Climate Zones
Weather can change from?
day to day
What is the acropolis?
high hills known as the 'upper city', a religious center
Name the two city states:
Sparta and Athens
What does philosopher mean?
Lover of wisdom
What did the Greeks add to the Phoenicians' alphabet?
vowels
Torrid means?
"scorching" (the tropics)
What is the agora?
A market place where farmers and shopkeepers could sell their wares.
Spartans were known for:
courage, strength, and loyalty
Who was a freed slave that wrote fables
Aesop
I was a blind poet
Homer
Frigid zones are?
extremely cold areas. These zones are cold all year.
What was the gymnasium?
Young men practiced here many hours doing their favorite sports. It was an open field but later the greeks built large gymnasiums around the sides of open courtyards.
Who were the helots?
Which philosopher passed along an atomic theory (science) ?
Democritus
Greece is located on which peninsula?
the Balkan
Temperate zones are? Define and give an example of a country in a temperate zone
Neither very hot nor very cold.
USA is in the north temperate zone.
The most famous ancient stadium was built in:
Olympia
At what age did Spartan young men become citizens?
Age 30
Socrates
The mainland of Greece is cut in half by the?
Gulf of Corinth
Where do we read about Alexander the Great being like a strong goat?
Daniel chapter 8
First Olympic games took place in:
776 BC
Alexander the Great was determined to conquer
Persia
Archimedes
The first settlers who had a thriving city on the mainland of Greece where the?
Mycenaeans