Geography
Why are mountains bad for agriculture?
Too rocky for growing crops
Greek Religion is based on stories of Gods and Heroes which is known as what?
Mythology
A play that made fun of ideas and people in Greek society?
Comedy
Gods in Greek Mythology are called?
Olympians
Name of hero who defeated and stopped Hades from taking over Mount Olympus
Hercules
What is a Polis?
An independent city state within Greece
Greeks worshiped gods by building what for religious ceremonies?
Temples and Statues
A play that explains the hardships of Greek heroes?
Tragedy
King of the Olympians
Zeus
Name of hero who slayed the Minotaur
Theseus
A piece of land is surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
What was the original purpose of the Olympics?
To honor the God Zeus
Architecture in this district of the United States is heavily influenced by Greek architecture.
Washington D.C.
Mount Olympus
The Minotaur lived under the Knossos Palace on Crete. What is the name of the structure he lived in?
Labyrinth
The majority of the Greek population lived here.
Southeast Europe and Greece Peninsula
What was the famous temple built to honor Athena?
The Parthenon
Who was the Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, two famous epics, or long poems?
Homer
Hades was not an Olympian since he was the ruler of what location?
The Underworld
Greek city-state that first created democracy
Athens
Greece is bodied by what 3 bodies of water?
The Mediterranean, Aegean, and Ionian sea
Why would people go and visit the Oracle of Delphi?
People would ask the Oracle about their destiny/future
The great philosophers of Greece (Plato, Socrates and Aristotle) wanted the people to use what 3 things in their daily lives?
Reason, Thought, and Logic
Greek God of partying
Dionsysus
The ______ provided the Greeks with an additional food source and an easier travel route than the mountains.
The Sea