Location, Location, Location
What kind of land formation is mainland Greece located on?
Peninsula
Who is the god of the sea?
Posidon
What was the name of the battle that the Greeks lost, but that 300 Spartans stayed behind to slow down the Persians?
Thermopylae
What was the region of Greece called that Alexander the Great was from?
Macedonia
What was the name of the group of city-states that Athens was the leader of?
Delian League
Which city-state had and Oligarchy as their government?
Sparta
Who is the wife if Zeus?
Hera
What were the two wars fought in Greece during the 400’s B.C.?
Peloponnesian War & Persian War
What was the name of the Persian Emperor that was in charge when Alexander the Great invaded?
Darius III
What were the ground troops in ancient Greece, and the formation that they fought in called?
Hoplites & Phalanx
Which Greek city did direct democracy, where the regular citizens played a role in their government, develop in?
Athens
Who is the god of the sky and kind of the Gods?
Zeus
The strongest part of Sparta’s military was their ___
Army
Who was the great leader of Athens during their ‘Golden Age’?
Pericles
How many years was Alexander the Great in charge for to conquer all the land he did?
13 years
Which Greek city developed a society which was extremely focused on their military, because they were scared of their slaves rising up to overthrow them?
Sparta
Who is the God of the underworld?
Hades
Who was the emperor of Persia who attempted to invade Greece, and lost?
Xerxes
Who was the Greek thinker who was killed because of his beliefs?
Socrates
The large construction project undertaken during the ‘Golden Age of Athens’ was the ____
Parthenon
Name the three bodies of water that surround Greece
Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea
Who is the Titan father of Zeus, Poseidon, Hades and Hera?
Cronus
What civilization were the Greeks fighting against for almost two hundred years until Alexander the Great finally crushed their empire?
Persian
Who conquered the Persian Empire, but died young after 13 years of leading?
Alexander the Great
____ began to replace bronze as the best metal to make weapons out of in Ancient Greece?
Iron