Greece
Key Figures
Government
Sparta
Athens
100

A landform with water on three sides.

What is a pennisula.

100

Who was sentence to death for his teaching.

Who is Socrates.

100

A system of government in which all citizens share in running the government.

What is Democracy.

100

What did Sparta use to control its citizens?

What is the military.

100

Aesop's fables were a part of Greek 

A) temples

B) politics

C) oral tradition

What is C (oral tradition)

200

A market place where people meet and debate

A)What is polis

B) What is agora

C) What is pennisula

B) What is Agora

200

Who thought that the governments should be headed by philosopher- kings?

Who is Plato.

200

A person who takes power and rules by force.

What is a tyrant.

200

Spartan women were trained in

What is running, wrestling, and javelin throwing.

200

What are two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?

What are comedy and tragedy.

300

What is a Greek city- state called

What is polis

300

After he compared 158 governments to find the best one, who wrote the book "Politics?"

Who is Aristotle.

300

A system of government in which a few people hold power.

What is an oligarchy.

300

The spartan name for an enslaved worker.

What is the helot.

300

Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was .....

What is philosophy

400

Greek city states were run by their 

A) Soldiers

B) Politicians 

C) Citizens

What are Citizens.

400

This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers. (hint- Triangle0

Who is Pythagoras.

400

Direct democracy worked well in Athens because:

A) women were allowed to participate in government

B) every resident in Athens could participate in government.

C) there were a small number of citizens.

C. there were a small number of citizens.

400

To win the Peloponnesian war, Sparta turned to the ____________ for help.

A) Dorian

B) Persians

C) Minoans

B) Who were the Persians.

400

In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?

What is Athenian boys went to school, Spartan boys served in the military.

500

The ________ civilization was developed on the island of Crete.

A) Dorian

B) Minoan 

C) Persians

The answer is B) Minoan

500

This Greek Poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deed, including the Iliad. 

Who is Homer.

500

Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?

Who are free, native born men who owned land.

500

In 431 B.C.E, Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the ________.

a) Peloponnesian war 

b) Persian war

c) Spartan war

a) Peloponnesian war

500

Beginning in 478 B.C.E., which league served as a protective group and defensive league

A) Delian League

B) Persian League

C) Athenian League

A) Delian League