Ancient Greece Jeopardy Unit 2 Review

Persian Wars

100

I am the location of a battle. Pheidippides ran as fast as he could to get helped from Sparta. Then he ran 26 miles to Athens to announce our victory. What am I?

a. Marathon

b. Sparta

c. Persia

a. Marathon

200

I was used to help King Xerxes transport thousands of Persian soldiers into Greece. What am I?

a. raft

b. floating-ship bridge

c. elephant

b. floating-ship bridge

300

300 spartan were able to hold the Persians until the rest of Greece prepared for battle here. Where did this take place?

a. Olympus

b. Athens

c. Thermopylae

c. Thermopylae

City-States

100

This city-state is known for its strict self-discipline and strength.

Sparta

200

This city-state is where the Olympics was held.

Olympia

300

This city-state is the birthplace of democracy.

Athens

Philosophers

100

I was a great philosopher who lived very simply and always asked question. Who am I?

a. Xerxes

b. Socrates

c. Alexander

b. Socrates

200

I was a great philosopher who opened a school called "The Grove of Academe". Who am I?

a. King Philip

b. Plato

c. Socrates

b. Plato

300

I was a great philosopher who believed in balance and I was a scientist. Alexander the Great was my student.

a. Sparta

b. Zeus

c. Aristotle

c. Aristotle

Alexander the Great

100

I was a wild horse tamed with sugar and being turned toward the sun. I was afraid of my shadow, Who am I?

Bucephalus

200

I am Alexander the Great's father. Who am I?

King Philip

300

We are very large animals that confronted Alexander the Great and his men in India. What are we?

elephants

Contributions

100

This city-state is the birthplace of democracy. What am I?

Athens

200

Today, people come from all over to compete in games every 4 years. This began as a religious tradition in Ancient Greece. What is this?

Olympics

300

An amazing Greek building that looks similar to the Lincoln Memorial

Parthenon