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100
The continent where Greece is located.
What is Europe
100

This element from ancient Greek architecture can be seen today on the Lincoln Memorial

What are columns

100
This major athletic sporting event is modeled after the games of ancient Greece.
What is the Olympics
100

Ancient Greece is known as the birthplace of ______, and the government of the United States is based on many of their ideas.

What is deomocracy
100
The ancient Greeks believed in many of these that they though lived high above the earth.
What is gods and goddesses
200
The Sea that surrounds Greece
What is Mediterranean Sea
200
This is the famous temple with columns that was built on the Acropolis in Athens.
What is the Parthenon
200
These people were not allowed to compete or even watch the Olympic games in ancient Greece.
What is women or slaves
200
These are the people who could vote in the democracy of ancient Athens.
What is free men (over the age of 20)
200
This is the highest point in Greece, where the ancient Greeks believed the gods and goddesses lived above.
What is Mount Olympus.
300
A piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides (Greece is an example of one).
What is a peninsula.
300
These are the 3 types of Greek columns.
What are Doric Columns, Ionic Columns, and Corinthian Columns.
300
The first Olympic games were held in this city-state
What is Olympia
300
This is the type of government of ancient Greece in which each citizen votes to make the rules and laws.
What is direct democracy
300
This is what the ancient Greeks believed that the gods and goddesses controlled.
What is everything in nature OR the lives of the mortals
400
The physical characteristics of Greece include these.
What are mountains and hills.
400
This is the most plain and simple column.
What is the Doric Column
400
The Olympic games began as a religious festival to honor this Greek god.
Who is Zeus
400

This is the group of citizens who approved or disapproved the laws proposed by the senate. They also met every 10 days.

What is the Assembly

400
He is the ruler of the gods.
Who is Zeus
500
These were the human resources of ancient Greece.
What are farmers and shipbuilders
500
The Parthenon was built to honor this goddess.
Who is Athena.
500
This was the only event held at the first Olympics.
What is a foot race.
500

The government of the United States is different from that of ancient Greece, because we elected someone to represent us, and the REPRESENTATIVE does the voting. This is the name for our type of government.

What is a representative democracy.

500
He is the ruler of the sea.
Who is Poseidon.