Geography/City-state
Greek Culture
Warfare
Athens and Sparta
Take a Chance
100
The landform that dominates the Greek peninsula.
What are mountains?
100
The famous Aesop wrote_______________which taught life lessons to kids.
What are fables?
100
The Greek fighting formation where soldiers stood in a close square formation.
What is a phalanx?
100
The form of government that started in Athens and is part of western culture.
What is democracy?
100
He created a Greek Empire that stretched from Egypt to India.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
The rugged coast of Greece created many...
What are good harbors?
200
Author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
Soldiers mounted on horseback.
What are cavalry?
200
Spartan boys entered military training at age...
What is seven years old?
200
Early in the Athenian democracy, men voted by...
What is raising their hands?
300
This made sailing easier on the Aegean Sea.
What are islands?
300
Stories about gods and heroes that explain how the world works.
What are myths?
300
The first battle in the Persian Wars won by the Greeks. A runner was said to have given the announcement to Athens and died on the spot.
What is the Battle of Marathon?
300
Women from ______________ had more rights and were trained in how to fight.
What is Sparta?
300
Means "Greek-like."
What is Hellenistic?
400
Due to high trade on the sea, the Greeks became...
What are expert sailors/ship builders.
400
The goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite?
400
The famous land battle where the 300 Spartans and other Greeks lost to the Persians.
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
400
After the kings of Athens failed, wealthy land owning _____________ ruled Athens.
What are aristocrats?
400
Alexander the Great was buried in Egypt because he was crowned...
What is pharaoh?
500
At the center of the Greek city-state was _____________ with a fortress and government buildings.
What is an acropolis?
500
The story about her stolen daughter allowed the Greeks to explain the change of seasons.
Who is Demeter?
500
Although the Greeks lost on land to the Persians, they famously defeated them on the sea at the...
What is the Battle of Salamais?
500
In Athens they focused on culture and ________________ were people who considered explanations for events that did not have to do with the gods.
What are philosophers?
500
He led the Persians against the Medes and began the Persian Empire.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
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