Rise of Greek Civilization
The Iliad and the Oddesey are examples of what?
Epics
Who was the ruler of all the 12 Olympic Greek Gods/Goddesses?
Zeus
What is a Peninsula?
An Area of land nearly surrounded by water. (Surrounded by 3 sides of water)
Which City-State experienced a Golden Age?
Athens
Who fought in the Peloponnesian War?
Athens and Sparta
How/why did the Trojan War begin?
Paris of Troy stole the wife (Helen) of King of Greece.
This goddess is the goddess of Agriculture and her daughter is married to Hades.
Demeter
What is a polis?
City-State
What were two main factors of the Athenian economy?
Trade and Tourism
What are the three seas surrounding Greece?
Mediterranean, Aegean, Ionian
Who were the first Greeks?
Minoans
Mycenaeans
The goddess of love is?
Aphrodite
This place is an open air market
Agora
Who were the three philosophers of Ancient Greece?
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
What were the names of the two leagues that fought in the Peloponnesian War
Delian, Peloponesian
Greece is located on what continent?
Europe
Who is the wife of Zeus?
Hera
What is Democracy?
A form of government in which citizens govern themselves.
What were the Greeks famous for painting myths and stories on?
pottery
What types of plays were acted out in the theater?
How did the landforms of Ancient Greece effect the way people lived and interacted in Greece?
Because there are so many mountains in Greece this divided the communities from each other. The Greeks did not interact much with each other and whenever they did they would generally get into fights. Every Greek community believed that their community was the best.
Explain the story about how Zeus and his brothers come into power.
Zeus got Cronos to drink something that made him throw up his brothers. Then they were in war with each other for over 10 years and finally Zeus was able to defeat his father.
The creator of Democracy is...
Pericles
Who wrote the Illiad and the Oddesey?
Homer
What killed Pericles
the Plague