Greek Geography
What continent is Greece on?
What is Europe.
What type of government was first developed in Greece?
What is democracy.
The public market and meeting place in each city is known as?
What is agora.
The Olympic Games were formed to honor this god.
Who is Zeus.
Canada, United States of America and Mexico make up this continent
North America
The Aegean, Ionian and Mediterraneans Seas surround what country?
What is Greece.
What type of government is it when kings rule?
What is monarchy.
In ancient times, what items did Greece export?
What are olive oil, wine and pottery.
What three brothers ruled the skies, seas and underworld?
Who are Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
The hottest continent
Africa
In which city-state did the citizen appreciate education, music, philosophy, and art?
Athens.
What is democracy?
Government ruled by the people.
What is a polis?
a Greek city-state
What are two of Homer's best known epic poems?
What are The Odyssey and The Iliad
The largest continent
Asia
Which city-state was known for their physical fitness and military training?
Sparta.
The bitter war between Athens and Sparta was called?
The Peloponnesian War
At what age were boys in Sparta forced to join the military?
7
Who was a statesman who led Athens during its golden age
Pericles
Name the 2 island continents
Australia and Antarctica
What two city-states had a bitter war that led to the decline of the ancient Greece civilization.
Athens and Sparta
A governing body in Athens consisting of all citizens
What is the assembly.
What civilizations did the Greek civilization come from?
The Minoans and Mycenaneans
How did Pericles die?
the plague
The Amazon River and Andes Mountain range are in this continent.
South America