Accomplishments
This famous sport event originated in Greece.
What are the Olympics?
The one and only job for Spartan citizens.
These mythological figures were immortal, had supernatural powers, and human emotions.
What are the gods?
This king of Persian began the Persian wars with Greece, but died before he could realize his dream of conquering the Greeks and bringing them under the Persian Empire.
Who is King Darius I?
This famous Egyptian city was named for Alexander the Great.
What is Alexandria?
He was the author of Epics like the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who was Homer?
The type of Government Athens had during the Persian Wars.
What was a Democracy?
He was the head "god" of Greek mythology.
Who is Zeus?
This is the battle where Greeks took a final stand at the mountain pass against Xerxes and the Persians.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
He was the father of Alexander the Great and King of Macedonia.
Who is King Philip II?
Greek Philosopher that was the student of Socrates, and started a school in Athens called the Academy.
Who is Plato?
The Greek peninsula in which Sparta is located.
What is Peloponnesus?
Twin sister of Apollo who represented the moon.
Who is Artemis?
The number of soldiers who stayed behind and fought with King Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae
What is 300?
The age of Alexander the Great when he assumed the throne from his father.
What is twenty?
Invented the water screw, established the science of physics, and explained the lever and the pulley.
Who is Archimedes?
The qualifications of an Athenian citizen.
What are free men whose parents were Athenians?
Home of the gods.
What is Mt. Olympus?
What the Persians did to Athens after capturing the city-state.
What is burned it to the ground?
This philosopher tutored Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
This person changed the perception of health and medicine in Greece.
Who is Hippocrates?
This war pitted Athens against Sparta and weakened Greece overall.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This god's temple in the city-state of Delphi housed an oracle who delivered prophecies.
Who is Apollo?
Navy battle where the Greeks defeated the Persians.
What is the Battle of Salamis?
Alexander had made it this far before his soldiers refused to fight.
What is India or the Indus River valley?