Ancient Greece's Culture
The name of the mystics who could speak to the gods and tell the future.
Oracles
Who conquered all of Greece and spread Greek culture from the Mediterranean to Egypt to India?
Alexander the Great
Being surrounded by water on at least 3 sides is a
peninsula
Athens had the superior _______ while Sparta had the superior _______.
Athens=Navy
Sparta=Army
Which great philosophical mind was the personal tutor of Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
The highest mountain in Greece, home to the Gods.
Mt. Olympus
King Philip II and his son Alexander, were from this northern Greek city-state.
Macedonia or Macedon
What were TWO reasons why farming was difficult in Greece?
There were only a few rivers and the environment was arid, the soil was rocky, and it was a mountainous environment.
Persian Wars were about?
Persia's desire to control of land and power and/or to get revenge against the Greeks for assisting in Ionia.
To participate in the Olympic Games athletes had to meet TWO qualifications:
To be a free man (not a slave) who was Greek.
The Greek city-states have these TWO characteristics in common:
What are the same religion and same language.
Alexander conquered lands on these three continents:
This was the name of the high hill in Athens which housed important buildings like the Temple of Athena.
This was the name of the highly successful fighting formation the Greeks used against their enemies.
Phalanx
This man was famous for writing two of Greece's most legendary epics. Name the man AND the names of the stories for credit.
Homer, The Iliad, and The Odyssey
This form of government has its citizens elect their leaders on their behalf.
Representative Democracy
What is Hellenism?
A process where Greek culture blended with local traditions in the Middle East and Asia.
Name the three seas that surround Greece. +300 bonus points if you can name which direction each sea is located.
The Aegean Sea (east), Ionian Sea (west), and Mediterranean (south)
Who did the Ionians call upon to help them?
Athens
Name the two types of plays invented by the Greeks that are funny and sad
What are comedies and tragedies?
This form of government has its citizens participate in all steps of lawmaking and voting.
Direct democracy
Name one of the empires that was created following the death of Alexander.
The Ptolemaic Kingdom, The Seleucid Empire, or the The Antigonid Empire
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
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? Or name the "Father of Medicine"
The Hippocratic Oath or Hippocrates
Cleisthenes was an important figure in Greek (and world) history because...
He is considered the "Father of Democracy."
A famous city in all of Greece, which became the new intellectual center and boasting a famous Lighthouse and the Great Library.
Alexandria, Egypt
The Greeks had to establish these areas since their farmland and other natural resources were limited on the mainland.
colonies
Name the two alliances that formed and which major city state each belonged to.
Peloponnesian League=Sparta
The Greeks built most of their temples and government buildings in three types of styles
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian