Vocabulary
People to Know
Short Answer
Short Answers
Short Answer
100
a walled fort built on a hill
What is acropolis
100
wrote the Iliad and Odyssey
What is Homer
100
discovered the Minoan civilization
What is Arthur Evans
100
What type of climate does Greece have?
What is hot and dry
100
What is one key idea that Pericles developed for the Athenian people.
What is He felt that every citizen had the right to vote – not just the wealthy. He arranged for jurors to be paid so they would not lose money being away from their jobs.
200
A small strip of land, with water on both sides that connects two larger areas of land
What is isthmus
200
son of King Darius, led Persians against the Greeks
What is Xerxes
200
On what peninsula is Greece located?
What is Balkan
200
What were their main crops?
What is grapes and olives
200
What city-state led the Peloponnesian League?
What is Sparta
300
an open-air market and gathering place in Greek city-states
What is agora
300
leader of Athens, believed jurors should be paid and believed in
What is Pericles
300
How many islands are part of Greece?
What is About 2,000
300
What type of people were the Mycenaeans?
What is Warlike
300
What city-state led the Delian League?
What is Athens
400
an agreement to cooperate
What is alliance
400
Spartan leader that led the Greeks against the Persians
What is Leonidas
400
How much of the land consists of mountains?
What is 3/4
400
What is one difference between the Minoans and the Mycenaeans?
What is Minoans were peaceful, and the Mycenaens were war-like.
400
Bonus What is the capital Ancient Greece
What is Athens
500
a cruel ruler, someone who usually took control of a government illegally and ruled alone
What is tyrant
500
son of King Philip, dreamed of world conquest, created
What is Alexander the Great
500
What type of soil is in Greece?
What is Thin
500
9. Name the three Greek columns.
What is Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
500
Bonus Who won the Peloponnesian war
What is Athenians
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