Greek Geography
Name 3 Seas that border Greece
What are Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea and Aegean Sea?
A type of government that had very few people ruling is called this
What is an oligarchy?
Name the two Leagues and city-states involved in the Peloponnesian War.
Who are Sparta and Athens?
What are the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League?
This Greek author wrote the epics The Illiad and the Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
A very long poem with great adventure describing the deeds of heroes.
What is an epic?
Greece is made up of more than a thousand islands and a mainland that is surrounded by water on 3 sides called a
What is a peninsula?
This Athenian leader created a harsh set of laws for the people of the city-state.
Who is Draco?
Spartan life was dominated by this.
What is the army?
What is physical training?
What is discipline?
This man was an aristocrat until he helped overthrow the government. He is considered the "Father of Democracy".
Who is Cleisthenes?
This is the type of government where the citizens rule and hold the power.
What is a democracy?
Because of all the seas, the Greeks became this...
(Name two)
What are good mariners and traders?
The type of democracy that existed in ancient Athens. Each person's vote affected the final outcome.
What is a direct or pure democracy?
According to the Spartan way of life, what led to weakness?
What are luxuries and comforts?
A famous Greek author, this man was famous for writing fables that taught children a lesson.
Who is Aesop?
In Ancient Greece there were many city-states. This word is another name for city-state.
What is a polis?
These types of land forms and terrain made Greece isolated and not good for farming.
What are the Pindos Mountains and rocky terrain?
Athens was the birthplace of democracy with the right to participate in government. Name the word that means a person with the right to participate.
What is a citizen?
This section of Spartan society had more rights than other city-states in Greece.
Who are the women of Sparta?
A famous Greek philosopher who taught Plato. He taught his students to think through questioning. He was charged with corrupting the young and sentenced to death.
Who is Socrates?
Name the type of government where only a few people hold all the power.
What is an oligarchy?
This island is the one that Minoans had control over before the volcanic eruption that weakened their society.
What is the island of Crete?
Gatherings where Athenians met to first debate and discuss issues and eventually vote were called this.
What are assemblies?
A Spartan boy was allowed to steal food from this Greek marketplace as long as he wasn't caught.
What is an agora?
This famous Greek philosopher was a student of Plato. He taught that people should live lives of moderation based on reason.
He also was the tutor for Alexander the Great.
Who is Aristotle?
This type of person would be very rich and own a lot of land in the polis.
What is an aristocrat?