Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A traditional story about gods and heroes that isn't exactly true
What is a myth?
The war between the two city states, Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
What is land surrounded by water on three sides called?
A peninsula.
The Olympics
God of Thunder
Who is Zeus
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
(Polytheistic)
The Greek city-states have in common
What are the same religion and same language.
Since Ancient Greece didn't have a major river for resources, what did the sea provide for them?
Trade & travel.
What is the main oath for a Doctor of Medicine
The Hippocratic Oath
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
A belief in only one God
What is monotheism?
They were considered citizens in Athens
What are free males born in Greece?
Where were the Olympics held?
Olympia
Sparta and other city-states developed this alliance
What is the Peloponnesian League?
A government run by the people who vote:
What is democracy?
The type of Government did Athens practiced
What is democracy?
What continent is Greece on?
Europe
What was one new genre in reading that was started by Ancient Greeks?
Mythology
The type of government with one king like the one Corinth had
What is a Monarchy?
Who were the Arts most important to?
Athens
Which sea is west of Greece?
The Ionian Sea
What was Plato's School for Philosophy named?
The Academy.
God of Wisdom
Athena
A government run by two or more leaders who are usually rich business owners or Kings.
What is an oligarchy
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
What sea is east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
What did the teacher Socrates try and get people to do?
Think for themselves and question the way things are.
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
Name the two types of plays invented by the Greeks that are funny and sad
What are comedies and tragedies?
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his military training?
7
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
What was the method called that wanted "Teaching by Questioning"
Socratic Method
Goddess of Hunting
Artemis
A high hill with a fortress for protection in the center of Athens?
What is an acropolis?
What was Sparta's main value/focus?
The military/ war.
What sea is south of Greece?
Mediterranean Sea
Who taught the last famous leader of all Greeks named Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
God of Archery and Music
Apollo
The building on the Acropolis that's the temple to Athena:
What is the Parthenon?
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
How did Greece's mountains and valleys affect life there?
It provided isolation from others and also protection because it was hard to travel through.
Which leader was considered the father of democracy and tried to spread democracy across Greece?
Pericles
Messenger God
Hermes
Goddess of Family
Hestia
God of Wine
Dionysus
Goddess of Marriage
Hera