Gods
The god of the sky and thunder, and controlled the weather.
Who was Zeus?
Zeus’ wife and queen of the gods.
Who was Hera?
A famous Greek philospoher
Who is Aristotle?
A piece of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean
What are the 3 seas around Greece?
Ruler of the underworld
Who was Hades?
The goddess of love and beauty.
Who was Aphrodite?
Who is Alexander the Great?
A name for a city-state in Greece.
What is a polis?
Europe
What continent is Greece in?
A son of Zeus, he was the messenger of the gods
Who was Hermes?
The goddess of agriculture, vegetation and crop growth.
Who was Demeter?
There were the same amount of people in Greece.
Who were free and enslaved people?
It was a powerful city state in the 5th century bc and defeated its rival Athens in the Peloponnesian War to become the leading city of Greece.
What is Sparta?
Athens
He hated dishonesty, and would punish those who lied or broke promises.
What did Zeus hate?
Her sacred animals were the cow, lion and peacock.
What were Hera's scared animals?
Stories about Greek gods and goddesses.
What are myths?
Someone who paid rent to grow crops on another’s land.
What is a tenant farmer?
Turkey
What is the neighboring country?
He had a reputation for being bad-tempered and moody, and would seek revenge on those who angered him.
Who was Poseidon?
Why did Demeter grieve?
Wrote the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
A form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class, the aristocrats.
What is aristocracy?
Physical features, including mountains, lowlands, plains and coastal areas
What are Greece's landforms?