THIS IS SPARTA
Olympics
Greece is located in which continent?
Europe
The Ancient Greeks were ____________, or believed in many gods and goddesses.
Polytheistic
Ancient Greece was the first Ancient Society that used voting, making the government the first _________
Democracy
Philosophers
What is the name of the first group of Greeks who settled on the mainland?
Myceneans
Greece is a peninsula. Explain what a peninsula is
A body of land with water on three sides
What is the name of the hero in Ancient Greek mythology that brought fire to humans?
Prometheus
Communities in ancient Greece were known as city-states, also called a
Polis
To let more light into buildings, the ancient Greeks made their architecture using lots of ________.
Columns
Sparta is the ________ state while Athen was the _______ state.
War; Art
Alexander the Great, who was from Macedonia, asked for Greece's help to do what?
Conquer Egypt, Persia, and western India
What are the three main gods? (Land, Sea, Underworld)
Zeus, Poseidon, Hades
At the center of each Polis in ancient Greece, was a __________, a place where the citizens would meet for political and religious purposes.
Acropolis
What are the names of the two Epics written by Homer about the Trojan War?
"The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"
The Peloponnesian War is between which two Greek city-states? How long did it go on, and who won?
Athens and Sparta; 27 years; Sparta
How much (percentage) of Greece is mountains?
80%
How was the goddess Athena born?
She was in her mother's stomach, then her mother was eaten by her father. While in her mother's stomach inside her father, she decided it was time to be born, and came out of her fathers forehead
Who conquered the Ancient Greeks?
Rome
What is the name of the three most famous Greek philosophers?
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
Explain to me the Trojan War. (Who was it between, why did they want to fight, how did they invade?)
Between Myceneans and Troy; wanted to fight because Troy stole Greek King's wife Helen; the army hid inside a giant wooden horse they pretended was a "gift" for Troy
Explain how a peninsula is a good place to start a civilization?
It is surrounded by water-
-great for growing crops
-great for transportation
Harder for invaders to invade
Name 5 Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, or monsters and what they represent
Answers will vary (Miss Tompkins will approve :))
Explain the myth of Eurydice and Orpheus
Orpheus and Eurydice were in love. Eurydice was bit by a snake and died. Orpheus traveled to the Underworld to beg Hades for her back. He said if he can lead her out of the Underworld without turning back to look at her, she can live. Not hearing her footsteps, Orpheus panicked and looked behind him at the last moment. Eurydice is now stuck in Hades forever.
Who wrote the famous fables "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "The Fox and the Grapes?"
Aesop