vocab 1
WHAT IS A DEMOCRACY?
A WAY OF RULING THAT GIVE CITIZENS THE POWER TO VOTE FOR LEADERS AND LAWS.
WHERE DO THE GODS/GODDESSES LIVE?
MOUNT OLYMPUS
IF A PERFORMANCE IS EXCELLENT, OR WONDERFUL, YOU COULD ALSO CALL IT _____________.
MARVELOUS
WHAT GREEK CITY DID THE OLYMPICS COME FROM?
OLYMPIA
WHICH CITY-STATE HAD TWO KINGS?
SPARTA
WHAT IS THE WORD FOR DOING SOMETHING BY YOURSELF AND WITHOUT HELP?
INDEPENDENT
HERMES IS THE GOD OF _________.
MESSAGES
WHAT WORD DESCRIBES THE STYLE OF HOW BUILDINGS ARE BUILT AND DESIGNED?
ARCHITECTURE
WHAT OLYMPIAN GOD WERE THE OLYMPICS IN HONOR OF?
ZEUS
WHICH TWO GODS COMPETED FOR THE CITY OF ATHENS TO BE NAMED AFTER THEM?
POSEIDON AND ATHENA
IF YOU TRAIN A HORSE TO OBEY YOU, THAT MEANS THE HORSE IS ______.
TAME
WHO IS THE GOD OF THE SEA AND BROTHER OF ZEUS?
POSEIDON
A PHILOSOPHER IS SOMEONE WHO STUDIES __________________.
LIFE, KNOWLEDGE,TRUTH
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL WAS BASED ON WHAT GREEK ARCHITECTURE?
THE PARTHENON
WHAT AGE DID BOYS HAVE TO JOIN THE MILITARY IN SPARTA?
7 YEARS OLD
WHAT IS AN INVADER?
SOMEONE WHO ENTERS A PLACE BY FORCE TO CONQUER IT.
DEMETER IS THE GODDESS OF ____________________?
PLANTS AND HARVEST
TRUE OR FALSE?
IF YOU PREFER SOMETHING, IT MEANS YOU DON’T LIKE IT AT ALL.
FALSE: PREFER MEANS TO LIKE SOMETHING OVER SOMETHING ELSE.
WHAT GREEK CITY CREATED DEMOCRACY?
ATHENS
WHAT COUNTRY DID THE SPARTANS FIGHT OFF FROM CONQUERING GREECE?
PERSIA
A ______ IS WHEN YOU GO TAKE OVER SOMETHING OR SOME PLACE BY FORCE.
CONQUEST
WHO IS APHRODITE MARRIED TO? WHAT IS HE THE GOD OF?
HEPHAESTUS: THE GOD OF BLACKSMITHING AND FIRE
A ________ IS A SAILABLE ROUTE BETWEEN TWO BODIES OF WATER.
CHANNEL
WHO WAS THE ARTIST THAT CREATED THE FAMOUS STATUE THE “DISCUS THROWER”?
MYRON
WHAT DID ATHENA GIFT TO THE PEOPLE OF ATHENS?
BONUS: WHAT WERE SOME OF ITS USES?
AN OLIVE TREE
OLIVES FOR TRADE, OIL FOR LAMPS, SHADE FROM THE SUN, SKINCARE.