What are the two most common city states?
Athens and Sparta
What was the name of the man from Macedonia whose father conquered Greece?
Alexander the Great
What is the name of the sea to the east of Greece?
Aegean Sea
What is the name of the island south of Sparta?
Crete
What is a large hill in the center of the city state called?
Acropolis
What is a time when there was peace and prosperity called?
Golden Age
Mountainous land made Greek city-states (especially Athens and Sparta) develop very different cultures.
Isolation
Where were Olympic games held?
Olympia.
Since Greece is surrounded by water on three sides it is considered a ______.
Peninsula
How many types of governments were there in Ancient Greece?
Four (4).
The vocabulary word meaning separated.
Isolated.
What does monarchy mean?
A government run by kings and queens.
The greeks believed in many gods, what is the vocabulary word for that?
Polytheism.
If a father died in battle, what was his son given?
His sword.
This city state was focused on the arts and education as opposed to the war.
Athens.
Why did parents want sons rather than daughters?
Sons could join the army, get an education, participate in the Olympics, hold a job and girls could not.
Who are three popular gods?
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades. *answers will vary
Did girls have more freedoms in Athens or Sparta? Support your answer with one sentence.
*answers will vary
Who won the Peloponnesian wars?
Sparta.
The greek gods and goddesses lived here.
Mount Olympus.
What were the four types of governments in Ancient Greece?
Monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy.
The ancient Greek Olympics were held to please this god.
Zeus.
South.
Age 7.
How were dead soldiers brought home?
On their shields.