Early Greece
Greek Culture
Greek Civics
Greek Warfare
Miscellaneous
100
Name both of the civilizations which lived in Greece before the Dorians.
The Minoans and the Mycenaeans
100
Which philosopher drank poison and died?
Socrates
100
Which city had two kings?
Sparta
100
Most Greek soldiers were...
hoplites
100
Which two city-states were enemies in the Pelopennesian War?
Athens and Sparta
200
Why did Greek civilization need the seas?
Bad land & climate made farming difficult, so they fished and traded on the seas.
200
What Greek sporting event is still popular in the world now?
The Olympics
200
To be citizens, men had to be trained and equipped to fight as soldiers in what group?
The militia
200
Hoplites fought together in a group called a...
phalanx
200
In the Illiad, which Greek hero refused to fight until after his young friend was killed?
Achilles
300
What ended the Minoan civilization?
The volcano named Thera erupted, causing an earthquake, causing a tsunami to hit Crete.
300
Who could not go to the Greek Olympics, even just to watch?
women
300
How did the middle class get voting rights?
The Hoplite Revolution showed how important middle-class soldiers were.
300
Which Greek leader destroyed the Persian empire?
Alexander the Great
300
Name at least two Titans. Double points if you can name four.
Cronus, Rhea, Atlas, Prometheus
400
What writing system did the Greeks use?
The Phoenician alphabet
400
What stories did the Ancient Greeks use to explain the world?
myths
400
Which Greek people could vote and be elected to hold government offices?
citizens
400
Which kind of warfare tries to slowly make the enemy too weak to fight?
attrition
400
What was the name for the spread of Greek culture?
Hellenism
500
Which people moved into Greece when the Mycenaeans were weak?
The Dorians
500
The Illiad and the Odyssey are examples of what Greek art form?
Epics / epic poems
500
Name all four major types of Greek government.
Monarchy, tyranny, oligarchy, and democracy
500
Which kind of warfare limits the cost of war by holding it to one fight?
set-piece battle
500
What was the name of the Greek alliance which fought the Persians?
The Delian League
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