Minoans & Mycenaeans
Athens vs. Sparta
Famous Faces
Culture & Daily Life
Beliefs & Impact
100

 This civilization gained wealth from trading with other people.

Minoans

100

This city-state's government was more concerned about having a strong army than the individual rights of people.

Sparta

100

He took control of the Greek army in order to pursue his dream of uniting the entire world under one empire.

Alexander the Great

100

 Greek students used the Greek alphabet as they wrote on tablets coated in this material.

wax

100

To win the favor of the gods, the Greeks offered them these.

sacrifices

200

 These people were known for attacking cities and pirating ships.

Mycenaeans

200

In this city-state, new laws created a democracy and voters or jurors decided if a person was guilty or innocent.

Bonus 1: During the Peloponnesian War, Sparta's siege of Athens ended when this broke out.

Athens

Bonus: plague 

200

He helped restore the former beauty of Athens by encouraging the rebuilding of sacred buildings.

Pericles

200

Athletes who won at the ancient Greek games were crowned with garlands made of these.

Bonus: In ancient Greece, boys began school at this age.

laurel leaves

Bonus: six (6)

200

Ancient Greek buildings used these architectural features, which are still seen in modern times.

columns

300

This civilization ended when invaders conquered their fortresses.

Bonus 1: This is the island where the Minoans lived, which was labeled as number 28 on the test map.

Mycenaeans

Bonus 1: Crete

300

 After the Persian Wars, Sparta and other city-states formed this alliance.

Peloponnesian League

300

This Greek developed the scientific method of careful observation and record keeping.

Bonus 1: Clue: This Greek advanced the development of pulleys.

Aristotle

Bonus:Archimedes 

300

These stories had main characters that were often animals that talked and acted as humans do, and they usually contain a moral in a closing statement.

fables

300

 Unlike the perfectly holy God of the Bible, the Greeks worshiped gods who were very much like humans and just as this.

Bonus 1: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle all shared this title or occupation in Greece.

sinful

Bonus: philosophers 

400

 Large palaces that reflected wealthy and artistic people belonged to this civilization.

Minoans

400

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan navy blocked this passage, forcing Athens to surrender.

Bonus 2: As a result of the Peloponnesian War, Sparta took control of Greece for about this many years.

Hellespont

Bonus: thirty years (30)

400

his man wrote the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Homer

400

 Greek plays were performed during religious festivals and included these two genres.

Bonus: Athletic game competitors participated in events like sprints, wrestling, chariot races, and throwing this object. 

comedy and tragedy

Bonus: discus 

400

 The development of the Greek alphabet allowed this specific part of the Bible to give the history of the Lord Jesus Christ.

New Testament

500

True or False: Modern-day Greece has more landmass than ancient Greece.

Bonus: This body of water is labeled as number 29 on the test map. 

False

Bonus:Ionian Sea 

500

This was the specific type of government that Sparta maintained.

oligarchy

500

This historian witnessed the Peloponnesian War and was able to write about it from direct knowledge and careful research.

Bonus 2:This man studied geometry and developed a theorem about the area of triangles.

Thucydides

Bonus: Pythagoras 

500

These stories about Greek gods, goddesses, or human heroes were passed down by storytellers.

myths

500

 Greek became the common language of the people, allowing this to be translated into Greek. 

Bonus 2:The Persian Wars weakened the economy and the military, destroyed buildings, and resulted in this city being burned.

Scripture

Bonus: Athens