Mythology
Locations
War
Government
Olympic Games
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Zeus
Who is the Greek god that holds a lightning bolt in his hand and and a god of thunder and the sky?
100
Athens
Which city-state is directly south of Thebes and directly west of Corinth?
100
Hoplite Soldiers
What are armed men wielding spears and shields called?
100
A Direct Democracy
What type of government did the Athens have?
100
The Olympics
What event was held every four years?
200
Artemis
Who was the Greek goddess of hunting, forests, hills, the moon and archery?
200
Sparta
Which city-state is southwest of Athens and southwest of Corinth?
200
The Pelopennesian War
What war was fought between the Athenians and the Spartans?
200
A Monarchy
What type of government did the Sparta have?
200
To honor Zeus and to get men fit for war
What was the point of having the Olympics?
300
Odysseus
Who was the legendary Greek king of Ithaca and a hero of Homer's epic poem?
300
Corinth
Which city-state is west of Athens and north east of Sparta?
300
The Battle of Marathon
Which battle took place in Marathon and was between the Persians and Athens?
300
Our form is Representitive Their form is Direct
What makes our form of democracy different from the Athenians?
300
Zeus
Which Greek god was honored at every single Olympics?
400
Heracles
Who was the sun of Zeus and Alcmene and a divine Greek hero?
400
Macedonia
Which city-state is the farthest north and is one of the largest?
400
Corinth, Sparta and Thebes
What three polises are in the Peloponnesian League?
400
Oligarchy
What was the most common form of government used in ancient Greece?
400
1896
When was the first modern Olympic game?
500
Poseidon
Who was the Greek god of the sea, earthquakes, horses and storms?
500
Thebes
Which city-state is directly north of Athens and northeast of Corinth?
500
490 B.C.
When did the Persian king Darius first attack Greece?
500
Aristotle
Which Greek philosopher divided Greek governments into monarchies, oligarchies, tyrannies and democracies?
500
776 B.C.
When was the first ancient Olympic game?
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