Vocabulary
What is an Acropolis?
a fortified hill on which temples, shines and statues were built
or
the highest part of the city
Europe
What is a democracy and who had one?
The people get a say in their government
Athens
Who is the ruler of all gods?
Zeus
What piece of architecture did we get from the Greeks?
Columns
What is an agora?
a large open marketplace surrounded by government buildings
What is a peninsula?
Land that is surrounded by water on three sides
What is an oligarchy and who had one?
A few people are in change
Sparta
How did people honor the gods?
Answers will vary
What did Greeks portray most in their art?
The human body
What is a philosopher?
a person who studies ideas about knowledge, truth, the nature and meaning of life, etc
How many islands made up Greece? How many were lived on (to the nearest 100)?
3000 islands
227 lived on
Why was Athens named after Athena?
Athena gifted olive trees to Greece
What were the two types of dramas that you could see at the theater?
Comedies and tragedies
What is a polis?
a city-state in ancient Greece
What was the capital of Greece?
Athens
What were the four main social classes?
Aristocrats, Metics, Farmers, Slaves
What were the Olympics?
Games to honor the Gods
What were the most famous Greek epic poems?
The Iliad and the Odyssey
What is a metic?
Craftsman and shopkeepers like boats builders, barbers, school teachers, etc
Olives and grapes
Explain how women were treated in both Athens and Sparta
Answers will vary
What role did myths play between the world of the gods and the world of Greek citizens?
What is the Hippocratic Oath?
Oath that doctors took, promising to take good care of their patients