This student of Aristotle never lost a battle. He conquered the known world around the Mediterranean and spread Greek culture throughout his empire.
Who was Alexander the Great?
100
Which city-state was the first to have a democratic government?
What is Athens?
100
the word for city-state in the Greek language
What is polis?
100
Athens - goddess of wisdom
Who was Athena?
100
Describe the geography/terrain of Ancient Greece
What is mountainous?! It was also a peninsula.
200
King of Macedonia. He conquered Greece.
Who was Philip II?
200
Ruler of Athens - He made Athens a more democratic city-state. He appointed people to positions because of their abilities not because they were members of a certain class.
Who was Pericles?
200
City-state that did not progress beyond oligarchy; felt like an armed military camp; strangers were not welcomed
What is Sparta?
200
Sparta - god of war
Who was Ares?
200
this people group is the source of the Greek alphabet
Who are the Phoenicians?
300
He wrote two epic poems - The Iliad and The Odyssey
Who was Homer?
300
Type of government that allows people to participate directly in the process of governing.
What is DIRECT democracy?
300
This city state also has a column by the same/similar name
What is Corinth? (Corinthian Column)
300
Megara - god of the oceans/seas and earthquakes
Who was Poseidon?
300
this civilization was the earliest in the Greek region...They lived on the island of Crete and had a palace at Knossos.
What is the Minoan civilization?
400
He developed a method of asking questions to lead students to find answers inside of themselves.
Who was Socrates?
400
Which philosopher was an inspiration to the creators of our Constitution? He believed that the best governments had the best elements from monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy.
Who was Aristotle?
400
Athens and Sparta fought against each other in this war
What is the Peloponnesian War?
400
Argos - goddess of marriage/wife of Zeus
Who was Hera?
400
This civilization is thought to be the Greeks that fought at Troy
What is the Mycenaean culture?
500
He believed that philosopher kings should rule society.
Who was Plato?
500
In which battle during the Greco-Persian War is democracy given partial credit for the win? (Hint: Freemen were the oarsmen)
What is the naval battle of Salamis?
500
Enslaved people of ancient Sparta
What is a helot?
500
Corinth - god of music and light
Who was Apollo?
500
the term used by Greeks to refer to all people who were NOT Greek