Ancient Greece Geography
Ancient Greece Cities
Ancient Greece Battles
Ancient Greece Achievements
Greek Words
100
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
100
In this battle during the Persian War the Spartans managed to hold off the invading Persians in a narrow gap of land called "the hot gates" with an army of 10,000. The rear guard was made up of 300 Spartans who fought for 3 days holding off 200,000 advancing Persians.
The Battle of Thermopylae 
100
What science did the Greeks use to build temples and public buildings?
Mathematics (Geometry)
100
What is the Polis?
A city state.
200
A narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land.
An Isthmus. 
200
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece that was very heavily militarized and trained boys to be soldiers from the age of 7.
Sparta
200
In this naval battle the Persian navy was almost completely destroyed in a very narrow channel along the Greek Coast.
The Battle of Salamis (Naval Battle)
200
Who was "Father of History"?
Herodotus
200
What is an Agora?
A marketplace. 
300
The high hill with a fortress in the center of Athens
Acropolis
300
What war from Greek mythology started between the Peloponnesian Greeks and the city of Troy? (Thought to be in Anatolia)
The Trojan War
300
Who was the name of the Persian leader who ordered the invasion of Greece to avenge his father King Darius?
King Xerxes. 
300
Who was the "Father of Medicine"?
Hippocrates
300
The Ancient Religion of the Persian Empire that emphasized a balance between good and evil, light and dark.
Zoroastrianism.
400
A building on the Acropolis, temple to Athena
Parthenon
400
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his "education" and military training?
7
400
An opposed landing Battle where the Greeks prevented the Persians from landing a fleet on the Greek mainland. The Greeks won this battle and sent their fastest runner 26 miles back to Athens so he could inform the city of victory by yelling the words, "Nike!" which was the name for the goddess of Victory.
The Battle of Marathon.
400
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
The Blind Poet Homer
400
King of the Greek Gods
Zeus. 
500
A ruler who controls the people by force
Tyrant
(Government: Tyrrany)
500
What was the name for the Greeks who had settled along the coast of Turkey and later rebelled against the Persian invasion and conquest. (Hint: Another name for Turkey)
Anatolian Greeks.
500
The first mainland Aegan Civilization that emerged around 2000BC and was heavily influenced by the Minoan Civilization on the isle of Crete. (The first Civilization in Mainland Greece)
The Mycenaean Greeks. (They were thought to have collapsed because of the Sea Peoples and the invasions by the Dorians) The Descendents of the Mycenaeans were the Hellenes (founders of the Golden Age of Greece) 
500
What contributions did the Greeks make in science?
Greeks studied and compared plants, animals, liquids, stars and planets.
500
Messenger God
Hermes
600
The name for the southern peninsula of Greece.
The Peloponnesus. Which explains why the war between Athens and Spartan is known as the Peloponnesian war. 
600
Who were Helots in Sparta?
The Helots were almost like slaves. Most Helots were the nearby Messenian people, conquered by the Spartans.
600
Which people lived on the island of Crete and are known for being the first civilization to develop in the Aegean in 1450Bc?
The Minoans. (possibly the origin of the myth of Atlantis)
Expert sailors and traders
600
What contributions did the Greeks make in drama?
The Greeks wrote the first plays
600
God of Wine
Dionysus