Geography
Where is Greece located?
Southeastern Europe
Names of the earliest Greeks
What landform helped make it difficult for attackers?
Mountains
The ancient Greeks were ______.
Polytheistic
Two of the most famous city-states were:
Athens and Sparta
Greece is located on what type of landform?
Peninsula
What island did the Minoans live on?
Crete
Mountains
Who did the Greeks worship?
Multiple Gods and Goddesses
Athens was located on an area called:
Attica
What makes farming very difficult here?
The rocky soil
What civilization is considered to be the first advanced?
Mycenaneans
The ancient Greeks formed separate _____ because of the natural barriers of mountains.
city-states
Where did they believe that the 12 main Gods and Goddesses lived?
Mt. Olympus
Sparta was located on:
Peloponnesus
What 3 seas surround Greece?
Ionian, Aegean and Mediterranean
Who wrote the Iliad?
Homer
What did the city-states share?
Culture, language and religious beliefs
They believed that the Gods spoke through an ____.
Oracle
These two city-states fought together during which war?
Peloponnesian Wars
What important sources do the seas provide Greece?
Food and economy
What wooden animal did the Mycenaens trick Troy with during war?
A wooden horse
What is a city-state?
An independent city with it's own government and economic system
What is an oracle?
A priest or priestess
How did these city-states truce at the end of a war?
Athletic games in Olympia every 4 years