Geography & Farming
Greece is considered this type of landform because it is surrounded by water on three sides.
A peninsula
This city-state defeated Athens to bring an end to the Peloponnesian War.
Sparta
This form of government, where one person inherits power, usually came first in Greek city-states.
Monarchy
This famous leader headed the Athenian government during its "Golden Age".
Pericles
The Greeks believed their gods lived in this specific location.
Mount Olympus
These physical features were the main reason ancient Greek communities were isolated from one another.
Mountains
Alexander the Great built many cities throughout his empire primarily to spread this.
Greek culture
This English word for a government "ruled by a few" comes from a Greek root.
Oligarch
This grand temple was built on the Acropolis to honor the goddess Athena.
The Parthenon
The word "philosophy" comes from Greek words that translate to this phrase.
Love of wisdom
To farm on steep hills, the Greeks built these into the hillsides to create flat land.
Flat steps
Alexander helped unite the Greeks under his rule by giving them one of these.
A common enemy
(the Persians)
These types of rulers were often well-liked because they passed laws that improved the lives of the people.
Tyrants
Athenians had to start a massive new construction program because their city had been in this condition after the Persian wars.
Totally destroyed
The Greek love of sports and the Olympic games showed that they highly valued this.
Physical fitness
Ancient Greeks raised goats and sheep rather than cattle because these animals did not require this type of terrain.
Flat land
To gain the loyalty of the people in Egypt, Alexander used religion by doing this to their gods.
Honoring them
This form of government was unique in Athens because all citizens shared ruling power.
Democracy
This famous philosopher was arrested for asking questions that seemed to dishonor the gods.
Socrates
Every four years, Greeks agreed to a brief truce in their wars so that athletes could do this.
Go to the Olympics
This was the primary reason ancient Greek communities engaged in trade with one another. Answer
To get goods they needed
After Alexander’s death, his empire fell apart because these people fought each other for control.
His generals
Oligarchs were eventually thrown out of power by a partnership between these two groups.
Army leaders and poor people
In ancient Greek theater, these items were worn by actors—in part because men played all the roles, including women.
Masks
This was the primary reason Greeks sometimes fought each other.
They each wanted more land