Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true... Greek _______.
Myth
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
What were two of the three seas that facilitated Greece?
Mediterranean and Aegean
What was the name of the truce that the city-states made during the month before the Olympics?
What is... the Sacred Truce.
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
What did Socrates try and get people to do?
Think for themselves and question the way things are
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
A belief in only one God
Monotheism
What did all city states have in common? (think of type of people and culture)
Social classes, women being low, same religion and language
What was the war between two city states Athens and Sparta called?
The Peloponnesian War
What was the method called called that wanted "Teaching by Questioning"
Socratic Method
A government run by the people
Democracy
Who were citizens in Athens?
Free Males born in Greece
What is the main sea that Ancient Greece is located in?
Mediterranean Sea
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
A government ruled by one person.
What is... monarchy
What type of Government did Athens first practice long ago when they had a king?
Monarchy
What was the land like in Greece?
Rocky and mountainous
Who taught Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
Goddess of Wisdom
Athena
Greek foot soldier
What is... hoplite.
What type of government did Sparta have?
Monarchy/Oligarchy
(Two kings)
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece? (hint: Modern day Turkey)
Persia
Plato's School for Philosophy
The Academy
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
A government run by a few, government of Sparta
Oligarchy
In what city was the Arts most important to?
Athens
Who was the Patron God of Athens?
Athena
Which people lived on the island of Crete and made beautiful vases with sea creatures on them?
The Minoans
Goddess of Hunting
Artemis
Land surrounded by water on three sides
Peninsula
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
Why was Ancient Greece in an ideal location for its time?
Middle of the known world
Who said, "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself"?
God of Archery, Light, and Music
Apollo
A marketplace
What is... agora.
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his "education" and military training?
7
Name two features of Greece's geography AND tell how they affected life there.
Mediterranean Sea: trade, travel, isolation
-Islands: easy travel
-Few rivers: little farming (olives)
-Apennine Mountains: isolation
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Messenger God
Hermes