Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Famous People
Greek Culture
Events & Geography
100
The Greek word for "city-state."
What is a "polis"?
100
Greek word for "government by the people."
What is democracy?
100
Athens' most famous leader; founder of Athens' golden age.
Who is Pericles?
100
The largest and most powerful Greek polis.
What is Athens?
100
The tallest mountain in Greece.
What is Mount Olympus?
200
The Greek word for the "high city;" the fortified hill at the center of a polis.
What is the acropolis?
200
Means: an organized system of thought. Also means "a way of thinking about life."
What is philosophy?
200
The founder of philosophy, who was executed by hemlock poisoning?
Who is Socrates?
200
Zeus, Poseidon and Athena are examples of this.
Who are Greek gods & goddesses?
200
The Peloponnesian War was fought between these two lands.
What are Athens and Sparta?
300
The fclosed ighting formation used by ancient Greek soldiers.
What is a phalanx?
300
A drama in which the protagonist fails due to fate or a flaw.
What is a tragedy?
300
Author of the epic poems the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey."
Who is Homer?
300
This polis was not a democracy but rather had a strict military society.
What is Sparta?
300
The largest Greek island.
What is Crete?
400
Greek word for "rule by the few."
What is oligarchy?
400
A long story that tells the deeds of a great hero.
What is an epic poem?
400
Founders of the first Greek civilization.
Who are the Minoans?
400
Conquered peoples living under Spartan rule were called this.
What are helots?
400
Another term for Athens' Golden Age.
What is the Age of Pericles?
500
The banishing of a person from a city-state for ten years.
What is ostracism?
500
The use of questioning in order to teach a lesson.
What is Socratic Method?
500
Xerxes and Darius were kings of which enemy nation of the Greeks?
What is Persia?
500
Greeks received messages from their gods through these.
What are oracles?
500
One of the three seas that surround Greece. (pick one)
What are the: - Aegean Sea - Ionian Sea - Mediterranean Sea
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