements'?the basis for modern geometry14
10643814499What did Eratosthenes discover?That the Earth was round.15
10643814500What did Eratosthenes accurately calculate?The circumference of the Earth16
10643814501What did Greek Astronomer, Aristarchus, discover about the earth?Earth is rotated on an axis & revolted around the sun.17
10643814502What did Hippocrates study?causes of illness and experimented with various cures.18
10643814506HadesGod of the Underworld19
10643814507HeliosGod of the Sun20
10643814509PoseidonGod of the Sea21
10643814510ZeusKing of Gods22
10643814512Which river was the kingdom of Rome located on?Tiber River23
10643814513The river made it easier to ...travel to and from the sea.24
10643814514What do the seven hills that surround Rome do?make it harder for invaders to approach the city and served as lookout areas for the romans.25
10643814515The PatriciansNoble families of Rome26
10643814516The PlebeiansMerchants, Farmers, and Artisans of Rome27
10643814517Describe the Plebeian's rights.They were aloud to vote but not allowed in the senate.28
10643814518Where did the senate meet?In the Forum.29
10643814519How many wars did the Romans fight against Carthage?Three30
10643814520What were the names of the wars and why?The Punic because Punic was the Roman name for Carthage.31
10643814521What was the first Punic war fought over?Fought over Sicily.32
10643814522Who won the first Punic War and how?The Romans won the war & forced the Carthage to give up Sicily.33
10643814523Who did the Roman defeat in the second war?Hannibal in Africa.34
10643814524Pax Roman meansRoman Peace35
10643814525JupiterKing of the Gods36
10643814526Neptunelord of the seas.37

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