Ancient Greece Vocab
Ancient Greek Cities
Ancient Greece Achievements
Ancient Greece Timeline
100
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
Myth
100
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
100
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
100
Where was the Minoan civilization found?
On the island of Crete
200
The definition of the word Helot
A captured person enslaved by the Spartans
200
Which city-state were the Arts most important too?
Athens
200
Long narrative or story describing a hero's adventures
What is an epic?
200
This was the capital of the Minoan Civilization in 1800 B.C.E.
What is Knossos?
300
A type of leadership where only a few wealthy people or merchants run the government.
What is an oligrachy?
300
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
300
What was one new Genre that Ancient Greek Literacy/Plays brought forth?
Comedy, History, or Tragedy
300
The final period in Greek History during which Greek culture was a mixture of Greek, Middle Eastern, and Asian, that spread during the reign of Alexander the Great and lasted for 300 years until the emergence of the Roman Empire.
What is Hellenistic?
400
Belief in more than 1 god
What is polytheism?
400
Name this Greek and the city state he led
Who is Pericles and he led Athens?
400
These are the 3 types of Columns the greeks were known for inventing
What is Doric Ionic Corinthian?
400
They divided up Alexander's empire after he died.
Who were his generals.
500
Cruel and oppressive government or rule
Tyranny
500
This was a Public Market Place in Ancient Greece.
What is the Agora?
500
He gave us a² + b² = c²
Who is Pythagoras.
500
Daily DOUBLE
This is the name given to the peninsula which extends off the bottom part of Greece.
What is the Peloponnesian Peninsula