Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
(Polytheistic)
olive branches, money, and became heros
Since Ancient Greece didn't have a major river for resources, what did the sea provide for them?
Trade & travel.
Athens was dominate by ____________ while Sparta was dominate by________
Athens by land and Sparta by sea
Who taught the last famous leader of all Greeks named Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
The highest mountain in Greece, home to the Gods.
Mt. Olympus
The Greek city-states have in common
What are the same religion and same language.
What made farming difficult in Greece?
There were only a few rivers and the soil was rocky.
Persian Wars were about?
Control of land and power
Name the two types of plays invented by the Greeks that are funny and sad
What are comedies and tragedies?
Traditional stories about gods and heroes
Myths
Where were the Olympics held?
Olympia
Which two global hemispheres is Greece located in?
Northern and Eastern.
Who did the Ionians call upon to help them?
Athens
What was Plato's School for Philosophy named?
The Academy.
A sacred shrine
oracle
How many main gods did the Greeks believe in?
12
What continent is Greece on?
Europe
What sparked the Peloponnesian Wars?
Athens became too wealthy and powerful among the Greek city-states
What is the main oath for a Doctor of Medicine
The Hippocratic Oath
The Greeks performed these to gain favors from the gods?
rituals
To participate in the Olympic Games athletes had to be
To be a free man (no slaves) and who spoke Greek.
Being surrounded by water on at least 3 sides is a
peninsula
Who won the Peloponnesian Wars?
Sparta and other Greek city-states
What did the teacher Socrates try and get people to do?
Think for themselves and question the way things are.
An agreement not to fight
truce
Sparta and Athens
What sea is east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
Who won at Thermopylae?
Persia
What was one new genre in reading that was started by Ancient Greeks?
Mythology
They controlled land that stretched from Egypt all the way to India.
Persian Empire
Who did the Greeks believe ruled the Gods?
Zeus
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
Who was the 1st Persian King defeated?
Darius I
What is Hellenization?
A process where Greek culture blended with local traditions in the Middle East and Asia.
These are large, organized groups of merchants
Caravans
Who conquered all of Greece and spread Greek culture from the Mediterranean to Egypt to India.
Alexander the Great
What sea is south of Greece?
Mediterranean Sea
Which Spartan led the fight at Thermopylae?
King Leonidas
The Greeks built most of their temples and government buildings in three types of styles
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
A famous city in all of Greece, which became the new intellectual center and boasting the Great Library.
Alexandria, Egypt
These people took advantage of a weak Greece after the fall of Alexander the Great and conquered it for good.
Romans
The Greeks had to acquire these areas since their farmland was limited on the mainland.
colonies
Iran
How did the Olympic sport of Marathon get its name?
The Battle Marathon against the Persians. A Greek messenger ran an equivalent distance to tell all that the Greeks won.