Ancient Greece Geography
One reason Greece was an ideal place for trade was because it is touches a lot of water and is in close proximity to coastlines of these three continents.
What are Europe, Asia and Africa?
In this city-state, women had a significant amount of rights like the ability to vote and own and operate their own businesses.
What is Sparta?
Considering the fact that Greeks prayed Ares before they fought in a war, celebrated Aphrodite at a wedding and worshipped Athena during graduations, proved that they were this word.
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is Polytheistic?
According to the Greek myth (ancient story), this man had superhuman strength because his real parents were gods.
Who is Hercules?
One reason leaders in Greece started colonizing other lands was because they didn't have the best land to sustain agriculture. Instead of having flat, fertile soil, there were many of these.
rocky hills and mountains
Pericles made a famous speech where he talked about the rights of the citizens in this Greek city.
What is Athens?
Although citizens in Athens (men with military training) voted directly on each new law that was proposed, in the United States today, we have this, where the citizens vote for people to make and choose laws on their behalf.
What is a Representative Democracy?
This philosopher was executed in 404 BCE because the Athenian government thought he was corrupting the young people by encouraging them to question authority.
Hint: It's not Plato or Aristotle
Who is Socrates?
Though the Aegean Sea and Ionian Sea are adjacent (next to) Greece on its west and east sides, they both are a part of this larger body of water.
What is The Mediterranean Sea?
The Peloponnesian War was a civil war fought between these famous Greek city-states and their allies.
What are Athens and Sparta?
Though the first of these games were held every year in Athens to celebrate the gods, in our modern times, these games are held every four years and are done to boost pride and bring people from different countries together
What are The Olympics?
Though he started as a military leader, this man is most well known for ushering Athens into a period of peace, prosperity and success. He also was the first to recommend a Democracy.
Who is Pericles?
Similar to the cities in ancient Greece, cities like Tokyo, Osaka, Okinawa are separated from one another, but are all a part of the Japanese government. This shows us that both Japan and Greece are examples of this type of geographic feature.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is an archipelago?
Democracy started in Athens in the 5th century BCE. The word Democracy is literally translated as _______ ________.
What is "people government"?
This place is where all the business and government activity happened in Greek city-states. The beginning of the word sounds like a high flying circus performer (Acrobat) and the end of the word sounds like the Greek word for city.
What is the Acropolis?
What is Alexandria?