Geography
Location of the city-state of Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian Peninsula
Polytheism
What is the belief in many gods
Parthenon
What was the temple that was built in Athens for Athena
Democracy
What type of government was created in Athens, Greece?
Military society
What type of society was ancient Sparta?
Country north of Greece that was the home to Alexander the Great
What is Macedonia
Olympic Games
What were the games in Greece to honor Zeus
Acropolis
What was the fortress on top of a hill that was meant to protect Athens for attacks
Oligarchy
What type of government was in Sparta?
Education
What was the main focus of ancient Athens, Greece?
Large landmass located east of Greece
What is Asia Minor
Zeus
Who was the king of the Greek gods and the god the Olympic Games honor?
Iliad
What was the epic written by Homer that gives us insight into the life of the ancient Greeks and tells the story of the Trojan War?
polis
What is the city inside a Greek city-state called?
Persian Wars
What was the war fought between Greece and Persia?
Mountainous terrain and access to Mediterranean Sea contributed to role in maritime and trade
What was the result of Greece's mountainous terrain
Deities
What is another name of gods
Odyssey
What was the name of the epic that tells of the hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War?
Rule of Law
What is the idea that all people are treated equally under the law calle?
Peloponnesian War
What was the war fought between Athens and Sparta
Mountainous terrain did not give the Greeks enough farmland to grow crops for the growing population
Why did the Greeks create colonies
humanlike qualities
What type of qualities did the Greeks give their gods?
Hellenistic Culture
What was the name given to the diffusion of Greek culture by Alexander the Great?
Citizenship, civic participation and the rule of law
What are the basic concepts of the polis in the Greek city-states
Left the city-sates open to conquest by the Macedonians
What was a consequence of the Peloponnesian War