Ancient Greece Geography
It is a body of land almost completely surrounded by water.
What is a peninsula?
This open space was the political and commercial center of Greek cities.
What is an agora?
The easiest form of travel in Ancient Greece.
What is by boat?
He was a blind poet who wrote war and adventure stories.
What was homer?
He began the Greek Empire.
Who is Alexander?
It is the largest Greek island.
What is Crete?
It is the kind of government run by a small group of wealthy and powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
This is where people went in Ancient Greece when their cities were being attacked.
What is an acropolis?
In ancient Athens it was the search for wisdom and the right way to live.
What is philosophy?
The birth place of Alexander.
What is Macedonia?
It is a sheltered place along a coast.
What is a harbor?
It is the kind of government run by a single ruler.
What is a monarchy?
These ancient games were brought back in modern times.
What are the Olympic Games?
He was worshiped as the most powerful of the Greek gods.
Who was Zeus?
This was the city in Egypt named after Alexander.
What is Alexandria?
It is the major body of water to the south of Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The form of government where every CITIZEN has the right to vote.
What is a democracy?
A person with rights and responsibilities in their country or community.
What is a citizen?
He was Greece's first true philosopher and the teacher of Plato.
Who was Socrates?
Alexander was taught by this famous Greek philosopher and scientist.
What was Aristotle?
The Greeks believed the gods lived on this mountain.
What is Mount Olympus?
A group of citizens who hear evidence in a court of law.
What is a jury?
The two main crops grown in Ancient Greece.
What are olives and grapes?
He was a great philosopher and a student of Socrates.
Who is Plato?
This building in Alexandria had almost 500,000 books and writings on papyrus rolls.
What was the Library of Alexandria?