Greek Gods
Athens
Sparta
Geography
Greek Governments
100
Who is the lord of the dead?
Hades
100
What did Athens' economy flourish on?
Trading
100
What was the group that made important decisions called?
Council of Elders
100
Where is Greece?
100
What was an aristocrat?
Somebody who is in the most powerful class in Ancient Greek society.
200
Who is the queen of Olympus?
Hera
200
What form of government was used in Athens?
Democracy
200
True or False: Can men and women both fight to protect the city-state?
True
200
What is to the east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
200
Which Government ruled the longest out of all governments? And for about how long?
Monarchy; about 1,200 years
300
Who were Athena's parents?
Zeus and Metis
300
True or False: In Athens, women and men had equal rights, but slaves weren’t treated as well.
False
300
Did Spartan women wear jewelry or use cosmetics and perfume?
No
300
What was the best way to travel in Greece?
The best way to travel was by the sea because the land was rocky and hard to traverse
300
Which two forms of government had more than one person to rule at one time?
Oligarchy, and Democracy.
400
Who are the three sons of Cronus?
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
400
Who was the last tyrant to rule Athens?
Hippias
400
What were Spartan slaves also called?
Helots
400
Why did people in Greece start colonies?
The existing farmland no longer produced enough food to feed all of their people
400
What were some differences between tyranny and monarchy?
Tyrants can’t claim the rights that the laws of land give them to rule; there were no legal limits on their power; the rule of tyranny isn’t inherited.
500
Who was the muse of heroic poetry/epics?
Calliode
500
What are some examples of sports coaches used to build boys’ strength in school?
Wrestling and Gymnastics
500
Why were Spartan boys encouraged to steal food?
They were not well fed
500
What did the Greeks use as a form of navigation when traveling?
They used the stars to navigate
500
What caused the ending of tyranny, but the beginning of democracy?
The ruler Hippias ruled rather harshly after his brother died, which caused the people to take over, and try a different form of government, democracy.