Students would sit on a bench and write on wax coated tablets with this object.
What is a stylus?
100
This island located in the eastern Mediterranean was a flourishing sea power from about 2500 to 1500 BCE.
What is Crete?
100
The mainland of Greece is surrounded on three sides by water, name this geographic term.
What is a peninsula?
200
This polis had a near-perfect location that ensured its success as a great seaport and commercial center.
What is Corinth?
200
This means to worship more than one god.
What is polytheism?
200
In addition to reading, writing, and math boys were also taught to play this instrument.
What is a small harp or lyre?
200
This king was made famous by the myth of the Labyrinth and the Minotaur. The ruins at Knossos were named after this king.
Who is King Minos?
200
In Ancient Greece settlements were isolated from one another because of these two geographic features.
What are mountains and water?
300
This polis had a poor climate and location, but became renowned for it's musicians, poets, sculptors, and open-air theaters?
What is Argos?
300
This place is where the 12 major Greek gods and goddesses live.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
Professional teachers offered instruction in oratory, science, philosophy and history. These teachers held lectures near the gymnasium.
What is a sophist?
300
In the thirteenth century, BCE this famous military target was captured in 1290 BCE. The war began because a young man named Paris captured a beautiful woman.
What is Troy?
300
Since water was scarce and the land mountainous Greek farmers were forced to plant crops along the shore on these?
What is earth steps or terraces?
400
This polis had a thriving textile industry, colonized all over the eastern Mediterranean, and founded Byzantium a the entrance to the Black Sea.
What is Megara?
400
This god is the ruling god of Mount Olympus.
Who is Zeus?
400
These women were single and had a better education than housewives. They knew poetry and music. They entertained male citizens.
What is a hetaerae?
400
This author wrote both the epic poem "The Iliad" and tale of a warrior and his adventures called "The Odyssey."
Who is Homer?
400
The lack of suitable farmland on the Greek peninsula forced people over seas to establish new homes, grow food and ship it home.
What are colonists or colonies?
500
This city-state had a military tradition of great bravery and human physical endurance, but to attain its goals harshly trained its boys in "boot camps" from the age of seven.
What is Sparta?
500
Greek priestess who claimed to see the future often foretold good and bad fortunes.
What is an oracle?
500
This slave accompanied young men to school, watched over their progress, and made sure they did their homework.
What is a pedagogue?
500
This bronze age civilization lasted from 2500 to 1500 BCE and may have been destroyed by a volcano, an earthquake or an invasion.
What is the Minoan Era or the Minoans?
500
Greek's established colonies over a period of more than 300 years, from 1000 to 650 BCE. The first group of settlers created a colony called Ionia in what is today is known by this name.