Geography
What continent is Greece in?
Europe
A half bull half man is known as a...
Minotaur
A spear or boar is the symbol of which god or goddess?
Ares
Name 1 group of people who could not have a say in democracy in Athens
Women, children, slaves, Metoiks
What is a tightly packed formation of soldiers called?
Phalanx
Greece is made up of... (looking for 2 words)
Islands and mountains
What natural event does the story of Persephone explain?
The changing of the seasons
Who is the god of fire and metalworking?
Hephaestus
Was ancient Athens a direct democracy or representative democracy?
Direct democracy
True or false - A hoptite would often supply their own equipment
True
Which ancient city-state is now the capital of Greece?
Athens
Which 2 gods or goddesses competed to be the patron of Athens?
Athena and Poseidon
What is Aphrodite the goddess of?
Love and beauty
What did boys use to write in school in ancient Greece?
A stylus on a tablet, which was a wooden frame filled with beeswax
What metal were hoplites's helmets and armour made of?
Bronze
Aegean, Ionian or Mediterranean Sea
What is Hades's three-headed dog called?
Cerberus
Who is the father of Zeus, Poseidon and Hades?
Kronos
What were winners of events in the ancient Olympic games given?
A wreath of leaves
On average, how long were the spears used by the hoplite?
2.5 metres
Name a city-state other than Athens
Sparta, Corinth, Delphi, Thebes, or any other accurate city-state
What kind of creature is medusa?
Gorgon
Which two gods or goddesses are twins?
Apollo and Artemis
An agora
The Peloponnesian War was fought between which main two city-states?
Athens and Sparta