Geography
This geographic feature covers three fourths of Greece.
What are mountains?
The basic political unit of Greek civilization.
What is a City-state (polis)?
What is the Persian War?
This was the patron god of Athens.
Who is Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war?
This body of water surrounds Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Athens had this type of government.
What is a democracy?
Greece defeated this empire BEFORE it entered a "Golden Age".
What is the Persian Empire?
This was the patron god of Sparta.
Who is Ares, the god of war?
Mainland Greece (the part that is surrounded by water on NEARLY all sides) is an example of this.
HINT: Florida
What is a peninsula?
Sparta had this type of government.
What is an oligarchy?
Athens relied on this part of their military in both major wars.
What is the navy?
This Athenian statesman led Athens into a "Golden Age".
Who is Pericles?
The staple crops of Greece. These were valuable because they could grow year round and were a highly valued trade item.
What are olives/grapes?
This method was used to ensure fairness in jury selection.
What is random selection?
Greek city-states created this alliance which Athens became the leader of.
What is the Delian League?
Name a famous Ancient Greek philosopher.
Who is Aristotle, Plato, or Socrates?
The island chains of Greece make up this type of geographic feature.
This term describes one person who seizes control of government for a period of time.
What is a tyrant?
300 Spartans held off a massive invasion during this battle.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae (Hot Gates)?
This person conquered Ancient Greece after the Peloponnesian War left them weakened.
Who was Alexander the Great?