The Land of Greece
Birth of Greek Civilization
A Golden Age in Athens
Alexander and the Greek Empire
Miscellaneous
100
this land feature is surrounded mostly by water
What is a peninsula?
100
This is the Greek term for city-state
What is polis
100
Athens built a great temple to Athena that still stands today called the ___________
What is the Parthenon?
100
Alexander was the first to create an empire in Greece by conquering
What is Persia
100
The Greeks created these type of plays
What are comedies and tragedies
200
These land features are sheltered places along the coast for ships to dock and fishing
What are harbors?
200
Greek city-states were built around an _________________, a walled hill where people of the city could hide during an attack
What is an acropolis?
200
He was the leader of Athens who made sure all citizens could participate in government or sit on a jury
Who is Pericles?
200
He taught Alexander philosophy and to appreciate Greek (and all) cultures
Who is Aristotle?
200
An orator is somone who
What is, is skilled in public speaking
300
Greece has many ___________ which makes farming difficult.
What are mountains?
300
This was the market and meeting place in Greece
What is the agora?
300
This is the search for wisdom and the right way to live, studied by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
What is philosophy?
300
This city was a center for education and arts in Egypt in the ancient world
What is Alexandria
300
This mathematics subject was created in Ancient Greece
What is geometry
400
At least 2 crops Greeks were able to grow were
What is wheat, grapes, or olives
400
Before the Greeks created democracy, these two types of government were dominant
What are oligarchies and monarchies
400
The Peoloponnesian war was a war between _________ and __________. _____________ won.
What is Athens, Sparta, Sparta
400
Papyrus scrolls and all written texts were collected in this place, however, today we do not know exactly where it was located
What is the Great Library
400
The blend of Greek, African, and Asian cultures from Alexander's conquest is known as
What is Hellenism
500
The Greeks were known as the "people of the sea" because
What is they were expert sailors
500
Athenians valued ______________ and Spartans valued _____________
What is education, knowledge, beauty and war, fighting, strength
500
After the Peloponnesian War, King Phillip II of Macedonia conquered all of Greece. He used these special tactics during war
What is phalanxes and cavalry
500
Greek language became widespread for these 2 reasons (give one)
What is it was easy to learn and Alexander conquered lands on 3 continents
500
In the movie "Jason and the Argonauts," Jason is searching for this
What is the golden fleece
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