Geography
Of the choices below, this is NOT a sea near Greece:
Mediterranean Sea
Aegean Sea
Black Sea
Hudson Sea
What is the Hudson Sea?
The earliest Greeks, the Minoans, lived on the Mediterranean island of _______.
What is CRETE?
This was a MAJOR resource that the islands traded with the mainland in Ancient Greece (hint: think of the sea)
What is FISH?
This was the HEAD god
Who is Zeus?
In ______, boys learned to jump, run, and fight.
What is SPARTA?
The ancient city-state of CRETE was located on an _____.
Island, peninsula, desert
What is an island?
Minoan civilization declined due to _________.
What is volcanic eruption and/or earthquakes.
Citizens in Greece were loyal to their city-state, also known as their ______.
What is POLIS?
She was the goddess of WISDOM
Who was Athena
finish the order of how government evolved in Athens:
Kings, oligarchy, tyrant, then _________
What is democracy?
The Greece mainland is located on a _______ (term for a geographic feature).
What is a Peninsula?
The Myceneans were at war with what other city-state (hint: it was across the Aegean NOT on the Greek mainland).
What is Troy?
Each Greek city-state had an ______ that served as a public meeting place to participate in events, shop, and government meetings.
What is an AGORA?
Ancient Greek Olympics were held every _____ years
What is 4 years?
this man created the first democracy in Athens
Who was CLEISTHENES?
THIS geographic feature limited communication and the exchange of ideas between the city-states.
What are MOUNTAINS?
This Greek author wrote about the Trojan war in his famous epic, The Iliad?
Who was Homer?
Citizens in Ancient Greece were usually free men who were born in the city state and they also had to _______
What is OWN LAND?
Some Olympic winners were exempt from paying ______.
What is TAXES?
What is SPARTA.
Which of the following does NOT belong to describe the geography of Greece?
Mountainous
Large farms
Peninsula
Rocky
What is large farms?
The Dorians didn't have a written language and trade stopped and poverty increased. This time was called the __________
What is the DARK AGES?
What is a DEMOCRACY?
This Roman emperor banned the Olympics in 393CE
Who was Theodosius?
This leader allowed men who didn't own land to become citizens in Athens.
Who was PEISISTRATUS?