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| 7775514830 | Geography of Greece | Developed near Mediterranean and Black Sea.Sharp mountains,shallow rivers,and built on a peninsula | 0 | |
| 7775539542 | Population Size-Greece | 2-3 million | 1 | |
| 7775548718 | Population Size-Persia | 30-45 million | 2 | |
| 7775555813 | Democracy | A government which the citizens are the source of power in government,and the government is ruled by the people | 3 | |
| 7775579647 | Direct democracy | A type or government in which the citizens rule directly and not through representatives | 4 | |
| 7775612744 | Tyrant | Powerful individuals in Greek city-states who would appeal to the common people for support and would then rule the city-stated | 5 | |
| 7775643669 | Aristotle | A Greek philosopher who was the teacher of Alexander the Great and his knowledge was based on the observation of phenomena in the material world | 6 | |
| 7775704239 | Solon | A Greek reformer who pushed Greece to make political participation available to a wider group of people than aristocratic families | 7 | |
| 7775748773 | Athens | The capitol of Greece named after the God of Athena | 8 | |
| 7775763562 | Hellenistic Culture | The culture of Greece. This was spread by Alexander the Great in his conquest through Persia into India | 9 | |
| 7775791765 | Alexander the Great | A conquering Macedonian. Alexander the Great conquered the Greek city-states, unifying them together.He extended into Persia,fighting all the way to India.His battles spread Greek culture across the Middle East | 10 | |
| 7775856178 | Plato | A Greek philosopher whose knowledge is based on reason and who proposed an idela form of government | 11 | |
| 7775882919 | Polis | A Greek city-state | 12 | |
| 7775895857 | Sparta | A militarized Greek city-state that was constantly at war with Athens | 13 |