Greek Geography
On which large Greek island did the ancient Minoan civilization live and flourish around 3000 B.C.?
What is Crete?
Which Greek city-state was known as a military state where boys left home at age seven to begin army training?
What is Sparta?
What was the fundamental political unit of Ancient Greece, consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside?
What is a city-state?
Who is the central figure and savior whose life and teachings form the basis of the Christian religion?
Who is Jesus?
Who was the blind storyteller credited with writing the famous epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Who is Homer?
What is ONE out of the three major bodies of water that surround the land of Ancient Greece?
What are the Aegean, the Ionian, and the Mediterranean Sea?
What legendary 10-year war did the Mycenaeans fight against an independent city in Anatolia because a prince kidnapped a Greek king's wife?
What is the Trojan War?
What form of government, where citizens participate directly in decision-making, was famously developed in the city-state of Athens?
What is Democracy?
What is the name of the holy text used by those following Judaism (Specifically what book?)?
What is the Torah?
At what age did Alexander the Great become the King of Macedonia after his father, Philip II, was assassinated?
What is 20 years old?
What physical feature covered about three-fourths of Ancient Greece and divided the land into many different isolated regions?
What are mountains?
What was the name of the long war fought between the rival city-states of Athens and Sparta that eventually weakened all of Greece?
What is the Peloponnesian War?
What is the term for a fortified hilltop, such as the one in Athens, where citizens gathered to discuss city government at the highest point in the city-state?
What is an acropolis?
Without looking at your charts, what are the 6 belief systems we have covered as a class?
What are Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Judaism?
Which great philosopher of Greece served as the mentor and teacher to the young Alexander the Great?
Who is Aristotle?
Because the mountainous land lacked many natural resources like timber and precious metals, what activity became essential for the Greek people?
What is sailing / trading?
At which 490 B.C. battle did the Greeks win a victory that saved Athens from a Persian invasion force of 25,000 men?
What is the Battle of Marathon?
What was the name of the fearsome military army where foot soldiers stood side by side with spears and shields?
Who are the Spartans?
What is the symbol most commonly related to Confucianism?
What masterpiece of architectural design was built on the Athenian acropolis to honor the goddess Athena?
What is a Parthenon?
What did Ancient Greece NOT have that prevented them from having a large population (think of Ancient River Civilizations)?
What is no fertile land / no close access to a river for fresh water and irrigation?
How long was the distance a messenger man ran to warn Athens about the Persian Invasion in a battle named after a modern-day race?
What is 26.2 Miles?
What name is given to the vibrant culture that emerged from the blending of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian influences?
What is the Hellenistic Culture?
What is the symbol representing Buddhism called (Bottom of Ch. 10 in the textbook)?
What is Dharma?
What 1,677-mile-long road was built by the Persians to maintain communication and move royal messengers quickly?
What is the Royal Road?