Early Greeks
Greek Geography
Greek Culture and Life in the Polis
Greek Superstars
Grab Bag
100
These people were the first to inhabit the area that later became Greece.
Who are the Minoans?
100
Greece sits on this landform.
What is a peninsula?
100
These are stories about Gods and Goddesses.
What is a myth?
100
I am the ruler of all Gods and Goddess and live on Mt. Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
100
This was a period of time when Greek culture was spread throughout Southwest Asia and Egypt.
What is Hellenistic Era?
200
This civilization took over the Minoans to become a leading power in ancient Greece.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
200
Greece's geography is largely made up of ______ and ______.
What are mountains and islands?
200
Greeks held this ceremony every four years to honor their Gods.
What is The Olympics?
200
I'm from Macedonia and conquered land from Greece to India. I also am famous for taming a wild horse.
Who is Alexander The Great?
200
Greeks though _____ was the highest form of art.
What is the human form?
300
This is one of many ideas early Greek civilizations passed on.
What is ship building, bronzeworking, trading or navigation.
300
These animals were the easiest for Greeks to raise, given its geography.
What are sheep and/or goats?
300
These two well-known city states fought in the Peloponnesian War.
What are Athens and Sparta?
300
I was the leader of Athens after the Persian War and I led the polis into a Golden Age of learning and prosperity.
Who is Pericles?
300
This Greek astronomer founded the incorrect theory that the sun travels around the earth.
Who is Ptolemy?
400
Greek rulers were forced to create these places when they could no longer grow enough food to feed their population.
What are colonies?
400
This is a fortified area, built on a hill in a polis (city state).
What is an acropolis?
400
This is the type of religion Greeks practiced.
What is polytheistic/polytheism?
400
I wrote The Republic, and decided that democracy may not be the best system of government.
Who is Plato?
400
This was the only career available for men in Sparta.
What is a soldier/military career?
500
Ancient Greeks were forced to mint these as trading became more prominent.
What is coins?
500
This ancient city was the center of Minoan civilization.
What is Knossos? On the Isle of Crete.
500
If you were a ____ and owned ____ you got to be a citizen in Greece.
What is a man and land?
500
I taught Greeks that happiness should be the goal of life.
Who is Epicurus?
500
A run from this plain to Athens during the Persian War is now the term used for a footrace that is 26.2 miles long.
What is a marathon?
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