GEOGRAPHY
These villages included Athens, Sparta, Corinth, and Thebes.
What are city-states?
He is the ruler of all gods and goddesses and controlled the heavens who has had many affairs.
Who is Zeus
This is a type of government where people rule and influence decisions. This form of government is still used today.
What is democracy?
This form of government allows citizens to have a direct role in governing themselves and electing their own representatives.
This philosopher was poisoned for not believing in the gods.
Who was Socrates?
This city-state hosted the ancient Olympics.
What is Olympia?
Who is Aphrodite
These physical games, originally played by naked men, still occur every four years.
What are the Olympics?
This form of government is ruled by a single person such as a king or a queen.
What is a monarchy?
This was the first actor to come out of the chorus.
Who was Thespis?
This sea, east of Greece, helped the Greeks travel.
What is the Aegean Sea?
She was the sister and wife of the ruler of all gods and goddesses, known for pretecing women and marriage.
Who is Hera?
This is a legacy based on entertainment and originally revolved around the god Dionysus.
What is theater?
These two Greek words mean people and rule.
Who was Solon?
This peninsula makes up the mainland of Greece.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
She was the moon and hunt goddess. She used her silver arrows to bring plague and death.
Who is Artemis?
These were the three most common topics explored by Socrates.
What is truth, beauty, and justice?
This form of government is ruled by a few rich and powerful citizens.
What is oligarchy?
He was a mathematician who wrote The Elements.
Who was Euclid?
These people occupied early Crete and were some of the first Greeks.
Who were the Minoans?
She is the goddess of the hearth, and every Greek city and family had a shrine dedicated to her.
Who is Hestia?
These famous Greek tales have influenced literature to this day and have been studied for thousands of years.
Bonus: This is an event that caused people to wear black, cut their hair short, and pay their respect
What are the Illiad and the Odyssey?
Bonus: What is a funeral?
This Athenian leader founded direct democracy.
Who was Pericles?
He was a blind poet who composed the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who was Homer?