Which Polis
This polis had a democracy and educated young men.
What is Athens?
Aesop used these in his stories to teach lessons.
What are animals?
A government by the people.
What is a democracy?
A war between Athens and Sparta and their competing societies.
What was the Peloponnesian War?
I am the Ruler of the Gods
Who is Zeus?
An absolute ruler unrestrained by law.
What is a tyrant?
This Polis had an oligarchy and sent young men to military training.
What is Sparta?
I taught Alexander the Great, I'm the great.
Who was Aristotle?
A government ruled by a few, powerful people.
What is an oligarchy?
Greek city-states united to fight off the invaders from the Middle East.
What was the Persian War?
I am the Ruler of the Dead.
Who is Hades?
Part of an army in which soldiers ride horses.
What is a calvary?
This polis was burned to the ground by the Persians.
What was Athens?
I was an Athenian General who believed that democracy is worth fighting for.
Who was Pericles?
A form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
What is a representative democracy?
Persia was expanding its empire into Greek lands.
What was the cause for the Persian War?
I am the God of War.
Who is Ares?
A group of armed foot soldiers in Ancient Greece arranged close together in rows.
What is a phalanx?
Pericles lived here and spoke about civic duty (participating in government).
What is Athens?
I created a list of how doctors should behave. My oath is still used today.
Who was Hippocrates?
A form of democracy in which all citizens can participate first-hand in the decision making process
What is a direct democracy?
Greek city-states were weakened allowing Alexander and the Macedonians the ability to conquer all of Greece.
What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?
I am the Goddess of Wisdom
Who is Athena?
A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland.
What is a colony?
This polis was a farming community that did not like outsiders.
What was Sparta?
I taught theories of geometry.
Who was Pythagoras?
This civilization has a representative democracy.
What is the United States of America?
After this fight, a lone messenger ran 26.2 miles back to Athens to announce the Athenian victory. He then collapsed from exhaustion.
What was the battle of Marathon?
I am the Ruler of the Seas and Oceans.
Who is Poseidon?
The time period following the death of Alexander the Great, during which Greek culture spread though the known world.
What is the Hellenistic Era?