Greek Gods
Geography
Vocabulary
Military
Famous Greeks
100
He is the chief god
Who is Zeus
100
Greece is located on this continent
What is Europe
100
A narrow piece of land that juts out from the mainland into water
What is peninsula
100
It's the name for Greek soldiers
What is hoplites
100
He was a Greek mathematician and is known as the Father of Geometry
Who is Euclid
200
He is the god of the sea
Who is Poseidon
200
It's the largest island in Greece
What is Crete
200
It's a city-state or community of people with common identities and goals
What is a polis
200
The battle formation used by the Greeks
What is phalanx
200
The blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer
300
God of the underworld
Who is Hades
300
They were the first settlers in Greece
Who are the Minoans
300
A type of government where people vote
What is a democracy
300
Where the 300 Spartans made their last stand against the Persians
What is Thermopylae
300
Philosopher who was found guilty and committed suicide
Who is Socrates
400
God married to Zeus
Who is Hera
400
Greece has this many islands
What is over 6,000
400
Government ruled by the few
What is an oligarchy
400
The military man from Macedonia who conquered the Persian Empire
Who is Alexander the Great
400
He wrote the Republic and is known as the greatest philosopher of western civilization
Who is Plato
500
The goddess of beauty, love, and fertility
Who is Aphrodite
500
Name two of the three seas that surround Greece
What is the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian Sea
500
It was a refuge on the top of a hill used for protection in war and religious temples
What is the acropolis
500
It's a Greek invention that could throw stones in battle
What is a catapult
500
He wrote over 123 plays including Oedipus Rex
Who is Sophocles
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