Numbers and Years
Approximately how far was the messenger required to run after the battle of Marathon?
25 or 26 miles
Who is the goddess of hunt and the moon?
Artemis
Ship or Battleship
Who was the philosopher in Athens famous for his continual and dangerous questioning of authority?
Socrates
What is the name of the rocky hill top at the center of Athens that looks down on all the neighborhood homes below it?
The Acropolis
Which century was the war between Sparta and Athens?
400s BC
Who is the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
What is the name for the Greek battle formation where soldiers lined up closely behind each other's shields?
Phalanx
Who was the leader of the 300 Spartans who all died fighting the Persians?
Leonidas
Farming or Agriculture
What famous sporting event was started in the year 776 BC?
Hephaestus was the god of what?
Fire, blacksmithing, and armor
The war between Athens and Sparta drained the Athenian treasury and destroyed their _______.
Navy
What was the type of poison Socrates drank to kill himself?
Hemlock
Who is the goddess of farming and agriculture?
Demeter
Which war ended in 479 BC?
The Persian War
What was Dionysus the god of?
Wine or theater
What is the name of the most recognizable temple in Athens, and one of the most famous wonders in the world?
Who was the leader of Athens who helped expand direct democracy?
Pericles
What is the name of the marketplace in Athens where families would buy food for their home and men would vote?
Agora
What was the name of the alliance of Greek City states founded by Athens in 478 BC?
The Delian League
Which god or goddess was on the coin in the textbook and was celebrated as the deity of wisdom and war?
Athena
When the 300 Spartans defeated the Persians but all died in a heroic sacrifice, what was the name of this battle?
Thermopylae
A king in Macedonia named Philip had a famous son named ________, who conquered a lot of the world after the Peloponnesian War.
Alexander or Alexander the Great
What were the name of the state-owned slaves who had to do the farming and domestic work in Sparta?
Helots