Vocabulary
Geography
Achievements
Religion
Government
100
What do you call it when land is surrounded by water on all 3 sides?
peninsula
100
Name the island in Greece that was a popular trading location.
Crete
100
These are the 3 types of Columns the Greeks were known for inventing
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian?
100
What is the name of the large temple in the acropolis where people would worship to the Gods?
The Parthenon
100
True or False?
All city-states followed the same set of laws.
False.
200
What is the name of the area that is high on the mountain in Athens and is surrounded by a wall?
acropolis
200
This is how you would describe the landscape of Greece.
Mountainous with valleys and some rivers.
200
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
200
Belief in more than 1 god
polytheism
200
Athens or Sparta?
Girls were trained in sports and could own land.
Sparta
300
The Greek word used to describe a Greek soldier/infantry
hoplite
300
Where is the home of the gods?
Mount Olympus
300
What was one new Genre that Ancient Greek Literacy/Plays brought forth?
Comedy, History, or Tragedy
300
Of the Twelve Main Olympian gods, five were siblings of Zeus. The other six Olympian gods were ----.
His children
300
A type of leadership where only a few wealthy people or merchants run the government.
Oligarchy
400
What is another name for city-state?
polis
400
This is the name given to the peninsula which extends off the bottom part of Greece
a) Argos
b) Corinth
c) Peloponnesus
d) Athens
e) Megara
c. Peloponnesus
400
Name 2 crops grown/harvested in ancient Greece
What is grapes, olives, wheat, barley, and figs.
400
Another name for a Greek God or Goddess
Deity
400
This is a place where people would gather to discuss political indifferences.
agora
500
Spartans captured neighboring people and forced them to become _________, or slaves.
helots
500
Name the 3 seas that surround Greece.
Ionian Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea
500
This was the name of the Roman emperor who ended the Olympic games in the year 391 C.E.
A) Pythagoras
B) Theodosius
C) Socrates
D) Euripides
E) Alexander the Great
F) Aristotle
B) Theodosius
500
The people of Ancient Greece wanted to know what the gods had in store for them so they visited the _______.
oracle
500
People vote for members of the group to represent the whole population. This is called _____________.
representative democracy