The goddess who sprang from Zeus's head, fully grown.
Who is Athena?
100
Odysseus was returning home from what event when he began his "odyssey" voyage?
What is the Trojan War?
100
Greece was divided into districts named this.
What are city-states?
100
Greeks built these structures as a place for the gods to live when they were on earth.
What are temples?
100
Zeus's mother saved his life by protecting him from what?
What is being eaten by his father?
200
This god was extremely important to Greeks since they traveled on the Aegean Sea all the time.
Who is Poseiden?
200
Odysseus and his men were able to escape the cyclops with the help of what animal?
What are sheep?
200
Greece is known for being the birthplace of this form of government, still practiced in many places. One of them is America.
What is democracy?
200
These famous games originally started as a religious festival to honor the gods
What are the Olympics?
200
The Greeks believed that the major gods resided in this place.
What is Mt. Olympus?
300
A famous brand of athletic shoes are named after this goddess of victory.
Who is Nike?
300
His sailors escaped the siren's song by putting this in their ears.
What is beeswax?
300
This city-state was known as a place where ideas flourished and people could publicly voice their opinions and be heard.
What is Athens?
300
This type of sport was the only event at the Olympic games for at least the first 50 years.
What is a foot race?
300
The Greeks believed that this place was the center of the world because it held their most important oracle.
What is Delphi
400
This sun god was thought to drive a chariot to pull the sun across the sky each day.
Who is Apollo?
400
This god helped Odysseus rescue his men from the witch, Circe.
Who is Hermes?
400
This city state was best known for it's strong military structure.
What is Sparta?
400
It is believed that this useful item was probably invented near Greece and the the first ones were made of electrum, which was a combination of gold and silver.
What are coins?
400
The Greeks believed that the River Pactolus contains gold because this man, who had "the golden touch" was washed clean in the river.
Who is King Midas
500
Because precious metals are often found underground, he is considered the god of wealth.
Who is Hades?
500
Penelope, his wife, tried to delay choosing a new husband by undoing this every night.
What is her weaving?
500
In order to have rights in a city-state, you needed to be one of these.
What is a citizen?
500
Greek brides did this on the day before their wedding.
What is take a bath with sacred water?
500
Greeks buried their dead with a coin in their mouth because they believed they would need them for this.
What is a boat ride from the land of the living to the land of the dead.