Legendary Greece
Big Thinkers
War and Peace
The Land and Sea
Potpourri
100
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
100
Who were the three famous Greek philosophers in order.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
"SPA"
100
What Greek war hero was famously killed by an arrow through his heel?
Achilles
100
Home of the Greek Gods
Mt. Olympus
100
Who is the goddess of wisdom and battle strategy?
Athena
200
What is an epic?
A long poem/story about a hero and his journeys
200
Where were the three most famous Greek philosophers from?
Athens
200
Who did the Greek city-states uninfy together to defeat in a series of wars?
The Persians
200
Largest of the Greek islands and the home of the Minoans
Crete
200
What is an example of a city-state that is still around today?
Vatican City
300
What is this famous Greek landmark?
The Acropolis
(of Athens)
300
What were the later two Greek philosophers founders of?
Universities
300
How did the Greeks end up winning the Trojan War?
Odysseus came up with the idea to build a fake horse and gift it to them, they all hid in the horse and attacked at night
300
What percentage of Greece is covered in big mountains? How does it affect the country?
80%, makes it harder and more expensive to build and maintain cities and infrastructure (airports, highways, etc.), also harder to farm and produce food
300
What is the most important thing to the Modern Greek economy?
Tourism, it makes up 25% of the economy
400
What is the most important thing Ancient Athens contributed to the world?
Democracy
400
Did Plato believe in democracy? Who did he think should rule?
No, he thought only philosophers or "enlightened" people should rule
400
How were Greeks often able to win in foreign battles even with less soldiers?
They had better battle strategies and tactics
400
Peninsula where Greece is located
Balkan Peninsula
400
Define the following Greek prefixes:
Ex/Exo
Hyper
Hypo
Ex/Exo- Out/Outside
Hyper- Above
Hypo- Below
500
Who was the final hero of the Trojan War?
Odysseus
500
What did Aristotle think is the overall goal in life?
To be happy/
To find happiness
500
How many Spartans tried to fight off thousands of Persian warriors, even though they were greatly outnumbered?
300
500
Why were some city-states like Athens and Sparta able to grow and become more large and powerful than others?
They had more flat land to farm and build on, others had a lot of mountainous terrain
500
Did the Minoans have a writing system? If so, has it been dicyphered?
Yes they did but we can not read it