People
The most powerful man in Athenian politics.
Who is Pericles?
An area of land surrounded by water on three sides
What is a peninsula?
Long poem
What is an epic?
He is the ruler of the sea
Who is Poseidon?
The Greeks considered these five gods to be the most powerful of the Twelve Olympians. Name them.
Who is Zeus, Hera, Apollo, Athena, and Poseidon?
This person asked questions that made other people think about their beliefs.
Who was Socrates?
The Greeks became skilled [BLANK]
What are sailors?
Members of the rich and powerful families
What are aristocrats?
What animal helped the Greeks invade the city of Troy?
The Trojan Horse
King of the gods and goddesses. Ruler of the sky and storms. Lord of the thunderbolt.
Who was Zeus?
He thought that everything was made of tiny particles he called atoms
Who was Democritus?
The main features of Ancient Greece
What are mountains, islands, and the sea?
A city, but also a separate independent state
What is a city-state?
Athena is the goddess of [BLANK]
What is wisdom?
Wife and queen to Zeus. Goddesses of marriage and women.
Who was Hera?
This person believed the water was the basic material of the world.
Who is Thales?
About [BLANK] of Greece is good for growing crops. Options: 1/5, 2/5, 3/5, 4/5, 5/5
What is 1/5?
A serious story that usually ends in disaster for the main character
What is a tragedy?
Wherever the Greeks lived, they built [BLANK]
What are temples to the gods?
It's considered the home on Earth of the goddesses Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
This person wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
Who is Homer?
Name two of the three seas that surround Ancient Greece
What is the Mediterranean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Aegean Sea?
They believed that people could use the power of mind and reason to understand natural events
Who are philosophers?
It took this many years to build the Parthenon.
What is 15 years?
A traditional story explaining a natural event; a widely held but false belief or idea
What is a Myth?