Olympians
God who controls the seas
Poseidon
What continent is Greece located?
Europe
A type of government that rules by force
tyranny
polytheistic
A main resource of food in Ancient Greece came from ...
the seas
Goddess of hearth & home
Hestia
What type of land forms are located in Greece that made farming hard?
Mountains
A type of government shared between a small group of people (sometimes very wealthy)
oligarchy
Greek mythology was created to ...
explain things happening in the natural world such as weather or historical events
The war between Athens & Sparta is ...
The Peloponnesian War
God of the Underworld?
Hades
Because of the natural barriers how did the people of Greece live that made them independent from each other?
City-states (polis)
a small group of wealthy people have power
aristocracy
The Olympics were original created as a religious festival to celebrate this God...
Zeus
The economy of Ancient Greece was mostly ...
trade
God of sky & thunder
Zeus
Greece is surrounded by...
seas
gives citizens the power to rule and vote
democracy
Demeter's daughter Persephone was taken to the Underworld by Hades. This myth explains what natural occurrence.
Alexander the Great died at the age of 32, this caused the downfall of Classical Greece. How do historians believe he died?
Poison
Goddess of agriculture
Demeter
Greece is a type what what landform?
Peninsula
democracy was invented in this city-state
Athens
Hera is the goddess of...
marriage, family & childbirth
Name TWO achievements of Ancient Greece.
art, literature, Science, philosophy, theater, architecture, math, medicine