Geography
The two most known Ancient Greek city-states, who were fierce rivals.
What is Athens and Sparta?
The God of all Gods.
Who is Zeus?
The two types of plays that were performed in Ancient Greek theaters.
What are tragedies and comedies?
The type of government that is well known for coming from Ancient Greek civilization.
What is democracy?
The names of the two famous wars that took place during the Ancient Greek civilization.
What are the Peloponnesian and the Persian Wars?
The top of this mountain was thought to be the home of the Gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
Ancients Greeks were ______theistic, which means this.
What is polytheistic and they believed in multiple Gods and Goddesses?
The most popular type of art that was created in Ancient Greek culture and what was usually portrayed in the art pieces.
What is sculpture and humans?
The type of government where people are ruled by fear.
What is a tyranny or dictatorship?
True or False: Women were considered equal citizens to men, and had the ability to own property in Sparta.
What is true?
Greece is surrounded by the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and ___________ Sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Gods/Goddesses were important in Ancient Greece because of this reason.
What is because they helped to explain events that people could not explain at the time?
The most famous epic poems (YES, TWO) from Ancient Greece and the author.
What was the Iliad and the Odyssey, written by Homer?
The type of government where only a few of the most wealthy and powerful people rule others.
What is an oligarchy?
True or False: The Athenian economy was based on farming and trading, and they used iron bars as their currency.
What is false?
The large island in the Mediterranean Sea where the Minoans settled, who were expert shipbuilders.
What is Crete?
This important event was held every four years as a part of a festival to help honor Zeus.
What are the Olympics?
Name two famous types of architecture that came out of Ancient Greek culture that are still around today.
What are amphitheaters and columns?
A leader of Ancient Greece who promoted democracy to others.
Who is Pericles?
The two most plentiful crops that were grown on the Greek hillsides because they required little space to grow, and were exported to other civilizations for either money or goods.
What are olives and grapes?
These two reasons caused Ancient Greek city-states to be very isolated from one another.
What is because Greece is surrounded by water and islands, and lots of mountains on the land?
The Parthenon was built to honor this Goddess, and can be found in this city-state.
Who is Athena and in Athens?
Name at least three famous Ancient Greek philosophers or scientists.
Who are Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Eratosthenes, Ptolemy, Aristarchus, Hypatia, Archimedes, Euclid, etc?
Name and describe the two types of democracy.
What is a direct democracy where all citizens directly participate in government and representative democracy where citizens choose government officials to represent them?
Name one advantage and disadvantage of the Ancient Greek city-states being isolated from one another.
What is...
Advantage: protection from enemies?
Disadvantage: different governments & different ways of life?