The Olympians
Who is the king of the gods?
Zeus
What nation tried to take over Greece multiple times?
Persia
Name one of the three great thinkers of Greece.
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
What did most of Greece do instead of farming?
Sailing, fishing, and trading
Who are the two gods or goddesses of war?
Athena and Ares
Who had the most troops between Greece and Persia?
Persia
Who was the young prince of Macedonia that became the conqueror of both Greece and Persia?
Alexander the Great
What did Athena offer Athens as a gift?
The olive tree
How many Olympic Gods were there?
12
What did Persia use to cross the mile-long channel of water when they invaded Greece?
A bridge made of 600 ships
What Greek city-state was well-known for training its men to become great warriors?
Sparta
What famous sports event started in Olympia, Greece?
The Olympics
Which two gods and goddesses are twins?
Apollo and Artemis
What battle in Greece involved someone running 26 miles and ended up having a race named after it?
Marathon
What strange creature did Alexander the Great and his men see in India?
Elephants
Name one of the few times that the Greek city-states would work together.
List three Greek gods or goddesses and what they were the gods of.
Zeus - thunder, Hera - feminine power, Poseidon - sea, Athena - wisdom and war, Ares - war, Demeter - crops and the harvest, Hermes - messenger god, Aphrodite - beauty, Hephaestus - Fire and forge, Dionysus - happiness and theater, Apollo - music, poetry, and light, Artemis - wilderness and the hunt
300
Which Greek thinker was the OBSERVER and changed how scientists study things? Socrates, Plato, or Aristotle?
Aristotle
Athens was the birthplace of ___________, which is how the United States runs.
Democracy