The mountains in Greece contributed to therise of city-states because they
What is isolated communities from one another. Each city-state developed its own culture, traditions and form of government
100
The war between Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War
100
The leader during the golden Age of Athens who supported democracy and helped make Athens
What is Pericles
100
The mother of Persephone and the goddess of all plants
What is Demeter
100
Egypt is the gift of this river
What is the Nile
200
The fraction and percent of land in Greece that is good for growing crops
What are 1/5 and 20%
200
During this time, Athens grew rich from trade and made amazing achievements in arts, philosophy and literature
What is the Golden Age
200
He spread Greek culture as he made conquests in Persia, Egypt, and Southwest Asia
What is Alexander the Great
200
This god kidnapped Persephone and was king of the underword
What is Hades
200
The Babylonian King who created the first written code of laws
What is Hammurabi
300
The bodies of water that surround Greece
What are the Aegean Sea and the Meditteranean Sea
300
Two advances that were made in science during the Hellenistic period
What are the discovery that the earth was round and/or
the computation of the distance around the earth and/or
the invention of the pulley and the lever
300
The famous leader of the 300 Spartan warriors who died at a battle in a narrow pass
What is Leonidas
300
Hero of the Trojan War
What is Odysseus
300
The science of examining objects or clues about the life of early people
What is archeology
400
The ancient civilization that comes from the Greek word meaning "land between two rivers"
What is Mesopotamia
400
The famous battle between 300 Spartans and the Persian army was called
What is the battle of Thermopylae
400
Alexander the Great's tutor (or teacher)
What is Aristotle
400
If Greeks were not polytheistic, and believed instead in only one god, which one would it have been?
What is Zeus
400
Two reasons why Greece developed a major sea trade economy
What is
a. the country was very mountainous
b. they were on the Meditteranean Sea
500
The modern day AND ancient name of the country where Troy was located
What is Turkey and Asia Minor
500
The spread of Greek culture throughout Asia and Egypt was known as
What is Hellenism
500
He wrote two famous epic poems in Ancient Greece. Name the poet and the name of the two epic poems.
What is Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey
500
The twin brother of Artemis
What is Apollo
500
The Spartan type of government and the Athenian type of government and a basic explanation of each
What is an oligarchy and what is democracy
oligarchy: rule by a few: two kings and a council of elders
democracy: rule by many: men who were citizens over the age of 18