Wars
Persian War
Who is the god of the Sun?
Apollo
Dionysus is the god of what?
Wine and parties
Thucydides was the person who wrote down the speech we read about Athenian democracy. Who gave the speech?
Pericles
Which city-state was really good at war?
Sparta
What is the war that was fought between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League?
The Peloponnesian War
Who is the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite?
Hephaestus was so ugly that his mother threw him off Mt. Olympus. His mother is also the wife of Zeus. Who is his mother?
Hera
What is the definition of democracy?
Rule by the people
Which city state valued intelligence?
Athens
What city state formed the Delian League?
Athens
Ares is the god of what?
War
Athena was the goddess of what?
Wisdom, intelligence
Who was the Spartan general that led the Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Leonidas
Where did the Minoan civilization live?
The palace at Knossos
Who was Xerxes the leader of during the Persian War?
Persia
Who is the god of the underworld?
Hades
The sea
Who is the Macedonian general that conquered much of the Western world?
Alexander the Great
Name one of the city states that your classmates gave a presentation on (not Athens or Sparta)
Corinth, Thebes, Delphi
In what battle did 300 Spartans make their last stand and die while fighting the Persians?
The Battle of Thermopylae
Zeus is known as the god of lightening. What else is Zeus known for?
Being the king of the gods
Who is the goddess of the moon and the hunt?
Artemis
Who is Alexander the Great's father?
Philip II
What is the name of the civilization that created Linear B
Mycenaeans