Greek Gods and Goddesses
Literature
Geography
People
Government
100
Stories about Gods and heroes that explain how the world works.
What is Mythology?
100
Stories or poems that told tales of adventure and were important to Greek education.
What are Epic Poems?
100
The mainland of Greece that is surrounded on three sides by water is this geographic feature.
What is a Peninsula?
100
He is sometimes called the "father of democracy."
Who is Cleisthenes?
100
A type of government in which people rule themselves.
What is a Democracy?
200
He fought and killed the Hydra- a snake with 9 heads.
Who is Hercules?
200
Poems that were often set to music.
What are Lyric Poems?
200
The marketplace where farmers brought their crops to sell and trade.
What is an Agora?
200
Democracy reached its height under this brilliant leader.
Who is Pericles?
200
A group of rich landowners who ran the city's economy and also served as judges and generals.
What are Aristocrats?
300
Prince who sailed to Crete and killed the Minotaur.
Who is Theseus?
300
Short stories that teach a lesson.
What are Fables?
300
The island where the Minoans were located.
What is Crete?
300
Author who wrote the Ilaid and Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
300
A government in which only a few people have power.
What is an Oligarchy?
400
He is the King of all Gods.
Who is Zeus?
400
Two famous stories, written by Homer, about the Trojan War.
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey?
400
A greek fortress built on top of a high hill.
What is an Acropolis?
400
Her poems were about love and relationships.
Who is Sappho?
400
A leader who held power through the use of force.
What is a Tyrant?
500
Part of a person's leg that is considered a person's weak spot.
What is the Achilles Heel?
500
Fable that teaches us to work slowly and carefully than to hurry and make mistakes.
What is "The Tortoise and the Hare?"
500
The Greek word for a city-state.
What is a Polis?
500
He used animals as the main characters in his short stories.
Who is Aesop?
500
People who had the right to participate in government.
Who are Citizens?
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