Ancient Greece

Greek geography

100

Ancient Greece is part of the _____________ civilizations due to improvements and emphasis on Science, Art and Technology.

Classical

200

What sea has a major impact on Greece?

Mediterranean Sea

300

75% - 80% of Greece is made up of what type of physical features?

Mountains

400

Based on Greeces mountainous geography, over 1,500 of these were created with their own government and economics.

City - States AKA Polis.

500

The Greek Mountains make Cultural ___________ almost impossible?

Diffusion

Greek Politics

100

A temple on a hill dedicated to the Gods?

A. Agora

B. Anapolis

C. Anora

D. Acropolis

D. Acropolis

200

The City State of Mycenae had a political structure, where they had a King. What type of political structure is this?

a. Monarchy

b. Oligarchy 

c. Aristocracy

d. Democracy

A. Moncarchy

300

A government ruled by Elite Nobles, usually was hereditary. City of Corinth was an example.

a. Monarchy

b. Oligarchy 

c. Aristocracy

d. Democracy

C. Aristocracy.

400

In this city state, women had more rights than any other women in Greece. Often told their husbands, "Come back with your shield or on it."

Sparta

500

1st city in the world to have a Democracy?

a. Sparta

b. Athens

c. Rome

d. Washington D.C.

Athens, Greece

Greek Culture

100

What type of Math, were the Greeks known for creating?

a. Algebra

b. trigonometry

c. Geometry

d. Adding and subtracting

C. Geometry

200

Who was the Father of Modern Medicine? Today doctors take an oath with his name on it.

a. Socrates

b. Hippocrates

c. Plato

d. Aristotle

b. Hippocrates

300

Famous Greek Author who wrote the Iliad and Odyssey.

a. Aristotle

b. Plato

c. Homer

d. King Leonidas

Homer

400

1st Olympic Games was held where?

a. Sparta

b. Athens

c. Olympia

d. Corinth

C. Olympia

500

Where did the 12 Gods of Ancient Greece live?

Mount Olympus

Greek Philosophers

100

1st Scientist ever, father of Zoology, Astronomy and Physics.

a. Aristotle

b. Plato

c. Socrates

d. Hippocrates

A. Aristotle

200

Served as the recorder for Socrates. Was a student under Socrates and was the teacher for Aristotle.

Plato

300

Famous Macedonian leader, who took over the Persian Empire.  Although from Macedonia, he was full of Greek Culture as he spread it to each and every place he dominated.

Alexander the Great.

400

Why was Socrates put to death?

For corrupting the youth of Athens by teaching them to always ask why?

500

Why is Athens Georgia, home to the Georgia Bulldogs, named after Athens Greece?

Because Athens Greece was the center of learning in in Ancient Greece. People from Georgia felt the home to the UGA bulldogs should be the same. 

Greek Wars

100

Ancient Greeks defeated the Persian Empire in four major battles?

a. Persian Wars

b. Peloponnesian Wars

c. Punic Wars

a. Persian Wars

200

Ancient Greek kings kicking messenegers into pits and killing messengers. What War?

a. Persian Wars

b. Peloponessian War.

c. Punic Wars

a. Persian Wars

300

What battle in the Persian War goes down as a Persian Victory, but story's have been told about Spartan Bravery?

a. Battle at Marathon.

b. Battle at Salamis

c. Battle at Thermopylae

d. Battle at Plataea

c. Battle of Thermopylae

400

What were the two names of the alliances created by Athens and Sparta in the Peloponnesian War.

Athens - Delian 

Sparta - Peloponessian

500

Sparta won the Peloponnesian War, but it was a major loss for everyone in Greece? Why?

Greece was too weak to defend themselves and they eventually were conquered by Macedonia.