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1
Q

the person who changed the number of people in _______ from 400 to 500 and divided the whole _______ into 139 small areas which are in 30 ______ and 30 ______ are in 10______ . and 50 people in the ______ are from each ______

A

Cleisthenes,parliament,Attiki,trittyes,trittyes,Phylia,parliament,Phylia

2
Q

The person who cancelled the ____ parliament and allowed people in low class to become the people in power without the limit of money. He gave the people who were active in ______ and _____ life _______ to encourage them take part of more activities. And made the parliament most powerful organization in the country.

A

Noble,politics,civic,allowance

3
Q

the difference between American Democracy and Athenian democracy.

A

In Athens only male citizen over 20 years old can vote but in America any citizen over 18 years old can vote.

Athens gives the people who were active in politics and civic life allowance to encourage them take part of more activities, but America doesn’t

4
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the Similarities between American democracy and Athenian democracy.

A

Both power house and the leader of America and Athens can be changed by voting.

Both have a leader but he or she can not change anything alone, he or she has to ask for permission from people and the parliament

5
Q

In the first Persian war Athenians beat the Persian at the battle of _____ and _________ ran back to Athens to tell the victory.

A

marathon,Pheidippides

6
Q

In the second Persian war The king of sparta ______ who led 300 Spartan soilders, 400 _____ soilders and about 6000 unitied greek soilders to stop the Persian army at __________ for three days, which won a lot of time for the Athens to prepare.

A

Leonidas,Thebes,Thermopylae

7
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Athens enticed the Persian into the ______ bay and attacked them then destroyed the Persian navy with _____

A

Salamis,triremes

8
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Later spartan army united with all the army on Peloponnese and won the Battle of _______

A

Plataea

9
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Result of the Persian war: firm their power in the __________ area and made all the city-states safe. Help Athens to develop their democracy.

A

Mediterranean

10
Q

_____ Contract brought a short peace to both sides

A

Nicias’s

11
Q

the man who got the value of pi

A

Archimedes

12
Q

the man who wrote the elements

A

Euclid

13
Q

the man who calculate the circumference of earth is between 28000 and 29000 mile

A

Aristarchus

14
Q

who developed the thinking of staying normal, staying happy, being away from power which is ____

A

Zeno, stoicism

15
Q

The person who developed the thinking to be happy to enjoy your life which is _______

A

Epicurus,Epicureanism

16
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the bronze statue over 100 feet high

A

Colossus of Rhodes