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100

Identify the four main types of government found in ancient Greece.

monarchy

oligarchy

tyranny

democracy

100
He was executed by the government of Athens for offending the gods and corrupting the youth.
Who is Socrates?
100
This body of water lies east of the Greek mainland.
What is the Aegean Sea?
100
He was married to Hera.
Who is Zeus?
100
This rectangular structure would have been erected on the acropolis. It was here that Greeks honored their gods.
What is a temple?
200

How was Sparta's government "hybridized?"

It was a combination of monarchy and oligarchy with 2 kings and 5 ephors who advised the king.

200
This city state sent its young boys off to military camp at a very early age.
What is the Sparta?
200

This is the most significant land form of Greece.

What are mountains?

200
She was the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
200
He was the mentor of Plato.
Who is Socrates?
300

Provide at least 3 reasons why Athenian democracy was not so democratic.

only free men were citizens

citizenship itself was limited

Athenians were so fearful of tyranny that they could ostracize citizens they believed were trying to take power.

300
This was the form of government that Aristotle believed was the best.
What is oligarchy?
300
This farming method was used by Greeks because there was little flat land available for growing things.
What is terracing?
300
This goddess of wisdom was also in charge of the domestic arts and war. Her symbol was the owl.
Who is Athena?
300
He was the son of Darius and continued the Persian Wars.
Who is Xerxes?
400

This is the name for the group of men who advised the kings of Sparta.

What is "ephors."

400
This Athenian messenger ran 26 miles from the plain of Marathon to warn Athens to expect a Persian attack by sea.
Who is Pheidippides?
400
This city is on the Anatolian peninsula. You will need to know its location for the test.
What is Troy?
400
This god was born with a lame foot; this defect caused his mother to fling him from Mt. Olympus. He features largely in the myth of Pandora.
Who is Hephaestus?
400
This Greek word means "few." It is the root of one of the types of government common to ancient Greece.
What is "oligos"?
500
The type of government Athens had during the Peloponnesian War.
What is an oligarchy?
500
It was this historic battle where 300 Spartans held off a huge Persian force at a mountain pass.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
500
This is the name given to the 12 children of Gaia and Uranus; they were antecedents of the Olympians.
What is "the Titans"?
500
This god (NOT an Olympian) had strange appetites. He swallowed all his children as soon as they were born.
Who is Cronus?
500
These people served as intermediaries for the gods. Gods and goddesses often "spoke" through them. Perhaps the most famous of these was from Delphi.
What is an oracle?
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