This leader in Athens helped popularize democracy?
Who is Pericles
100
The Iliad and Odyssey were written by which famed Greek poet?
Who is Homer
100
How old was Alexander when he became King of Macedonia?
What is 20 years old
200
This crop grows well in Greece despite its mountainous terrain?
What are olives
200
This city-state became renown for its navy and thus become the major center of Greek trade?
What is Athens
200
This leader eventually took over Greece through a series of revolutionary military maneuvers, such as using horses and long spears in battle?
Who is Phillip II?
200
Sophocles and Euripides are famous for what line of work in Ancient Greece?
What is drama playwrights
200
What city is remembered as Alexander's crown jewel, his most important contribution?
What is Alexandria?
300
The lack of suitable farming land lead Greeks to begin what alternative method of obtaining goods and supplies?
What is trading
300
One major difference between Sparta and Athens was there view of what activity that was often offered to young boys?
What is formal education or schooling
300
This teacher of philosophy was eventually killed in Greece due to asking pointed questions about life, politics, and how we are best to combine the two?
Who is Socrates
300
What feature of Grecian architecture is still used today?
What is a column?
300
How many continents did the empire of Alexander's rule stretch over?
What are three (Europe, Asia, and Africa)
400
Greece is surrounded primarily by what body of water?
What is the Mediterranean Sea
400
Sparta and Athens eventually went to fight for supremacy in a series of battles for many years. Which city-state ultimately "won" the war?
What is Sparta
400
This leader of Persia was the main rival to Alexander the Great conquest?
Who is Darius
400
The first Olympic games was originally between whom as the inaugural competition?
What are city-states
400
Why is Alexander called "the Great"?
What is the size of his empire that he established in just 9 short years.
500
What is the largest island in Greece?
What is Crete
500
The feud between Sparta and Athens set the stage for its eventual fall to what nation?
What is Macedonia
500
This learned philosopher was Alexander's personal tutor?
Who is Aristotle?
500
Greece was the first nation to employ what time of government rather than a monarchy or a oligarchy?
What is a democracy
500
Alexandria's library is reported to have housed how many scrolls, thus earning it a reputation as the place for learning and education?