Geography
Name three mountain ranges in Greece
Balkan Mts, Pindus Mts, Thessaly Mts.
What was Greece's first government type?
Monarchy
Define Trade
the exchange of goods
Define polytheistic.
The belief in many gods.
In what year did the Olympics start?
776bc
Land was difficult to farm in Greece because...
the soil was rocky from the mountains
What did we call the gathering that people would vote at in a Democracy?
An Assembly.
Name two ways that the Greeks traveled to trade with other countries
by land and sea!
Who is considered the "god of the gods"?
Zeus
Open air, seats up to 10,000 people, leveled seating, two types of plays, they had crazy masks
Name six city-states found in Greece.
Olympia, Sparta, Athens, Mycenae, Troy, Knossos
Tyrant
Name 5 of the 6 materials that craftworkers used to make items for trade.
wool, clay, wood, bone, metal, steel.
Which two gods are considered to be gods/goddesses of war?
Ares and Athena
Name the three types of architectural design and list them from the plainest to the most fancy.
-Doric
- Ionic
- Corinthian
Name 3 things that the seas were used for in Ancient Greece.
Travel, communication, trade, fishing
What needed to be true about a person in order for them to be in power in an Oligarchy?
- Male
- Rich
- Older
The discovery of this material led to better tools for farming
Iron
Name two gods that were honored at famous Greek gatherings.
Zeus and Dionysos
Name two greek letters/symbols
delta, theta, pi, sigma...
Name three peninsulas found in Greece
Balkan Peninsula, Peloponnese Peninsula and the Attica Peninsula
Who was the man responsible for bringing the idea of democracy to Greece?
Solon
Name FOUR activities that helped build Greece's economy to make it STRONG and WEALTHY
Farming, Fishing, Sailing and Trade
Name 8 greek gods or goddesses
Zeus, Hera, Athena, Ares, Apollo, Artemis, Poseidon, Hermes, Aphrodite, Hades, Demeter, Dionysos, Hephaistos
Name 3 greek philosophers.
Homer, Pythagorus, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hippocrates, Democritus