Vocab.
Cities
Geography
Achievements
Gods/myths
Miscellaneous
100
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
myth
100
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on war.
Sparta
100
This is how you would describe the landscape of Greece.
very mountainous
100
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
100
Belief in more than 1 god is called?
polytheism
100
The Greeks invented this event in Olympia where athletes could come from all over to compete in different sporting events (modern name for it).
olympics
200
Also called a "polis".
city state
200
Which city-state were the Arts most important too?
Athens
200
Where is the home of the Gods?
Mt. Olympus
200
Someone that can predict the future and communicate directly with the Gods.
What is an Oracle?
200
King of the Gods and the most powerful.
Zeus
200
This gorgon had the hair of snakes and could turn any living thing into stone.
Medusa
300
An unfair and cruel leader who only thinks of themselves.
tyrant
300
A lover of, or searcher for, wisdom or knowledge; person who has thoughts and ideas that are beyond those of most people.
philosopher
300
This is the body of water between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
300
Long narrative or story describing a hero's adventures
epic
300
God of the oceans and seas.
Poseidon
300
In your opinion, who is the greatest Olympian god?
Zeus, Poseidon, Hermes, Hera, Athena, Ares, Demeter, Hestia, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite or Hephaestus
Hades was not an Olympian
400
True or False: slaves and serfs were the lowest social class in Sparta.
true
400
City-states acted as their own
Countries
400
This is the name given to the peninsula which extends off the bottom part of Greece.
the Peloponnesian Peninsula
400
Greek culture in Athens included theater, religion, the arts, philosophy and education. True or false?
true
400
Goddess of warfare and wisdom.
Athena
400
The creature that had it's eye poked out by Odysseus on his journey back home after the Trojan War.
cyclops
500
The type of government that the Greeks developed that brought the "power to the people". The U.S. uses it today.
democracy
500
The image below shows one of the many cultural benefits of Athens. What is it?
education
500
The sea that is under Greece that is not the Ionian or Aegean.
Mediterranean Sea
500
The ___________ was a temple built in Athens to the Goddess Athena.
Parthenon
500
Three headed dog that Hercules defeated.
Cerberus
500
Who was the philosopher who taught Alexander the Great?
Aristotle