Mount Olympus, where the Greek Gods and Goddesses lived.
100
What is the purpose of a myth?
Myths explain natural occurrences, like earthquakes and thunderstorms. They also explain how the world began.
100
What were city-states?
Greek city-states were cities that ruled themselves, they were cities that functioned as independent states.
100
What event began as a religious ceremony to honor Zeus?
The Olympic Games
100
Define "contribution."
A historical contribution is an idea or invention that a person, or group of people, give to the world. For example the ancient Greeks contributed the idea of a marathon race to all the people who lived after them. We still have marathon races today because of the idea from Ancient Greeks.
200
What geographical feature connects the Peloponnesus to the mainland?
An isthmus.
200
Who was the god of the underworld?
Hades ruled the underworld.
200
How did Athenians decide if someone was guilty of a crime?
They held a trial and the verdict was decided by a jury. (trial by jury)
200
Why were the Heraea Games started?
Women were not allowed at the Olympic Games so they started their own games.
200
One contribution of Ancient Greeks was a new form of government called _____________.
democracy, or rule by the people
300
What is a peninsula?
A peninsula is a piece land that is surrounded on three sides by water.
300
Why did Demeter stop growing plants?
Demeter's daughter left to live with her husband Hades in the underworld. Demeter missed her daughter terribly and was so sad she stopped growing things.
300
Who held the power in Sparta?
Citizens, people whose parents were both born in Sparta, held all the power.
300
Who were the first people to live in Greece?
The first people to live in Greece were the Minoans.
300
Ancient Egyptians invented the first writing in the world. Who were the first Europeans to use this invention?
The Greeks were the first Europeans to use a system of writing.
400
Why was the Aegean Sea so important to the Greeks?
The Aegean Sea was safer and less windy for travel (so they could go to trade with other people) and also provided plenty of fish to eat.
400
What is an oracle?
An oracle is a special place where you can ask the Gods questions about the future. The human who lives there and speaks the answer is also called the oracle. And an oracle is the prophecy, or prediction, of the future. (So, it means three related things.)
400
What categories were people grouped into in both Sparta and Athens?
citizens, slaves, and outsiders
400
Who was Archimedes?
Archimedes was a famous Greek scientist and mathematician.
400
Every four years the world comes together at an event which began as a religious ceremony to honor the god Zeus. What is this event that the Ancient Greeks contributed to the world?
The Olympic Games.
500
Why were there many city-states instead of one government in Ancient Greece?
There were city-states because the geography of Greece (mountains and seas) created barriers between the different groups of people.
500
How did the Ancient Greeks explain seasons?
They had the myth about Demeter and Persephone and Hades which explained why things did not grow in the winter, but did grow in the summer.
500
Which city-state first had democracy?
Athens
500
Name two inventions discovered by archaeologist Arthur Evans.
Indoor plumbing and flush toilets
500
Another contribution of the Ancient Greeks is the idea that your peers should vote on your guilt or innocence rather than having on ruler decide your fate. What is this idea called?