Early Years
The name of a Greek city-state.
What is a polis?
A type of government where only a few aristocrats had the power.
What is an oligarchy?
In the Battle of Marathon, the Greeks beat the Persians. A messenger ran how many miles back to Athens to share the good news?
What is 26 miles?
The god of the underworld.
Who is Hades?
The name of the philosopher who was known for walking around Athens and having discussions with people.
Who is Socrates?
The area of the polis that was raised up higher than the rest of the city.
What is an acropolis?
A battle formation where soldiers moved as one unit.
What is a phalanx?
The trick the Greeks played on the Trojans to help them win the Trojan war.
The Greeks gave the Trojans a wooden horse as a "gift". Inside of the horse were a few soldiers. When the Trojans went to sleep the Greeks came out of the horse, unlocked the city gates and allowed other soldiers to come in and burn the city to the ground.
The god of love and marriage.
Who is Hera?
What is the Socratic method?
The name of a person who has legal rights in a city.
What is a citizen?
The type of government in Athens.
What is direct democracy?
Sparta was known for their strong ______.
What is army?
The location where the Greeks believed the gods lived.
What is Mount Olympus?
What is the Hippocratic oath?
The reason why Greeks were so divided.
What are the many mountain ranges in Greece?
What is women, foreigners, or servants?
Athens were known for their strong __________.
What is navy?
The goddess of Athens.
Who is Athena?
The name of the school Plato formed.
What is the Academy?
The name of the famous poet from ancient Greece.
Who is Homer?
Explain how the phalanx strategy influenced a change in Athen's government from an oligarchy to a direct democracy.
The men fighting in the phalanx were risking their lives for their polis. They wanted to have more of a voice in their government. The rich people had to listen to them in order to keep a strong army.
The Greeks lost the 2nd Persian war because of this.
What is a traitor gave away a secret path into the city?
Who are Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades?
Explain the Olympic truce.