The natural harbors along the Attica _________ were important to Athens' navy.
What is Peninsula
100
The political and commercial center of Athens was the ______, or town or market?
Agora
100
What was the name of the conflict between Athens and Sparta and their allies?
Peloponnesian war
100
How long did it take Alexander to win control of the largest empire of his day?
9 years
100
What is an Isthmus?
A. Strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land.
B. Early people that lived in southern Greece.
C. The largest Island in Greece.
A. Strip of land that connects two bigger pieces of land.
200
The ancient Greeks planted olives and grapes because they grow well.
a. in river deltas
b. in rocky soil
c. on peninsulas
What is in rocky soil?
200
What is the Greek word for City-State?
Polis
200
If you wanted to search for wisdom and the right way to live, what would you study?
Philosophy
200
The merging of Greek, African, Asian cultures is called?
Hellenism
200
Sparta is located on which peninsula?
Peloponnesus
300
Why was the Mediterranean Sea important to the Greeks?
It was used for trade
300
What kind of government is headed by one ruler?
Monarchy
300
What is an epic?
a. a walled fortress hill
b. Greek market place
c. Long story poem
C. Long story poem
300
Who hears evidence and makes decisions in a court of law?
Jury
300
In what form of government do the people vote to make decisions?
Democracy
400
Where do ships find a sheltered place along the coast?
a. Brig
b. Harbor
c. drag
d. haven
Harbor
400
What is the name of the large hill around which Greek city-states were built?
Acropolis
400
Students in Ancient Greece searched for wisdom by studying?
A. Architecture
B. Philosophy
C. Physiology
Philosophy
400
The Peloponnesian Wars opened Greece to attack from_________.
Macedonia
400
What Greek lawmaking body voted on issues, shaping the future of the city?
A. Polis
B. Assembly
C. Prosecutor
Assembly
500
What do you call an area of land nearly surrounded by water?
Peninsula
500
What kind of government is ran by a small group of people?
Oligarchy
500
Some of the achievements of the Golden Age in Athens included________
A. Pottery and wall murals
B. The Iliad and The Odyssey
C. Philosophy and geometry
C. Philosophy and geometry
500
Alexander the Great was taught by?
Aristotle
500
We came from the north and conquered the Mycenaeans?