Daily Life
Religion, Mythology, Art & Architecture
Language, Literature, Sports & Entertainment
Sparta vs. Athens
Military & Government
100
Tunics, a belt, a hat for outdoors, and leather sandals
What is the way a Greek dresses?
100
The king of the gods.
What is Zeus?
100
These were first recorded in Ancient Greece in 776 BC. They are sporting events that were played to honor the gods.
What is the olympics?
100
This is a port on the Aegean Sea that was a major trade center. It traded goods such as olive oil and grapes for much needed wheat.
What is Athens?
100
This is what a soldier would wear. It could weigh as much as 66 pounds- almost the same weight as your friends!
What is a suit of armor?
200
These are made out of dried mud bricks and have a courtyard in the middle with mosaics for decorations.
What is a typical Greek home?
200
They are part of Ancient Greek buildings and are still popular today. They can be very fancy with scrolls.
What is a column?
200
Many of our English words come from this. Many have funny symbols that would help you create a word.
What is the Greek alphabet?
200
Located in an inland valley. High mountains formed a natural wall protecting this city-state.
What is Sparta?
200
Who got to vote in Ancient Greece?
What is a male citizen.
300
A favorite game played by Ancient Greek children that were originally made out of the bones of sheep and goats, but later made out of clay.
What is knucklebones?
300
An art form in which small pieces of cut stone or glass are embedded in plaster (we made these in class)!
What is a mosaic?
300
One of the oldest forms of literature to be used by the Greeks. Aesop wrote many famous ones. We talked about the Tortoise and the Hare.
What is a fable?
300
A small area that had its own ruler. Sparta and Athens are two of the largest ones.
What is a city-state?
300
Define a battering ram.
What is a heavy beam that would smash into walls to take them down?
400
A busy marketplace where farmers came to trade goods. Ancient Greeks would go to purchase food with coins.
What is the agora?
400
Each of these were in charge of different aspect of life. Some were over the sun, love, beauty, etc...
What is a Greek god or goddess?
400
Greek plays were two main kids. One was meant to show how people behaved and often ended sadly, while the others were happy.
What is tragedy and/or comedy?
400
After his father died he took over control of Greece. He was not satisfied with just Greece, but took his troops 20,0000 miles to conquer Egypt and the entire Persian Empire. He was one of the GREATEST rulers in the Western World!
What is Alexander the Great?
400
We have this form of government as well. It means ruled by the people.
What is democracy?
500
A tool used in math- that is like our present day calculator
What is an abacus?
500
This is a type of story about the lives of the gods and legendary heroes. We still read these today!
What is a myth?
500
The ancient Greeks built these for performers. Thousands would come to watch plays.
What is an amphitheater?
500
These are the wars that were fought in Ancient Greece. (NAME ONE) One was fought against the and outside invader and Sparta and Athens joined forces to keep them out. The other was a LONG war where Athens and Sparta fought for power. It lasted almost 30 years.
What is the Persian War or Peloponnesian Wars?
500
These are used to go over walls of a city. They are gigantic structures on wheels where the soldiers worked their way up inside the structure to the tallest platform so they could scale the walls.
What is a siege tower?
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