General Jeopardy
Greece
Greece
What is the branch of mathematics that involves points, lines, planes, and figures?
Geometry
Pindus and Olympus are:
a. City-states, b. Mountains, c. Islands d. Seas
B. Mountains
What form of government did Greece use?
Democracy
Who is Zeus?
God of Thunder and considered the most powerful god
This body of water surrounded ancient Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
What is the name of a marketplace in ancient Greece?
Agora
In what continent is Greece located in?
Europe
Who was Julius Caesar?
The first dictator to take over Rome. Helped improve quality of life and greatly increased Rome's empire. Was assassinated.
Who is Hera?
Goddess of marriage and fertility. Wife of Zeus
This sporting event still exists today and originated in ancient Greece?
What is the Olympics?
What are Greek settlements in distant places called?
Colony
Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean are:
a. City-states b. Mountains c. Islands d. Seas
D. Seas
Why was Julius Caesar assassinated and by who?
Because he named him self the one ruler over Rome and he was killed by the Senators.
Who is Poseidon?
God of the Sea. Often depicted holding a trident
Farming was difficult in ancient Greece because there were too many of these.
What are mountains and hills?
What is a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society?
Aristocrats
Rhodes and Crete are:
a. city-states b. mountains c. islands d. seas
C. Islands
Known as the “Father of History” for his history of the Persian Wars.
Who is Herodotus?
Why did the Greeks create myths?
to explain natural phenomena
Ancient Greeks did this with other countries on the Mediterranean Sea?
What is traded?
Which city-state was located inland on the Peloponnesus Peninsula (southernmost peninsula in Greece)
Sparta
What are the natural barriers to the Roman Empire?
the Alps, Apennines, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea.
Athenian aristocrat who was elected archon in 594 B.C.E. and enacted a series of political and economic reforms that became the foundation of Athenian democracy.
Who is Solon?
What word describes the religion of the Ancient Greeks and early Romans?
Bonus: What word describes late Roman religion?
Polytheistic:
Bonus: Monotheistic
The ancient Greeks make this kind of art.
What are sculptures and paintings?