Landscape
Early Greek Society
City-States
Democracy
Gods & Goddesses
100

In ancient times, there was no country called Greece, instead there were communities of Greek speakers scattered along the ___________________________ sea.

the Mediterranean Sea

100

What is the Greek word for city?

Polis


100

What is the name of the "high city" in every city state?

acropolis

100

what is the definition of democracy? 

rule by the people


100

Who is the god of the sky?

Zeus


200

Mainland Greece is divided by two large _________________________ ________________________,

mountain ranges


200

Who were the two civilizations to influence the greeks the most?

Minoans and Myceneans 

200

What were the three main types of inhabitants in a polis? (pg 226) Which ones could vote?

citizens, women/foreigners, slaves, only citizens

200

Who were oligarchies usually headed by?

council of leaders who belonged to the aristocracy

200

Who is the god of wine, parties and merrymaking?

Dionysus 

300

What are the three surrounding seas around ancient Greece?

Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean 

300

Who wrote the Iliad, which recounts the Trojan war?

Homer

300

What is an aristocracy? (pg. 226)

a hereditary class of rulers

300

what is tyranny?

government ruled by a strong ruler

300

Who is the goddess of earth, agriculture, harvest?

Demeter

400

Ancient Greek societies were often engaged in___________ with one another.

war


400

Who won the Trojan war and how did they do it?

Greeks, they hid in a horse that was a 'gift' to the Trojans

400

What do you call a member of a city-state with legal rights?

citizen

400

Name three major reformers for democracy in ancient Athens

Cleisthenes, Solon and Pericles

400

Who is the god of war? 

Ares


500

Name some crops that grow naturally in Ancient Greece

olives, grapes

500

Often the Iliad was recited or ___________

sung

500

Which god or goddess is the acropolis in Athens dedicated to?

Athena

500

What is the main difference between a democracy and an oligarchy or tyranny?

one gives the ruling power to the many (democracy) and one to few (tyranny/oligarchy)

500

Who is Zeus and Demeter's daughter? What does she do?

Persephone, she rules the underworld half of the year and also changes the seasons


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