Geography
Which sea was the most important to the ancient Greeks because it provided food and was safer for sailing and trade?
What is the Aegean Sea?
In which city-state did democracy begin?
What is Athens?
Who were the first people to live on Crete and influenced Greek culture?
Who are the Minoans?
According to Greek mythology, who was considered the king of the gods?
Who is Zeus?
Name the island that the first people of Greece settled on.
What is Crete?
Which class of people held political power and made laws in Athens?
Who are citizens?
What were typical education subjects for Athenian boys?
What are reading, writing, mathematics, music, poetry, and sports?
Which epic poems from Ancient Greece are major literary contributions?
What are The Iliad and The Odyssey?
How did Greece’s mountainous terrain influence the development of city-states (polis) instead of a single unified empire?
What is mountains separated communities, encouraging independent city-states?
Since all citizens of Athens voted on every law, what kind of government did they have?
What is direct democracy?
How were girls’ education and roles different in Athens versus Sparta?
What is Athenian girls learned domestic skills (spinning, weaving) while Spartan girls received physical training and survival skills?
Name the three classical feature of Greek buildings often seen in architecture.
What are columns?
Explain how proximity to seas affected Greek economic development and cultural exchange.
What is access to seas encouraged trade, fishing, and contact with other civilizations, spreading goods and ideas?
Compare one requirement of citizenship in Athens and one requirement of citizenship in Sparta (short answer
What is Athens: participate in government (males only); Sparta: serve as soldiers and train for military service?
Who were helots and what role did they play in Spartan society?
What is helots were enslaved people of conquered regions who worked the land and supported Sparta’s economy so Spartans could focus on military training?
Identify the philosopher from Ancient Greece that was on a quest for knowledge and always encouraged young people to ask questions.
Who is Socrates?
This ancient city was on the coast and had a powerful Navy.
What is Athens?
Sparta had this type of government that had a few powerful rulers.
What is an oligarchy?
This is the author of the Iliad and Odyssey?
Who is Homer?
The teacher of Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?