Geography
What Continent is Greece on?
Europe
Minoans painted the walls with murals called?
Frescoes
Where do the main Greek gods and goddesses live?
Mount Olympus
Which powerful city-state had the 1st democratic government?
Athens
What does the word alphabet come from?
Alpha/Beta
What Island is off the coast of Greece?
Crete
What types of work did early Ancient Greeks do?
Shepherds
Farmers
Fisherman
The Olympics began to honor this king of the Greek gods?
Zeus
In Athens, what were the requirements to vote?
20 years old
Citizen
Men
What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
Omega
What is the tallest mountain in Greece?
Mount Olympus
Who was one of the greatest poets of the Dark Ages?
Homer
Who is the god of the sea who made Odysseus's journey very difficult?
Poseidon
Who was a powerful rival of Athens?
Sparta
Which letter looks like a triangle?
Delta
What sea separates mainland Greece and Crete?
Mediterranean
Homer told the story of which war?
Trojan
Which goddess was born of sea foam and is the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
What were Spartans known as?
Warriors
How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?
24
What sea off Greece is full of thousands of islands?
Aegean
What 2 epic poems is Homer famous for writing?
The Illiad and The Odyssey
Who was the god of the underworld?
Hades
What is the period called of significant cultural, political, and intellectual growth?
The Golden Age of Greece
The Greek alphabet was the first to use what types of letters that English also uses?
Vowels