A country made up of a peninsula whose major landforms are mountains.
What is Greece?
100
This is a myth about a Greek battle with the city of Troy in which a Trojan horse was used to trick and defeat the city of Troy.
What is the Trojan War?
100
These are members of rich and powerful families.
Who are aristocrats?
100
This man built the Parthenon-a temple built to honor Athena (the patron of Athens).
Who is Pericles?
100
He believed water was the basic material of the world.
Who was Thales?
200
This much of Greece is good for growing crops.
What is 1/5?
200
This is a long poem that tells a story.
What is an epic?
200
These people took over in place of the aristocrats with the help of the working class.
Who are tyrants?
200
These are the family of gods and goddesses worshiped by the ancient Greeks.
Who are the 12 Olympians?
200
He believed everything was made from tiny particles he called atoms.
Who was Democritus?
300
These people lived on the island of Crete and traded by sea.
Who were the Minoans?
300
These two epics about the Trojan War were written by Homer.
What are "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?
300
This is a type of government in which the citizens govern themselves.
What is democracy?
300
He was the king of the gods and ruled from Mt. Olympus. He was honored every 4 years with Olympian games.
Who is Zeus?
300
He was a philosopher who taught in Athens. He taught by asking questions, and his most important lesson was, "Know thyself."
Who was Socrates?
400
This is an ancient city in Crete.
What is Knossos?
400
This is the time after the Trojan War when Greek civilization collapsed-people no longer traded and forgot how to write.
What are the Dark Ages of Greece?
400
This man changed the laws in Athens to include democracy in 594 B.C.
Who is Solon?
400
These are sacred sites where the gods spoke. Advice would come as a dream, riddle, or message from a priest or priestess. (Ex: The _____ of Apollo was at Delphi.)
What are The Oracles?
400
He was a student of Socrates who wrote "The Republic." He also established a school in Athens.
Who was Plato?
500
These people destroyed Knossos, leading to the decline of the Minoan civilization. They got their power through conquest.
Who were the Mycenaeans?
500
These are cities which have their own government, laws and traditions, and are both cities and independent states.
What are city-states?
500
These people were the only people able to participate in the democracy in Athens.
Who were men ages 18 and older whose parents were both from Athens?
500
These were careful observers and good thinkers.
What are Philosophers?
500
He was a student of Plato and believed "reason should guide the pursuit of knowledge." He established a school too and called it "Lyceum."