People and Places
Name a characteristic of the geography of Ancient Greece.
What is mountainous terrain? OR
What is a mountainous mainland with many islands?
Where did the Greek Gods live?
What is Mount Olympus?
Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Who are Athens and Sparta?
Name two items the Greeks commonly traded.
What are olive oil/grapes/pottery/wheat?
What is the mandate of heaven?
What is the god given right to rule?
Name the famous Greek leader who expanded the Greek empire into India and was rumored to have never lost a battle.
Who is Alexander the Great?
Who was the goddess of wisdom?
Who is Athena?
What modern day race is inspired by the Greek messenger Pheidippides ?
What is the marathon?
What was Greek city-state Athens known for?
What is education/strong navy/focus on the arts?
What is polytheism?
What is the belief in many gods?
Where were the Minoans from?
What is the island of Crete?
What type of creature is Grover in Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief?
What is a satyr?
Name Zeus's father who lost the war against the Olympians and was banished to Tartarus in the Underworld.
Who was Cronos?
What is philosophy?
What is the study of acquiring wisdom? OR
What is a series of beliefs on how to live your life?
Which Egyptian pharaoh was almost erased from history?
Who is Hatshepsut?
What made the Minoans so unique?
What is a focus on arts and economy instead of military? OR
What is everyone having a home?
Name a Greek hero and the monster they fought.
Who is Theseus and the Minotaur?
Explain the story of the Trojan Horse.
What is the Greeks surprising the Trojans with a wooden horse filled with soldiers to sack the city of Troy?
What was the name of the Greek coin used for trading?
What is a drachma?
Name 3 philosophies we have studied this year.
What is Confucianism/legalism/daoism/Buddhism?
Name three famous Greek philosophers.
Who are Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
What is Dionysus the god of?
What is winemaking/festivities?
What happened in the Battle of Thermopylae?
What is 300 Spartans standing up to the Persian army?
Explain the heating system Ancient Greeks used to heat their homes.
What is heating their homes by running heat under their floors? OR What is a hypocaust?
Which harsh Chinese leader notoriously drank mercury to make himself immortal?
Who is Shi Huangdi?