Vocabulary
Ancient Athens
People
Geography
Miscellaneous
100
agora
What is an open air market-place
100
The war fought against the Persians where Athens joined with Sparta.
What is the Persian War?
100
Famous Athenian philosopher who was accused of going against the government and was forced to drink Hemlock which killed him.
Who was Socrates?
100
These prevented the city-states from uniting.
What are mountains and seas?
100
These are the three seas that surround Greece.
What are the Ionian, Mediterranean and Aegean seas?
200
A city with an independent government
What is a city-state?
200
In this war Athens fought Sparta.
What is the Pelopennesian War?
200
People of Ancient Greece believed their gods lived here.
What is Mount Olympus?
200
Greece has over 600 of these.
What are Greek islands?
200
These are valuables taken during times of war.
What is plunder?
300
This poet wrote the Illiad and Odessey.
Who was Homer?
300
This government set up in Athens was the basis for the government we have in the United States.
What is a democracy?
300
This philosopher and leader gave his own riches to help the poor people of Greece.
Who is Pericles?
300
The mainland of Greece is located here.
What is the Balkan peninsula?
300
Because Greece is surrounded by water, the people of greece have become great at these two things.
What are sailors and traders?
400
This quick spreading disease affected the Athenians during the Pelopennesian War and was a major cause of their defeat.
What is a plague?
400
Athens was first ruled by this small group of people.
What is an aristocrosy?
400
This student of Plato studied Socratic methods.
Who was Aristotle?
400
The peninsula Athens is located.
What is Attica?
400
These are the two main crops grown in Greece.
What are olives and grapes?
500
Time period after Alexander's death when cultures were blended together in Greece.
What is the Hellinistic Age?
500
Athens collected money from this group of city-states in exchange for protection.
What is the Delian League?
500
Macedonian King who defeated Greece and created a great empire.
Who was Alexander?
500
This peninsula is where Sparta is located.
What is the Pelopennsesus peninsula?
500
This group of people defeated Greece after Greece became weak after the Pelopennesus war.
Who are the Persians?
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