Greek gods
The god of thunder
Who is Zeus
the first year of Olympics
what is 776 bce.
the Olympics start
where is Mount Olympus
Because Greece's land is so rocky and mountainous, ancient Greeks couldn't grow much grain and relied heavily on this activity across the Mediterranean Sea to get food.\
What is trade
The number of Greek gods
What is 12
the prizes rewarded to the winners
what were olive wreath
Instead of being one big country, ancient Greece was split into these independent, self-governing communities.
What are city-states?
Instead of just trading items like blankets for cows, the Greeks made trading much easier by inventing stamped silver and bronze pieces of this
What is money
the god of love
who is aphrodite
who won the very first Olympic event a 192-meter footrace
who was Coroebus
This powerful city-state was famous for creating the world's very first democracy, where citizens voted on laws.
What is Athens
Even with poor soil, Greek farmers successfully grew and traded these two main liquid crops, which were often stored in large clay jars called amphorae.
What are olive oil and wine
Number of goddesses
What is six
A sacred agreement (ekecheiria) that paused all wars between Greek city-states so athletes could travel safely.
what was the the Olympic Truce
Visitors to the town of Kalabaka look up in amazement at these famous "sky monasteries" built on top of giant, towering rock pillars.
What is Meteora
This busy, open-air marketplace in the center of every Greek city-state was where citizens bought food, traded goods, and talked about politics.
What is the agora
how many siblings did Zeus have
what is five
what did women do when they weren't allowed to play in the men's games
what is they founded their own festival in honor of Hera (Zeus's wife).
Because Greece is a peninsula surrounded by water, ancient Greeks relied heavily on this job to trade with other cultures
What are sailors?
Because Greece didn't have enough farmland for its growing population, city-states sent people across the sea to build these new, permanent settlements to send resources back home.
What are colonies