The Greeks believed in many gods, this type of religion is called what?
Polytheism
Which god or goddess had their own statue in the Parthenon.
Athena
Aside from raising Children, what job did women often have.
Weaving fabrics
People ate in what way because they believed it aided in digestion?
Lying on their sides.
The Greek method of writing is called what?
The Alphabetic System
What type of government was invented by the ancient Greeks?
Democracy
What is the name of the wooden horse that the Greek soldiers hid in?
The Trojan Horse
How many gods did the Ancient Greeks have?
12
Name the three forms of theater entertainment that the Greeks had.
Drama, comedy, tragedy
In order to be part of the highest class in Athens you had to have been what?
born in Athens
Poor people in Greece commonly ate what?
Dried Vegetables
True or False: All girls in ancient Greece often learned how to write.
False
The Athenian councel met where?
The Pnyx
Who is known as the "father" of medicine?
Hippocrates
This Greek god ruled over the oceans
Poseidon
Who was the theater made for?
Dionysus
Which main Greek city allowed women to own land?
Sparta
What form of food preservation did the Greeks use to store food for winter?
Drying/ Dehydrating
Mythology
The first king of ancient Greece was who?
Cecrops / Alexander the 1st
Hephaestus
Who were the four siblings of Zeus
Hestia, Poseidon, Hades, Hera
What three column styles did the Greeks use?
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
What were the four events that made up the olympics?
Javelin, running, jumping, and wrestling
What ingredient did ancient Greeks often use in their deserts?
Honey
The Greek writing system was developed in what year?
1000 BCE
What was the type of government that Sparta had?
Oligarchy
One of the oldest ancient Greek tools that would predict astronomical positions and eclipses and would track the four-year cycle of the games was called what?
The Antikythera Mechanism
What was the Greek Religion called
Hellenism
What building was created to honor the patron goddess Athena?
The Parthenon
In Sparta boys were removed from their families at what age to begin training toward becoming soldiers?
7 years old
What were the four main crops that the Greeks produced.
What writing tool did the Greeks use?
Papyrus Pen
What significant battle took place in Ancient Greece before the Persian Wars?
The Battle of Marathon
The "water alarm clock" which was water dropping through clay vessels which caused air pressure to sound off a whistle was invented by who?
Plato