Ancient Greece Vocab
Ancient Greek Cities
Ancient Greece Geography
Ancient Greece Achievements
Wars
100
A traditional story about that is made up and usually teaches a lesson
Myth
100
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
100
This is how you would describe the landscape of Greece
What is very mountainous
100
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
100
This war was city-states vs. Persia
Persian War
200
What is another name for a city-state?
Polis
200
True or false, Greece valued order and beauty.
True
200
Where is the home of the Gods
Mt. Olympus
200
Someone or something that can predict the future
What is an Oracle?
200
Who won the Persian War?
Greece
300
A type of leadership where only a few wealthy people or merchants run the government.(Sparta had this Government)
What is an oligrachy?
300
Who was the patron goddess of Athens
Athena
300
What did Greeks think of the Rule of Law?
All people were equal under the law.
300
This epic was said to be written in 725 B.C.E.-675 B.C.E.
Odyssey
300
This war was city-states vs. city-states.
Peloponnesian War
400
True or False a Slave could buy themselves out of slavery in Ancient Greece
What is true
400
This city-state allowed women to train in military activities and sports.
Sparta
400
What is the Agora?
Public space in Ancient Greece
400
A commander in the army at 16 and a ruler at the age of 20.
Alexander the Great
400
What were the consequences of the Peloponnesian War?
Lose Navy, Lose Democracy
500
This was a battle strategy where Greek warriors would crouch together to create a wall using their shields. It was eventually adopted by the Romans.
What is a Phalanx?
500
Greeks grew plants that did not require much of this.
What is land or water.
500
This is the name given to the peninsula which extends off the bottom part of Greece
a) Argos
b) Corinth
c) Peloponnesus
d) Athens
e) Megara
What is the c) Peloponnesian Peninsula
500
What was one new Genre that Ancient Greek Literacy/Plays brought forth?
Comedy, History, or Tragedy
500
Why did the Peloponnesian League form?
Athens was spending the dues in the Delian League for beautification instead of practical things.
600
The word "Hellenistic" is...
What is the culture Alexander the Great Spread which is a mix of Greek with local traditions.
600
Which city-state were the Arts most important too?
Athens
600
A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill. (marketplace)
What is the Acropolis?
600
This Philosopher believed that Government should be led by a philosopher.
Plato
600
What are the two kings of Persia?
King Darius 1 and King Xerxes
700
The type of democracy where a person is chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others.
representative Democracy
700
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
700
This city-state was located on the coast of Mainland Greece.
Athens
700
Every four years, a competition of games for Greek athletes took place in Olympia to honor ______________. This was the beginning of the Olympic games.
Zeus
700
What are the 2 leagues during the Peloponnesian War?
Delian and Peloponnesian League
800
Type of government where the leader takes the power through the use of force.
Tyranny or Tyrant
800
True/False A oligarchy allows the people to have the most participation in their government.
False
800
80% of Greeks land is covered in these.
What are mountains?
800
This philosopher was sentenced to drink poison (Hemlock).
Socrates
800
Where did the Greeks go after the Peloponnesian War
Many Greeks left to join the Persian Army.
900
The definition of the word Helot
A captured person enslaved by the Spartans
900
An Athenian messenger ran 26 miles back to Athens to report the victory over the Persians at the Battle of ______ and died from exhaustion
What is Marathon?
900
Identify this body of water
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
900
True or False Aristotle taught Alexander the Great.
true
900
What place took over Greece after the Peloponnesian War?
Macedonia
1000
The economy of Sparta was based on trade.
False
1000
________________ wanted to make Athens more democratic.
Who is Pericles?
1000
What started the Persian War?
Athens sent ships to aid in the rebellion of city-states acquired by the Persians.
1000
Who was the father of Alexander the Great?
Philip of Macedonia
1000
Name the four battles of the Persian War. Who won each battle?
1. Battle of Marathon Greece Won
2. Thermopylae Persians Won
3. Salamis Greece Won
4. Plataea Greece Win