Geography
Most of Greece is located on the mainland penninsula. This describes a penninsula
What is a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides?
He was chief of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
These are used to hold up a ceiling or other roof structure. (Many buildings in Washington DC have them.)
What are 'columns'?
This is a government ruled by a king or queen. Succession usually went to the eldest son. (think butterfly)
What is a 'monarchy'?
This is how Ancient Greek Democracy impacts our modern day US government?
Citizens are able to vote and assemble
This city-state valued Military training above the arts
What is Sparta?
This was the son of Philip II of Macedon.
Who was Alexander (TG)?
This is an island
What is a piece of land completely surrounded by water?
This is the reason the ancients wrote mythological stories
Why they believed the actions of the gods/goddesses explained what they did not understand?
These were early cities that had their own governments and laws.
What are 'city-states'?
This is a govenment ruled by a, few, usually wealthy men. (The prefix is greek for 'few')
What is an 'Oligarchy'?
These people generally get richer under an Oligarchy form of government
Who are the rich?
This city-state valued education above military training
The furthest east that Alexander and his army conquered was this river valley.
What is the Indus River Valley?
This is the real mountain where the gods/goddesses were thought to live.
What is Mt. Olympus?
This is how the very first spider was created
When a girl name Arachne challenged Athena to a 'spinning contest' and won, Athena was so angry she changed the child into a spider?
Because there was no 'science' in Ancient Greece, they explained the natural world using these
What are 'myths'?
This is a type of government with only one ruler that took power by force or illegally.
What is a 'tyranny'?
Macedonia's (northern Greece) most famous king
Who was Alexander T.G.?
This city-state's patron goddess was Athena
What is Athens?
This was the moral for the story of 'the lion and the mouse'?
What are: 'Never judge a book by it's cover,' or 'Every kind deed, no matter how small is wasted', or 'Do not Judge someone by Their Size.'?
Most Ancient Greek communities grew up in isolation because of the rough terrain. This is what the words 'isolation' and 'terrain' mean
What are 'living separated from others' and 'landscape'?
When Demeter's daughter is taken to the underworld to be queen of the dead, it is winter above, as the godess of fertility is sad?
This was one benefit of the Greeks colonizing other areas around the Mediterranian Sea.
What is the spreading of Greek culture and ideas. or increased trade?
This type of government is ruled by the people. They elect their leaders by voting. (The United States is one.)
What is a 'democracy'?
What is, by conquring other lands?
This city-state promoted 'strength' above education
What is Sparta?
To be fable, a story needs these 5 elements. (Give me 3)
What are: short, about animals acting like humans, containing a lesson or moral, outside, and they must be fiction?
Most of Greece is mountainous and rocky. This is what farmers had to do to be able to grow crops
What is carve out flat areas in the hills?
This is the monster with a human's body and the head of a bull. It is also the name of the person who slayed him.
Who were the Minotaur and Theseus?
Because the population of Ancient Greece started growing, the Greeks looked elswhere to live. They started colonizing. This is what 'colonizing' means
What is taking over another area to be used for the parent country's benefit?
Steep mountains and hills kept people apart in ancient Greece. This is how it affected the governments in the city-state
What is that many city-states had very different forms of governments?
Only landowning men were considered citizens in Ancient Greece. Based on this information, this is what we can infer about women and immigrants
What is that they weren't seen as equals?
This is the name of the Spartan king who led 300 soldiers to stand against the Persian army of 100,000 troops.
Who is King Leonidas?
By conqering all the known world, Alexander spread Greek ideas, religion, and language. This blend of Egyptian, Indian, Persian, and Greek cultures created a brand new culture called this.
What is Hellenistic Culture?