Greece is located in Europe and was the site of one of the earliest civilizations. It is made up of islands and peninsulas surrounded by the Ionian and Aegean Seas. Athens is the capital city and the euro is the main currency. Some key events in Greek history include the emergence of the Greek alphabet around 800 BC and the first Olympic Games held in 776 BC with a single footrace.

1. Greece is part of the continent of ___________________. Greece was the first major civilization in __________________. The monetary unit of Greece today is the ____________________.

2. Greece is a series of _______________ and ____________________, making it difficult for people in ancient times to be unified. The two seas that surround Greece are the _________________ and ______________.

3. The capital of Greece and its largest city is ______________. The largest mountain is _______________. Two countries that border Greece are ______________ and _______________.

4. The Greek flag is _______________ and white. The white stripes represent _____________________. The blue represents the ____________________.

5. The Greek ________________ emerged around 800 BC. The Greeks got their alphabet from the __________________. The Greek alphabet has _______ symbols. It was the first to include both ______________ and ________________.

6. During the bronze age, the earliest greek civilization, the _______________ lived on the island of ____________. They were named after their king, King __________. The Minoans built a huge palace at Knosses, under which the legendary _____________ was believed to live.

7. During the classic period, also called the _____________ Age of Greece, the Greek people were the major power in the _______________ Sea. _______________, ________________ and ________________ were three philosophers from Greece. ________________ invented geometry. The Greeks are probably best know for their political system, the very first __________________ government.

8. The Greeks held the first _____________________ in 776 B.C. There was only one event, the ________________, called the strade. The Greeks dedicated the games to their god __________. Each game began with the lighting of the __________________, which symbolized the death and rebirth of _______________

9. The Greek gods were all related and ruled after overthrowing the ________________. The twelve most powerful greek gods were the ___________________. The supreme ruler was ________________. These gods lived on ______________________.

10. The greeks lived in isolated ________________________ and were often quarreling with each other. _______________was a city-state that had a very militaristic society. The Greek conqueror, ______________________ set out to unify the world, taking his army all over the globe.

11. According to legend, Rome was named after ________________, who ruled Rome for ____________ years. He murdered his twin ____________ because he ____________ him. Their father was ______________. Rome was built on _____________ hills.

12. Before the Roman Republic, the ____________ ruled Rome. The Roman Republic was established around __________ BC. The Roman Republic ended with the reign of ____________________, the emperor at the time of the birth of Christ.

13. The ruling class in Rome was called the ________________. The commoners were called _________________. Roman law was written on ______________ tablets. A dictator could only hold power for __________ months under Roman law. _____________ was murdered by the Senate because they feared his power and popularity.

14. All _______________ could vote and become consuls. The people who made laws in the Roman Republic were the ____________________.

15. The uprising by the Roman slave ___________ lasted for three years. Spartacus was trained to be a ________________. _____________ finally defeated Spartacus. The _____________ were used to symbolize Rome's power and jurisdiction. 6000 of Spartacus' men were ____________ by Crassus.

16. The Roman emperor ____________ was born in Spain. He was adopted by the emperor ________________. He was able to ______________the territory of Rome the farthest. After Trajan ______________ became emperor.

17. Hadrian was part of the group of five emperors called the _______ emperors. ________________ was 80 miles coast to coast across ________________. Hadrian built the ______________ to honor all the gods.

18. After Rome fell, Europe entered into the period of times called the _________________ Ages or the ________________ Period. Europeans lived on large _______________ estates. Each manor was ruled by a ____________. The people who lived and worked the land were called ______________. The one unifying force in Europe was the ___________ church. For this reason, Europe was sometimes called ______________.

19. In 1095, the ____________ ordered christians to go to the east and recapture the ________________ from the _______________. These series of wars were called the _______________. As a result of this travel, Europeans began to trade again. A new middle class formed, called ________________. Many _____________ grew larger in Europe as merchants and middle class people moved into them. The invention of the _____________ in Germany helped the spread of ideas.

20. The Enlightenment took place in the _____________ and _____________ centuries. Another name for the Enlightenment was the Age of _____________.

21. The Greek Astronomer ________________ theorized that the ___________ was the center of the universe. This is called ___________________________ _____________ challenged this idea with his theory of ________________.

22. The Italian astronomer, ______________ built a telescope with magnification of 20. He was _________________ by the catholic church for his ideas. The year Galileo died was the same year that ______________ was born, the father of modern physics.

23. Newton's ___________ laws of motion make up the fundamental principles of modern physics. The first law states that ___________________ The second law states that ____________________ The Third law states that ______________________. The fact that I can lean against the wall without falling is explained by Newton's ______________ law.

24. French thinkers, called ______________ spread ideas about society and government. Thomas Hobbes, from _____________, thought that people need _____________ government because they were ________________. ________________ believed that government should be divided into three branches. This concept is called __________________.

25. ______________ believed in a social contract between people and government. He also believed there were ________________ of ____________, ______________ and _______________. Trenchard and Gordon wrote ____________, which were read in the colonies. They promoted the idea that people have a ____________ to rebel against government that is unfair or too powerful. Russeau believed that people were basically ___________ and the best government would be a ______________.