Geography
This sea surrounds much of Greece and helped trade and travel.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Greeks believed in many gods who lived on this mountain.
What is Mount Olympus?
This form of government began in Athens.
What is democracy?
Greece was made up of independent cities called these.
What are city-states?
Greeks often traded this liquid product made from olives.
What is olive oil?
Only these people could vote in Athens.
What are male citizens?
Greece’s land is full of these, making travel difficult.
What are mountains?
This king of the gods ruled the sky and thunder.
Who is Zeus?
This Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
This city-state focused on military strength.
What is Sparta?
Because of poor soil, Greeks relied heavily on this activity.
What is trade?
This group had few rights in Greek society.
What are women?
These islands are scattered throughout Greek waters.
What are the Aegean Islands?
This goddess was the protector of Athens.
Who is Athena?
This Greek wrote epic poems like the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
This group of citizens made decisions in Athenian democracy.
What is the assembly?
This common crop was used for food and trade in Greece.
What are olives (or grapes)?
These workers were owned by others and had no freedom.
What are slaves?
This city-state was known for its strong navy.
What is Athens?
Greeks told these traditional stories about gods and heroes.
What are myths?
The Greeks are known for developing this type of theater.
What is drama (tragedy and comedy)?
This type of government is ruled by a small group.
What is an oligarchy?
Greek merchants traded across this large body of water.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Spartan boys were trained for this role from a young age.
What are soldiers?
This narrow body of water separated Greece from Asia Minor.
What is the Aegean Sea (or a strait like the Hellespont)?
This famous temple in Athens was dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
This mathematician developed a famous theorem about triangles.
Who is Pythagoras?
These wars were fought between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
Colonies were established mainly for this economic reason.
What is access to resources and trade?
This group supported Spartan society but had limited rights.
What are helots?