Traveling by land in Greece was difficult, so Greeks did what?
What is became expert shipbuilders?
100
Many Greek colonies became big cities along the Mediterranean Sea, what were the names of these cities?
What is Istanbul in Turkey, Marseille in France, and Naples in Italy?
100
The Minoans and the ____________ helped shape later Greek cultures.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
100
True or False: Everyone who lived in a city-state lived inside the city walls.
What is False?
100
What is an agora?
What is a Greek marketplace?
200
List activities that took place in the agora.
What is men talked politics, religion, events, etc. in their communities?
200
Describe what a representative democracy is.
What is citizens elect officials to make laws?
200
What sea lies to the east of the Greek mainland?
What is the Aegean Sea?
200
True or False: The Mycenaeans spent much of their time at sea.
What is False?
200
Define a lyric poem.
What is a poem set to music?
300
What Greek leader would not have approved of the democracy found in the United States?
Who is Draco?
300
Describe the first democracy in Athens.
What is all citizens were permitted to vote, Any people were allowed to give speeches, and voting was done by show of hands and by writing on broken pieces of pottery?
300
Who did the ancient Greeks believe caused events like thunder and earthquakes?
What is their gods?
300
True or False: Citizens in the early democracy of Athens voted by writing on paper.
What is False?
300
The creation of city-states marks the beginning of Greece's _____________ age.
What is classical?
400
How did Greeks strongly influence our language?
What is many English words and expressions come from Greek mythology?
400
Why did many Greeks visit the oracle in Delphi?
What is to ask the god Apollo questions?
400
Apollo was the god of the __________.
What is the sun?
400
Who is the king of the gods?
Who is Zeus?
400
The ____________ was a time when Greece slid into a period of warfare and disorder.
What is the Dark Age?
500
In what way were the Mycenaeans different from the Minoans?
What is the Mycenaeans lived on the Greek mainland?
500
How was the form of democracy in ancient Greece different from our current form of democratic government?
What is voting took place on broken pieces of pottery, not paper?
500
What tells the story of the last years of the Trojan War?
What is the Iliad
500
True or False: Ancient Greeks produced great works of literature.