Geo/Religion/Philosophy
Greece's land is mostly
Mountainous
This city state primarily focused on war
Sparta
Persia and Greece
Alexander named roughly 70 cities this name, the most famous one being in Egypt
Alexandria
From Scooby Doo, what is Shaggy's actual first name?
Norville
This is the head god in Greek mythology
Zeus
Politics was a huge part of this city state's culture
Athens
Why do we have the term "Marathon" today? Need to be specific!
After the battle of marathon, a person ran 26.2 miles to deliver the news to Athens that Persia was coming
Alexander spread Hellenistic culture which did what?
Blended cultures/spread ideas and information
According to a famous song from the early 80's, _______ is the loneliest number
1
The weather in Greece is mostly
Dry, warm, not super crazy hot
Women had a lot more freedom when it came to what they could do in this city state
This was the leader of Athens who helped defeat Sparta in the Peloponnesian Wars
Pericles
Alexander spent how many years traveling/conquering places?
11 years
There is a specific restaurant referenced somewhere in the room. Without getting up, what restaurant is referenced?
Taco Bell
This philosopher was taught by Socrates and he later taught Aristotle
Plato
This city state had a great Navy
Athens
This term is what Sparta did to Athens, surrounding them until they starved or gave up (Athens gave up)
Took Siege
Alexander did this as a child to prove himself as a leader in a way
Tamed an untamable horse/"untied" the Gordian knot
Merle Haggard famously sang that he turned this age in prison while doing life without parole in the song "Momma tried"
21
This Greek god of travel and messaging, but also herds of sheep and such
Hermes
Why would Sparta more or less kill a baby?
The baby had to have some sort of deficiency to where it could not contribute to the community
Who was the leader of the Persian when they almost defeated Greece?
Xerxes
Alexander was actually from this country just north of Greece
This food in the first Spongebob Halloween episode represented "your soul"
Pickles!