Geography
The tallest mountain in Greece, where the Greeks believed the gods lived.
Mount Olympus
The leader of Athens during the Golden Age.
Pericles
In Athens, only adult men who owned land, were born in Athens, and had Athenian parents could be ___________.
citizens
This was a period of prosperity in Athens after the Persian Wars.
Golden Age
In Greek mythology, this god was the king of the Olympians and the god of the sky and lightning.
Zeus
The mainland of Greece is located on the _______ Peninsula.
Balkan
This man from Macedonia was the one to finally defeat Greece. He went on to create an empire and name a bunch of cities after himself.
Alexander the Great
A system of government in which power is passed down through families and a king or queen rule.
Monarchy
This battle in the Persian Wars ended with a man running more than 25 miles back to Athens.
The Battle of Marathon
This athletic competition originated in Greece and is now the biggest international athletic competition in the world.
The Olympics
The civilization just to the north of Greece, where Alexander the Great was born.
Macedonia
Name two of the three most famous philosophers of Greece.
ANSWERS CAN INCLUDE: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Athens is the birthplace of this form of government that the United States uses today.
Democracy
The Peloponnesian War
The two main forms of Greek dramas- one was sad and one was funny.
Tragedy and Comedy
The bottom half of the Balkan Peninsula where Sparta is located is called the ________.
Peloponnesus
Name one REAL Greek person (who has not been mentioned in this Jeopardy game so far) who made an impact on Greek history, art, or literature.
ANSWERS CAN INCLUDE: Homer, Aesop, Phidias, Herodotus, Thucydides, etc.
A form of government in which power is taken illegally.
Tyranny
During this battle in the Persian Wars, 300 Spartans sacrificed themselves to hold off the much larger Persian army.
The Battle of Thermopylae
Greece was known for incorporating these into their architecture because they were durable and created "order and balance."
columns or pillars
Name two of the three seas that surround Greece.
ANSWERS CAN INCLUDE: Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean.
Name one REAL Greek person (who has not been mentioned in this Jeopardy game so far) who made an impact on Greek math or science.
ANSWERS CAN INCLUDE: Archimedes, Hippocrates, Euclid, Pythagoras, Hypatia, Ptolemy, etc.
A system of government where a small group of the richest people ruled.
Oligarchy
This Greek military formation was when soldiers stood close together and pointed their spears at the enemy.
Phalanx
This famous temple in Athens was dedicated to Athena.
The Parthenon