Geography
People
Achievements
Vocabulary
Picture Clues
100
This is the island where the Minoan civilization began.
What is Crete?
100
This scientist made many discoveries in the area of medicine.
Who is Hippocrates?
100
The Greeks used the Mediterranean for extensive this.
What is trade?
100
This type of government was developed in Athens. It encouraged citizens to take part in lawmaking.
What is a democracy?
100
This is the name of the type of monster in the Minoan labyrinth story.
What is a minotaur?
200
This is the sea east of Greece.
What is the Aegean Sea?
200
This writer composed the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
Many Greek roots influenced our language today. This root means "self."
What is "auto"?
200
Led by a small group of wealthy men, this type of government was rather successful in Sparta.
What is an oligarchy?
200
This city-state was a dominant military power.
Who is Sparta?
300
True or False: Greece had an abundance of farmland.
What is false?
300
This inventor developed the screw. Eureka!
Who is Archimedes?
300
This type of arena carried an actor's voice to the multitudes in the stands (without microphones of course).
What is an amphitheater?
300
This type of government is led by a violent tyrant.
What is a tyranny?
300
Pictured here, this is the term for a special Athenian warship.
What is a trireme?
400
This geographic feature protected city states and also isolated them from others.
What are mountains?
400
This man is nicknamed "The Father of History."
Who is Herodotus?
400
This landmark was a temple to Athena. Parts of it are still standing today.
What is the Parthenon?
400
This term describes a collection of stories, sometimes religious in nature, that belong to a specific culture.
What is mythology?
400
This Greek mathematician developed a theorem regarding right triangle side lengths.
Who is Pythagoras?
500
Where did Greek city states build their acropolis?
Where is at the highest point of the city?
500
This sculptor is best known for his statue of Zeus.
Who is Phidias?
500
:max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/column-corinthean-157192255-crop-592f4e7b5f9b585950332bc6.jpg)
Seen here, this type of columns was ornate, unlike the Doric and Ionic styles.
What is Corinthian?
500
This is the study of the "big" questions of life. Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates all participated in these discussions.
What is philosophy?
500
This was the man fighting for Helen's love in the story of the Trojan Horse.
Who is Paris?