A World History Vocabulary Quiz!
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Tyrant
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A long narrative poem celebrating legends and heroes
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A powerful individual who gains power from appealing to poor people
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A critic of of the Sophists
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A lover of wisdom
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Chapter 5
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Tragedy
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A serious drama about crude things
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The art of ancient Greece and Rome
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Scenes filled with crude humor
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An ancient kingdom
Correct Answer
A. A serious drama about crude things -
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Classical Art
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The art of ancient Rome and Greece
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A serious drama about common things
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Scenes filled with crude humor
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A long narrative celebrating legends and heroes
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A. The art of ancient Rome and Greece -
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Myths
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Traditional stories about gods
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A long narrative poem celebrating legends and heroes
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A series of wars in the 5th Century B.C.
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The art of ancient Greece and Rome
Correct Answer
A. Traditional stories about gods -
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Phalanx
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A military formation of foot soldiers
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A blind man known as the greatest storyteller
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A student of Socrates
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A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world
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A. A military formation of foot soldiers -
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Polis
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A peasent bound to the land
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A military formation of foot soldiers
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Traditional stories about gods
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A Greek city-state
Correct Answer
A. A Greek city-state -
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Homer
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The King of Macedonia
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A student of Socrates
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A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world
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A blind man known as the greatest storyteller
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A. A blind man known as the greatest storyteller -
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Acropolis
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A Greek city-state
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A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city
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A government controlled by its citizens
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A government ruled by a few powerful people
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A. A fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city -
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Philosophers
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A lover of wisdom
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A critic of the Sophists
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A serious drama about common things
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A war in which Athens was defeated by the Spartans
Correct Answer
A. A lover of wisdom -
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Peloponnesiann War
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A war in which the Athens were defeated by the Spatans
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A war in which an army led by the Mycenaean kings attacked the independent city of Troy
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A series of wars in the 5th century B.C.
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Traditional stories about gods
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A. A war in which the Athens were defeated by the Spatans -
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Direct Democracy
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A government in the hands of a single person
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A government ruled directly by its citizens
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A government ruled by a few powerful people
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A government ruled by its citizens through resentatives
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A. A government ruled directly by its citizens -
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Hellenistic
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A highly regarded mathmatician
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The bronze statue that stood more than 100 feet high
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A blend of Egyptian, Indian, and Pesian culture
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Rulers who appealed to poor people
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A. A blend of Egyptian, Indian, and Pesian culture -
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Helot
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A series of wars in 5th century B.C.
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A military formation of foot soldiers
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A peasent bound to the land
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An Indo-European person who settled on the Greek mainland
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A. A peasent bound to the land -
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Aristocracy
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A government ruled by a few powerful people
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A government ruled by one person
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Foreign soldiers who fought for money
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A government in which power is in the hands of heredity
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A. A government in which power is in the hands of heredity -
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Socrates
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A philosopher who questioned the nature of the world
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The king of Macedonia
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A blind man known as the greatest storyteller
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A critic of the Sophists
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A. A critic of the Sophists -
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