A large hill where city residents could seek shelter and safety in times of war
What is Acropolis?
A country made up of peninsulas, islands, and mountain-side city-states.
What is Greece?
What is a helot?
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote
What are women and slaves?
Athenians honored this goddess by killing a cattle on the top of the Acropolis.
Who is Athena?
The author of "The Iliad" and "The Odyessy"
Who is Homer?
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
A large athletic competition, involving many sports, born in Ancient Greece, in which many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.
What are the Olympics?
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?
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods.
Who is Zeus?
A series of symbols or pictures that represent sounds
What is an alphabet?
The peninsula on which Sparta is located.
What is Peloponnesus?
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
What is Polytheism?
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
What is Democracy?
She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
What is "Agora"?
This empire lived in the east, and tried to invade Greece.
What is Persia?
One of the most important agricultural exports in Greece.
What are Olives? (or Wine)
A system of government that Greece had during the Mycenaean period, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person
What is Monarchy?
The god born from Zeus's thigh and was the god of wine and plays.
Who is Dionysus?
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is a citizen?
The three seas that surround Greece and its 400 islands.
What are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas?
An almost-invulnerable Greek god, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.
Who is Achilles?
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?
This hero gave fire to the humans, and was punished by Zeus by making his liver eaten out every night by an eagle.
Who is Prometheus?