Mythology
This is where most of the gods resided (lived), according to Ancient Greeks.
What is Mt. Olympus?
This was the cause of the first Persian War.
What was the Ionian Revolt or aide given by Athens and Eretria?
This is how many times larger the Persian Empire was in comparison to the Greek city-states.
What is 40 times larger?
These are the two main opponent city-states during the Peloponnesian War.
What is Athens and Sparta?
This is the number of main islands Japan has.
What is four?
This god does not live with the rest and his domain is underground.
Who is Hades?
This city state agreed to help Athenians, but only after the conclusion of their 10 day festival.
What is Sparta?
He was the Persian King during the Second Persian War.
Who is Xerxes I?
This is the main reason war was declared on Athens and her allies.
What is Athenian greed and actions (attacked own allies, stealing money, etc.)
This group of Pre-Greeks was from the island of Crete.
Who were the Minoans?
This is the shape of the world according to the Ancient Greeks.
What is round and flat?
This is the geographical advantage the Athenian army had at the start of the Battle of Marathon.
What is they were on a hill (had the high ground)?
This league was formed by Athens after the Second Persian War for defensive purposes.
What was The Delian League?
This league was formed in response to the Athenian-led Delian League.
What is the Peloponnesian League?
This is the percent of Greece's land that is comprised of mountains.
What is 80%?
These are nicknamed "the big three"; they are all brothers and also sons of the Titan Cronus.
Who are Zeus, Hades, Poseidon?
This is how the Athenians negated the effectiveness of Persian archers and also shocked the Persian forces.
What is they ran down the hill right at the Persians?
This is the nearby island Athenians fled to, allowing their city to be destroyed by the Persians.
What is the island of Salamis?
This is how many years the war lasted.
What is 27 years?
These are the two main rivers of India.
What are the Indus and Ganges Rivers?
This Greek goddess is the cause of the seasons; her sadness over her daughter's capture creates each year's winter.
Who is Demeter?
He was the Persian King during the First Persian War.
Who was Darius I?
This is how the Greeks used trickery in their major naval victory.
He wrote a complete history of the Peloponnesian War and is known as the "Father of History".
Who is Herodotus?
This religion contains the Eightfold Path.
What is Buddhism?