Geography
People
Key Terms
Golden Age of Greece
Alexander the Great
100
This geographic feature is a portion of coastline that shelters ships in many of the ports of Greece.
What is a harbor?
100
This young Macedonian created one of the largest empires the world has ever seen.
Who is Alexander (the Great)?
100
A long poem describing a hero or adventure.
What is an epic?
100
This is a government where citizens vote on important decisions.
What is a democracy?
100
This is the new world center built on the Nile Delta to honor Alexander.
What is Alexandria?
200
These are two of Greece's biggest agricultural products.
What are grapes (wine) and olives (oil)?
200
This poet is famous for writing the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
200
This is another name for a city-state.
What is polis?
200
This is a soldier society that trains its children to become fierce warriors.
What is Sparta?
200
This is the era characterized by a mix of Greek, Asian, and African cultures.
What is Hellenism?
300
These are the two major peninsulas in Greece.
What are Attica and Peloponnesus?
300
He was a famous Greek philosopher executed for questioning society too much.
Who is Socrates?
300
This is a lawmaking body made of of many citizens.
What is an assembly?
300
This is the difference between a drama and a comedy.
What is whether or not the hero dies.
300
This is where Alexander's tired army stopped advancing their empire.
What is the Indus River Valley?
400
This country of Phillip II lies north of Greece.
What is Macedonia?
400
This is the clever hero of the Iliad who thought up the Trojan Horse to win the war?
Who is Odysseus?
400
This is a government led by a small group of powerful citizens.
What is an oligarchy?
400
This Athenian general became the leader of the city, reforming the government and deciding to go to war with Sparta.
Who is Pericles?
400
These are the three major areas Alexander conquered to create his empire.
What are Asia Minor (Turkey), Assyria (Middle East), and Egypt?
500
This is the sea that lies between Greece and Turkey.
What is the Aegean Sea?
500
A famous scientist and philosopher, he was also the private teacher of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
500
This is a market and meeting place found in the city center near the acropolis.
What is an agora?
500
This is the name of the military conflict between Athens and Sparta.
What is the Peloponnesian War?
500
This is the city where Alexander died?
What is Babylon?
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