Early Greeks
Athens
Geography
Famous Greeks
Contributions
100
The Greek word for a city-state.
What is a polis?
100
The form of government in which power is in the hands of the people.
What is a democracy?
100
The country of Greece itself is one of these landforms.
What is a peninsula?
100
This man may have been a slave, and was famous for his fables.
Who is Aesop?
100
This type of poetry is set to music.
What is lyric poetry?
200
This early trading civilization was extremely advanced, with running water and a beautiful palace at Knossos.
Who are the Minoans?
200
A fortified hilltop.
What is an acropolis?
200
Because Greece has so many of these landforms, travel was very difficult.
What are mountains?
200
She was a famous lyric poet.
Who is Sappho?
200
This kind of poetry is long, and usually tells of heroes' exploits.
What is epic poetry?
300
The warlike people from this civilization were considered the first Greeks, simply because they spoke the language.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
300
Two types of democracies, one from ancient Athens and one which we practice today.
What are direct and representative democracies?
300
Each of these, like Athens and Sparta, was almost like a separate country.
What is a city-state?
300
This man is known as "the father of democracy."
Who is Cleisthenes?
300
This was the Greeks' favorite form of drama.
What is a tragedy?
400
This ruler was despised because of the harshness of his laws.
Who is Draco?
400
Athenians often used these as a way to record their votes.
What are pieces of pottery?
400
This island lies to the south of the Greek mainland.
What is Crete?
400
This man became famous for building the Parthenon and making Athens a beautiful and noteworthy city.
Who is Pericles?
400
A long, carved piece of marble that decorated the top of a temple.
What is a frieze?
500
The form of government that involves rule by an elite few.
What is an oligarchy?
500
A tyrant who is credited with bringing peace and prosperity to Athens.
Who is Peisistratus?
500
This sea lies to the east of Greece and west of Asia Minor, where Troy was located.
What is the Aegean Sea?
500
Under his rule, for the first time, all free men living in Athens became citizens and could participate in government.
Who is Solon?
500
This phrase refers to a person's weakness, and takes its name from one of the great warriors of the Trojan War.
What is an Achilles heel?
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