Geography
Government
War
Culture
Mythology
100
This land form is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
This is a city that also is an independent state.
What is a city-state?
100
What ancient Greek city-state was best known for being a powerful war machine?
What is Sparta?
100
This was a sacred site where it was believed that the gods spoke.
What was an oracle?
100
The name of this ancient Greek sun god is also the name of an historic theater in New York City's Harlem neighborhood.
What is Apollo?
200
In addition to its peninsulas, Greece has thousands of these, which are surrounded by water.
What are islands?
200
These are members of the rich and powerful families.
What are aristocrats?
200
What battle was the turning point in the Persian Wars?
What is the Battle of Marathon?
200
This type of play usually ends in disaster for the main character.
What is a tragedy?
200
The ancient Greek gods lived on this mountain.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
Greece is part of this continent.
What is Europe?
300
This is a ruler who seized power by force.
What is a tyrant?
300
After the Persian Wars, Athens and its allied city-states began this alliance.
What is the Delian League?
300
This marketplace in Athens is where the men discussed politics, philosophy and the events of the day.
What is the agora?
300
This is the ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
400
Greece can be found on this sea that reaches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Middle East.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
This type of government is ruled by a small group of people who have all of the power.
What is an oligarchy?
400
Cyrus was the ruler of this ancient nation that went to war with the ancient Greek city-states.
What is Persia?
400
These games began in ancient Greece and continue in the modern world every four years in the summer and the winter.
What are the Olympics?
400
This is the ancient Greek god of the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
500
This is the capital city of modern Greece.
What is Athens?
500
In what ancient Greek city-state was democracy most fully expressed?
What is Athens.
500
This son of King Philip of Macedonia ruled over a powerful Greek empire until his death in 323 B.C.
Who was Alexander the Great?
500
Plato, Aristotle and Socrates studied this subject, which means a system of beliefs and values.
What is philosophy?
500
The Trojan Wars were fought between the ancient Greeks and what ancient nation?
What is Troy?
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