PART B: Which TWO phrases from the text best support the answers to a. “This easy access to water meant that the Greek people might naturally become explorers and traders.” (Paragraph 2)

b. “The high mountains made it very difficult for people to travel or communicate. Therefore, each polis developed independently and, often, very differently from one another.” (Paragraph 3)

c. “The Athenians built thousands of temples and statues that embodied their understanding of beauty.” (Paragraph 5)

d. “Athenians also enjoyed a democratic form of government in which some of the people shared power.” (Paragraph 6)

e. “The result was a rigid lifestyle unlike any seen in Greece at the time. The devotion of Spartans to developing a military state left little time for the arts or literature.” (Paragraph 8)

f. “With war came famine, plague, death, and misfortune. But war cannot kill ideas.” (Paragraph 13)