vocabulary
greeks
greek geography
ungreek
iliad & odyssey
100
land surrounded on three sides by water, like greece
What is peninsula?
100
the king of the Greek Gods
Who is Zeus?
100
the Minoans, the earliest Greek civilization, lived on this island, the southernmost point in Greece and the hiding place for the young Zeus
What is Crete?
100
The guidance counselor who was once a student at RWMS
Who is Correia?
100
the poet responsible for the epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey
Who is Homer?
200
belief in many gods
What is polytheism?
200
the Macedonian king that conquered all of Greece; the father of Alexander the Great
Who is Philip II?
200
the body of water that most Greeks sail across to trade with Egypt
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
the country from which Esek Hopkins student and Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza's parents immigrated from
What is Guatemala?
200
the location of most of The Iliad
What is Troy (or Trojan War)?
300
a person that takes power by force, usually from the middle class
What is a tyrant?
300
this philosopher was a student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander
Who is Aristotle?
300
most of Greece is not good for farming because of these land features
What are mountains?
300
the two intersecting streets where RWMS is located
What are Thurbers and Prairie?
300
the father of the Cyclops who seeks revenge on Odysseus
Who is Poseiden?
400
Plato wrote about this in The Republic; the duties, rights and privileges of citizens
What is civics?
400
the Greek goddess of wisdom and war. The Parthenon was a temple built in her honor
Who is Athena?
400
the high hill where Pericles rebuilt the Parthenon in Athens
What is the Acropolis?
400
The college where one time RWMS student Ed Cooley is the head basketball coach
What is Providence College?
400
the weapon/tool Odysseus carried everywhere and used most often throughout the Odyssey
What is his intelligence/brain/mind/thinking/craftiness/wisdom/etc.?
500
a form of government where all people have a say (except women and slaves, in ancient Greece and early America)
What is democracy?
500
she was the Greek queen taken to Troy and the cause of the Trojan war
Who is Helen?
500
Alexander's conquests of the Persian empire took him mostly in which direction from Greece?
What is east?
500
Mount Pleasant High School graduate, Ms. Gibbons' first name
What is Christina?
500
the hero of the Iliad with the weak ankle.
Who is Achilles?
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