Vocabulary
Geography
Trivia
Government
Greek Mythology
100
A large hill where city residents could seek shelter and safety in times of war
What is Acropolis?
100
A country in Southeastern Europe, on the European Continent, bordering Abania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
What is Greece?
100

Who won the Peloponnesian Wars? 

Sparta

100
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote
What are women and slaves?
100

Goddess of war and weaving. Built the Parthenon in her honor

Who is Athena?

200

The author of the Iliad and Odyssey? WE think

Who is "HOMER"?

200
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
200

The philosopher who was sentenced to death for "corrupting the youth of Athens.

Who is Socrates? 

200
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.
What is Tyranny?
200
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and married his sister.
Who is Zeus?
300

Time where trade slowed, famine grew, lots of wars

What is the DARK AGES? 

300
The peninsula on which Sparta is located.
What is Peloponnesus?
300
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
What is Polytheism?
300
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
What is Democracy?
300
The goddess who was the daughter of Uranus and the wife of Hephaestos. She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
400
A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
What is "Agora"?
400

Island with the Minotaur 

What is Crete? 

400

Who wins the Persian Wars? 

Sparta and Athens

400
A system of government that Greece had during the Mycenean period, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
What is Monarchy?
400

The god of volcanoes and the forge

Who is Haephaestus?

500
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is a citizen?
500

The BIG sea that surround Greece and its 400 islands.

What is the Mediterranean? 

500

An almost-invulnerable SPARTAN KING--who fought off a whole bunch of Persians with his 300 soldiers! 

Who is Leonidas?

500
A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making, used by most city-states in the Archaic period.
What is Oligarchy?
500
This god had a violent temper and was known as the god of war.
Who is Ares?
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