Government
A ruler who takes power by force is known as a ____________.
Tyrant
What famous Greek poet wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad?
Homer
Who was the God of earthquakes and the ocean?
Poseidon
Greece's land is made up of mostly which landform?
Mountains
Who was the goddess of love?
Aphrodite
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves is known as _____________.
Democracy
Which Greek philosopher was sentenced to death for "corrupting the youth"?
Socrates
What was the temple built under Pericles rule to honor the patron/protector and goddess of Athens, Athena called?
The Parthenon
What is the high, rocky hill where early Greek people built cities known as?
Acropolis
A type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character is known as ______________.
a Tragedy
A payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one is called a __________.
Tribute
When was the first recorded Olympic Games?
776 B.C.
Who were the king and queen of the gods?
Zeus and Hera
An area of land nearly surrounded completely by water on three sides is known as a ______________.
Peninsula
What was the time period after the Trojan War where the people of Greece became isolated and struggled to survive?
The Dark Ages
The Athenian leader who thrived during the Golden Age and played a major role in the development of democracy and the Athenian Empire.
Pericles
Which philosopher founded his own school, the Lyceum?
Aristotle
What are oracles?
Sacred sites where it was believed the gods spoke.
Why was it hard to farm and travel in Greece?
There were rocky shores and rugged mountains everywhere.
Which Greek civilization lived during the Bronze Age on the island of Crete?
The Minoans
Which city-state had the largest, most powerful democracy?
Athens
In The Republic, Plato wrote that society should be made up of three groups. What are those three (3) groups?
Soldiers, workers, and philosoper-rulers
The Greeks believed that the most powerful gods formed a family called the _________.
Olympians
How did the growth of wealth through trade contribute to the spread of new ideas in Greece?
Trade brought citizens of Greece in contact with ideas from other places.
How did the Greeks use the Trojan Horse to conquer Troy?
They hid inside a wooden horse that was supposed to be a gift of peace and jumped out once inside the city to burn and loot Troy.