Geography
This type of land is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
This was the Greek word for a city-state.
What is a polis?
True or False: Slaves in Ancient Greece were paid.
False.
This was the famous temple in Athens.
What is the Parthenon?
According to Greek mythology, these gods and goddesses lived on this mountain.
What is Mount Olympus?
Name two seas surrounding Greece.
What is the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, or Mediterranean Sea?
This was the marketplace inside a Greek city-state.
What is an agora?
This type of government was ruled by a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
Who won the Peloponesian War?
Sparta
He was the King of the Greek gods.
Who is Zeus?
Why were many Greek communities separated from one another?
Mountains and seas/islands made travel and communication difficult.
A polis built on high ground is called:
What is an acropolis?
This type of government was ruled by a few wealthy or powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
Give one fact you know about Greek theater.
tragedy is sad, comedy is funny, satire is making foun of someone or an event. Only men acted. They wore masks.
She was the goddess of wisdom.
Who is Athena?
This famous ruler from Macedonia conquered a huge empire and helped spread Greek culture.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Name 2 goods traded outside of Greece
wheat, textiles, metals, egyptian Slaves, papyrus, spices
This type of government allowed people to vote.
What is democracy?
This city-state invented democracy.
What is Athens?
Name three sports from the Ancient Olympic Games.
Discus, running, boxing, long jump, javelin, equestrian, wrestling, pankration
Name a reason for the fall of Greece.
Wars weaked the city-states. City-states began to fight eachother. The Roman Empire conquered Greece.
Name two goods traded between Greek city-states.
Wine, oil, honey, tools, olives, cheese, famous pottery, meat
This type of government had a cruel ruler with total power.
What is tyranny?
Give one difference between life in Athens and life in Sparta.
Athens was associated with democracy and a strong navy, while Sparta focused heavily on military life. *Answers Vary
Name 3 brands named based on Greek Mythology.
Dove, Nike, Starbucks, Hermes, Ajax, Pandora, Maserati, Versace