Geography
The geography of Greece is made up of 90% of this land feature.
What is mountainous?
A form of government in which a few men rule.
What is an oligarchy?
What is Athens?
The central marketplace of an Athenian city
What was the agora?
One achievement during the Golden Age was a new form of theater. Writer like Sophocles and Euripides wrote this new style of theater.
What is drama?
The war last ________ years.
What is 27 years?
Greek gods were not perfect like other gods. How were they humanlike?
What is they had families, fought with each other, and had emotions?
Alexander's father who was the Macedonian king that took over Greece.
A landmass that is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
A tyrant will overthrow to receive absolute power but a ___________ inherits absolute power
In Athenian school what were two things they learned?
What is play sports, understand the military, do math, and read.
Greek city-state
What is polis?
Philosophy was an achievement during the Golden Age. This famous philosopher and teacher had people question laws and customs.
Who is Socrates?
Athens won these battles.
What is on the sea?
Mount Olympus
Where did the Greeks believe their gods and goddesses lived?
Aristotle
Which Greek philosopher taught Alexander the Great to love philosophy and Greek culture?
Greece has this many islands.
What is over 400?
In an Athenian democracy citizens could vote and speak in the assembly. _____________ were considered citizens of Athens.
Who are free men?
Ancient Greek city-state was famous for its military way of life.
What was Sparta?
Our alphabet and the Greek alphabet was from the ________________.
Who were the Phoenicians?
Athenian leader who made sure all citizens could take part in government.
Who is Pericles?
Sparta's battle plan.
What is cut off Athen's food supply and force them to surrender?
Supernatural stories told to explain natural phenomenon, passed down from generations.
What is a myth?
Blending of Greek, African, and Asian traditions and cultures.
What is Hellenism?
Two main islands of Greece
What are Crete and Rhodes?
In a democracy court decisions were heard and decided by a these people.
Who is a jury?
The age that Spartan boys began training in barracks.
What is 7?
Alexandria had the first pharos or ________________.
What is a lighthouse?
In Athens it was the temple that honors Athena.
What was the Parthenon?
Athens went to their wall hill called a ____________ for protection.
What is an acropolis?
Ways Greeks kept the gods happy hoping for good fortune.
What is built temples, statues, and monument as well as gave gifts, held festivals?
Alexander the Great never lost a battle but only ruled for _________ years.
What is nine?
Continent where the city-states of Athens and Sparta are located.
What is Europe?
The power to make political decisions is in the hands of one person, usually a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
Due to weather and soil, Greek city-states could grow olives. What could they use this for?
What is olive oil, lotion, lamp fuel, and seasoning?
Famous Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.
Who is Homer?
Socrates' student who wrote down his teachings and became a famous Greek teacher.
Who is Plato?
Even though Sparta won the war why didn't either side really have a victory?
What is both sides lost so many lives and it left Greece open for a take over by Macedonia?
The Olympics were started as a way for Greeks to honor this god.
Who is Zeus?
Because of Alexander Greek culture spread as far as the Indus River Valley. What were two Greek ideas and traditions that spread to other areas?
What is agoras, theater, temples, stadiums, gymnasiums, writing?