Geography & Settlement
Greece is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides. What is the geographical name for that?
What is a peninsula?
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person. In ancient Greece it was a king.
What is a monarchy?
This city-state relied on farming and conquest for their economy.
Who is Sparta?
He prepared Alexander to be a king by teaching him academic subjects, politics, sports, and warfare.
Who was Aristotle?
Ptolemy designed these system of lines drawn on maps.
What are latitude and longitude?
This made farming difficult in ancient Greece.
What is rocky soil?
The name given to a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society.
What is an aristocrat.
Athens and Sparta both had this type of education for their boys.
What is military training?
Alexander the Great's last battle was in India where he fought against Portus' army who were riding these animals.
What is an elephants?
The Greek word for star.
What is astronomy?
These isolated the Greeks, made travel difficult, and limited their communication with other communities.
What are mountains?
A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people. In ancient Greece they were a small group of wealthy men.
What is an oligarchy?
Women had more rights in this city-state.
What is Sparta?
Alexander the Great frequently gave the cities he conquered this name.
What is Alexandria?
One type of architectural column invented by the Greeks.
What is Doric column, Ionic column, or Corinthian column?
Home of the Greek gods & goddesses.
What is Mount Olympus?
A government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives.
What is a democracy?
This city-state valued art, culture, and education.
What is Athens?
540 years after Alexander the Great, The Roman Emperor Marcus Macrinus had this sewn onto his clothing.
What is the image of Alexander the Great?
The most famous sports event started in ancient Greece.
What is the Olympic Games?
When the Greek population increased and they could no longer produce enough food for everyone, they started these in distant places.
What is a colony?
A government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king. In ancient Greece they were mostly military leaders.
What is a tyranny?
Something the Athenians traded or acquired during trade.
What is wood, grain, honey, olive oil, silver, or pottery.
At the age of 20 after inheriting his father's kingdom, Alexander set out to conquer this kingdom.
What is Persia?
This Greek invention is a word that means "a viewing place." It was built in a semicircle with rows and seats so the audience could see and hear.
What is theater?