Greece Culture
Athens/Sparta
Famous Greeks
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Zeus
Who is the king of the gods
100
A small group of nobles
Who ruled Sparta?
100
Pericles
Who was the leader and great spokesman of Athens?
100
Epic
What is a long adventure poem?
100
Olives
What is the major crop?
200
They built temples to honor the gods
Why did the Greeks build temples?
200
democracy
What type of government was developed in Greece?
200
Socrates
Who questioned everything and had many debates?
200
Maritime
What is a community that develops around the sea?
200
Olive Tree
What was the symbol that Athena gave the Greeks?
300
Plays that were lighthearted and made fun of politicians and aristocrats.
what is a Greek Comedy?
300
They were left to die.
What happened to sickly, Spartan children?
300
Plato
Who wrote many books, including The Republic?
300
City-states
What are independent communities that are governed by landowners?
300
Trade by sea
How did the Greeks do most of their trading?
400
It is the rule by the people.
What is democracy?
400
Families were important.
How did the Athenians view family?
400
Alexander the Great
Which Macedonian conquered Persia and helped spread Greek culture?
400
Aristocracy
What type of government is ruled by nobility?
400
Museums and the Parthenon are examples
Where can you find examples of Greek architecture?
500
mountains and poor soil
What was the terrain like in Greece?
500
Peloponnesian War
What was the name of the war between Sparta and Athens?
500
Aristotle
Who wrote about nature and the government? He was also Plato's student.
500
Oligarchy
What type of government that is ruled by a few?
500
You could be killed if you did this
What would happen if you cut down an olive tree?
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