Vocabulary
History
Geography
Government
Innovations
100
A piece of land with water surrounding it on three sides
What is a peninsula?
100
The first civilization in Ancient Greece
What is Minoan civilization?
100
This is the largest of the Greek islands (where the Minoans first lived)
What is Crete?
100
When the government or empire is ruled by 1 king
What is Monarchy?
100
Very important games that started in 776 BC as a religious festival in honor of Zeus, held in Olympia.
What are the Olympics?
200
A body of land surrounded by water on all sides
What is an island?
200
The battle where the Greeks defeated the Persians and Pheidippides ran 26 miles to Athens to announce the victory
What is the Battle of Marathon?
200
This is the sea to the south of Greece
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
The ancient Greek word for city-state
What is polis?
200
This innovation gave the right to vote to men in Athens
What is democracy?
300
A very important crop in Ancient Greece
What are olives?
300
He conquered Greece at the age of 26 and wanted to spread Greek culture all over the world
Who is Alexander the Great?
300
This is the mountain where the Ancient Greek gods were believed to live
What is Mount Olympus?
300
The two most powerful city-states in Ancient Greece
What is Athens and Sparta?
300
A plain and basic type of column used in Ancient Greece
What is a Doric style column?
400
The people´s power
What is a democracy?
400
This war lasted 27 years and was fought between Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
This sea is between Greece and Asia Minor where the Greek islands are located
What is the Aegean Sea?
400
This revolutionary idea started in Athens, where every man had a vote
What is Democracy?
400
A fancy column with very intricate leaves and carvings
What is a Corinthian style column?
500
This city-state was located on the Peloponnesus
What is Sparta?
500
This is the time where Athens was at its best, achieving excellence in architecture, philosophy and art.
What is the Classical Period?
500
This is the island where Sparta was located
What is Peloponnesus?
500
Also known as the Age of Pericles, where Athens was at its highest point with many philosophers, great architecture and culture
What is the Classical Period?
500
The 3 brothers who Ancient Greeks believed controlled the heavens, sea and the underworld
Who are Zeus, Poseidon and Hades?
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