Ancient Greece Vocabulary
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
Which leader was considered the father of democracy and tried to spread democracy across Greece
Pericles
Name two features of Greece's geography AND tell how they affected life there.
-Answers vary:
Mountains/isolation
-Mediterranean Sea: trade, travel, isolation
-Islands: easy travel
-Few rivers: little farming (olives)
-Apennine Mountains: isolation
Goddess of Marriage
Hera
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
What is something that Ancient Greece did to keep intruders out?
Protection of a walled fortress in the middle of the polis (city-state)
The five-day festival for Zeus was called...
The Olympics
God of Thunder
Who is Zeus
Polytheism
(Polytheistic)
Which main city state in Ancient Greece treated women more poorly
Athens
Where is the home of the Gods
Mt. Olympus
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
A belief in only one God
Monotheism
What was the war between two city states Athens and Sparta called?
The Peloponnesian War
A government run by the people
Democracy
Who were citizens in Athens?
Free Males born in Greece
A ruler who controls the people by force
Tyrant
(Government: Tyrrany)
Goddess of Wisdom
Athena
A government run by a few, usually artistocrats
Oligarchy
Who were the Arts most important to?
Athens
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
A democracy where others are chosen to make laws for the people
Representative Democracy
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persia
Goddess of Hunting
Artemis
A democracy where people vote directly on the laws
Direct Democracy
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his "education" and military training?
7
Which people lived on the island of Crete and made beautiful vases with sea creatures on them?
The Minoans
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
God of Archery and Music
Apollo
Land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
What was Sparta's main value?
The Military
Who were the warlike mainland people?
The Myceneans
What did Socrates try and get people to do?
Think for themselves and question the way things are
Messenger God
Hermes
The high hill with a fortress in the center of Athens
Acropolis
What war against Troy may have been myth?
Trojan War (vs. Sparta, over Helen)
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
What was the method called called that wanted "Teaching by Questioning"
Socratic Method
Goddess of Family
Hestia
A building on the Acropolis, temple to Athena
What type of government did Sparta have?
Monarchy/Oligarchy
(Two kings)
What is the main sea that Ancient Greece is located in?
Mediterranean Sea
Who taught Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
God of Wine
Dionysus