Geography and City States
Geography and City States
Geography and City States 3
Greek Gods
Government in Greece
100
Greece is a what?
Peninsula
100
Since Greek was not whole, no one called themselves Greek. At that time Greek was divided into many different _____-________.
City-states
100
The city states had to create colonies because.....
they could not farm as much as other places.
100
The Greek God of War was
Ares
100
Most famous Greek city state
Athens
200
It is in southern what?
Europe
200
Name 4 major city states.
Athens, Sparta, Corinth, Thebes, Megara, Argos, and etc.
200
Describe colonies....
Colonies were a trading resource to trade things that other people might need for what you don't have in your city state.
200
The Greek Goddess of wisdom was
Athena
200
Early Athens were governed by
Oligarchy
300
Greece has lots of ________ and is surrounded by _______.
Mountains and water
300
Greek word for city state was.....
Polis
300
Name crops that could be farmed on mainland Greece.
Olives, goats, sheep, grapes, barley, and etc.
300
The Greek God of the sky was
Zeus
300

In 546 BC, Peisistratus overthrew the aristocrats and became the

Tyrant of Athens

400
The cities were built around a large fortress.......
that stood at the top of the hill called the acropolis.
400
A marketplace of a city state was called
agora
400
The cities were built around a large fortress that stood high on a hill called an....
Acropolis
400
The Greek God of the Underworld was
Hades
400

Since Peisistratus came in to rule, peace and prosperity came to the

Poor

500
The Mediterranean Sea is ______, the Ionian Sea is ______, the Aegean Sea is ________ of Greece.
South, West, and East
500
The Greeks were master shipbuilders and sailors because....
the only way to travel across land was to sail across the water.
500
The town around an acropolis was surrounded by smaller ______ for more protection.
Walls
500
The Greek God of the sea was
Poseidon
500
Around 500 BC was when under Cleisthenes's rule, Athens created
Democracy
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