Location/People
What peninsula is Greece located on?
The Balkan Peninsula
This poet was blind
Homer
Spartans were known for there what?
Courage, Strength, and Loyalty
Athens was known as these two things...
Most famous city state and the greatest culture center in ancient Greece.
Describe a city-state
A city who had its own governement
What body of water splits Greece in half
The Gulf of Corinth
Homer wrote which two famous poems?
Odyssey and Iliad
Why were foreigners not allowed in to the Spartan city
They may soften the men.
Athenians beleived in democracy for who?
The rich and the poor
This Greek public place was used for government business and a marketplace
Agora
Which bodies of water are located to the East and West of Greece?
Ionian and Aegean Sea
All of Aesop's fables had this in common
They had a moral to the story
At what age was a Spartan when he joined the government workings and was able to train other Spartans in the art of war?
Age 60
Athens was how far away from Sparta
100 miles
This public place was the largest gathering place in the city.
The theater
The Greeks were descendants of who?
Japheth's son (3rd son of Noah)
What does the word philosopher mean?
Lover of wisdom
What types of writers/poets were allowed into Sparta?
Those that spoke or wrote about hate and war.
At what age did Athenian boys begin their schooling?
Age 7
This public place was used for races and the Olympics
The Stadium
The Mycenaeans conquered over what group of people?
The Trojans
This group of philosophers believed that something is true if you believe it?
Sophist
Why did the Spartans conquer the Greeks.
To make them into their slaves and work their farms.
Athenian men often held what 3 types of jobs
Philosophers, Statesmen, and Writers.
The Acropolis