Geography
A fortified hilltop at the center of a Greek city-state
What is the acropolis?
The temple built for the goddess of wisdom and in what is the name of the city state where it is located
What is the Parthenon and who was Athena? Where is Athens?
The king of all gods and what he is seen holding
Who was Zeus and what is a thunderbolt?
The form of government in which the power is in the hands of the people
What is a democracy?
Athletic contests held every four years to honor their gods and when did they start and what they wore when they competed and why
What were the Olympics that started in 732 BC and competed naked because athletes would not be restricted by a loincloth?
Three Greek Philosophers
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
This is the ocean near Greece on the Athens side
What is the Aegean Sea?
Something you can see on our government buildings that come in 3 styles
What are Greek Columns?
This is what Jason (from Jason and the Argonauts) was trying to get. These were they flying creatures. This is the guy with one eye and this is the six headed dragon
What is the Golden Fleece? What are the Harpies? Who was Cyclops, and what is a hydra?
A government ruled by. a few
What is an oligarchy?
This creature is half this and half that and this is where he lives
Who was the Minotaur and what is a labyrinth? Half man and half bull
This person had an arrow shot through his ankle and this is why we call the part of the body this
Who was Achilles and what is an Achilles tendon?
This is how many islands are around Greece
What is 6,000?
There is a replica building of this Greek temple in this town in America and this is why it was built.
What is the Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee? What is the World Fair?
This is the story of a gift to the Troy and this is the name of the beautiful woman in the story. This is why they gave them the horse.
What was the Trojan war, who was Helen of Troy and what was a secret way to smuggle soldiers into their city?
This was more important in Athens and this was more important in Sparta
This was a form of entertainment in Ancient Greece, where it took place, who took part in it and what they wore.
What is Greek Drama performed in a amphitheater with men performers and what are masks?
This author wrote two famous works and one of them tells the story of Odysseus
Who was Homer and what is the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Because Greece is surrounded by water - these would be good jobs to have
What is shipping, fishing, and trading?
This is how difficult it was to build the Parthenon and where they got the materials
What is hauling marble for miles and working the stone by hand
Six Greek gods / goddesses
Who were Athena, Hermes, Hephastis, Posiedon, Apollo, Aphrodite, Dionysus etc.
This is what girls did in Athens and this is what girls did in Sparta
What is staying home and being educated by their mothers in Athens and what is training to be tough to bear more children to become warriors in Sparta?
The Ancient Greeks have impacted our lives in what areas even today.
Sports, math, art, architecture, government, philosophy, and science.
This guy was the brother to Cleopatra, became king at this age, this the country he was king of, and was known as history's greatest ________ _______
Who was Alexander the Great? What is age 20? Where is Macedonia and what is the greatest military mind?
The island that lies south of Greece and the name of the king who had a palace there. What were the people who lived there called named for the king?
What is the Island of Crete and who was King Minos and who were the Minoans?
The three styles of Greek Columns? Describe what each one looks like.
What are Ionic, Doric, and Corinthian? Doric is plain, Ionic has two scrolls at the top and Corinthian is a plant
The king of the gods was the son of whom? The god of the sea was which god and what did he carry and Hephestas was the god of what?
Zeus was the son of Cronus, Poseidon was the god of the sea with a trident, and Hephestas was the god of the forge
Spartas economy was like this because of its inland location. Athens economy was like this as they interacted with others
What is farming in Sparta and trading with others in Athens?
This statue used to be in this building. This is how tall it was and what it was made of.
What is the statue of Athena which stood in the Parthenon? What is 40 feet tall made of gold and ivory?
This is an art form from Ancient Greece which were useful. These are the colors we see. This is how we know so much about Ancient Greece by looking at these and this is why so many have been preserved.
What is a Greek Vase used for pitchers and household needs. What is black and red? What are scenes of everyday life and what is being buried in graves?