Government
Geography
Famous Figures
Mythology
Athens v. Sparta
100
The Greek word for "city-state".
What is a polis?
100
Land surrounded by water on three sides with the fourth side attached to another landmass.
What is a peninsula?
100
The three most well-known fathers of philosophy. They all lived in Athens.
Who is Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle?
100
Considered the king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
100
This city-state was known for its intense military training.
What is Sparta?
200
A system of government in which the citizens have the power by voting directly on issues or electing representatives.
What is democracy?
200
Large, rocky formations that made traveling across Greece extremely difficult and caused early Greeks to form city-states.
What are mountains?
200
This legendary general helped spread Hellenistic (Greek) culture to Europe and Asia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
200
The home of the gods.
What is Mt. Olympus?
200
Women from this city-state could not own property, could not vote, and could not choose their own husband.
What is Athens?
300
Style of government in which a leader takes over another group by force.
What is tyranny?
300
This early Greek civilization established themselves on the island of Crete.
What are the Minoans?
300
This man is considered the father of democracy.
Who is Cleisthenes?
300
The goddess of love.
Who is Aphrodite?
300
This city-state had an oligarchy as its form of government.
What is Sparta?
400
Style of government in which all of the power is held by a few, often wealthy, individuals.
What is an oligarcy?
400
The peninsula in Greece where Sparta is located.
What is the Peloponnesus?
400
This man is known for his contributions to medicine. Doctors still take this "oath" today, a verbal promise to do no harm.
Who is Hippocrates?
400
God of the Underworld
Who is Hades?
400
In these wars, Sparta and Athens were allies and fought together against a foreign power.
What are the Persian Wars?
500
The only people that could vote in Athens.
Who are male landholders?
500
The three seas that serve as natural borders to Greece's east, west, and south.
What are the Aegean Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, and the Ionian Sea?
500
Although he probably didn't create it, this mathematician proved a famous mathematic theorem that we still use today.
Who is Pythagoras?
500
This god had a temple dedicated to him at Delphi.
Who is Apollo?
500
In this war, Athens and Sparta were enemies and fought against one another.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
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