Greece’s coastlines, islands, and many natural harbors were good for _________
Trade/commerce
True or false: Greek religion was monotheistic.
False. It was polytheistic.
Sophocles wrote "Oedipus Rex." This was a ____
play
Who was at the lowest level of Greek society?
slaves
What war did Thucydides write about?
The Peloponnesian War
Why didn't Greece unify into one kingdom? (Why was Greece divided into city-states?)
Because of the mountains.
This is the king of the gods.
Zeus.
Who are the three main philosophers of ancient Greece?
Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
What city had a democracy for 180 years?
Athens
Which wars were between Persia and Greek city-states?
The Persian Wars
What is the sea between mainland Greece and Asia Minor?
The Aegean Sea
The Parthenon was a treasury and a temple for what god/goddess?
Athena
Greek sculpture used geometry to create ____________ humans
ideal/perfect
What type of government did Sparta have?
A militaristic oligarchy (small group of military men had the power)
Who won the Battle of Marathon?
The Greeks
What peninsula is Sparta located on?
The Peloponnesian Peninsula
Who was chained to a mountain by Zeus for giving fire to humans?
Prometheus
Homer was a _________. He wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey, which are about the mythical Trojan Wars.
poet.
This man was a leader of Athens who promoted democracy.
Pericles
Where was Alexander the Great from?
Macedonia
What large sea is Greece surrounded by?
The Mediterranean Sea
What is "mythology?"
Stories about the gods/goddesses
What historian is called "The Father of History" and wrote about the Persian wars?
Herodotus
Give 2 examples of how Sparta and Athens were different.
1. type of government (democracy vs oligarchy)
2. economy (Sparta didn't trade, Athens traded)
3. culture (Athens promoted art, Sparta did not)
What war weakened Sparta and Athens and allowed Macedonia to grow more powerful?
The Peloponnesian War