Vocabulary
Polis is a Greek word for what term that dealt with the types of regions where the people lived.
What is a city -state?
The mainland of Greece sticks out into the Mediterranean Sea . It is a ____________, a body of land that has water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
Name 3 ancient Greek Gods from mythology
Who are Zeus, Hera, Prometheus, Athena, etc.
What is the state of California known as? For example the state of Florida id the "Sunshine State."
What is the "Golden State?"
What were the 2 largest city states in Ancient Greece?
What are Sparta and Athens?
In Spartan society, what group of people were referred to as HELOTS?
What are slaves?
These games were held every 4 years as part of a major festival that honored Zeus.
What are the Olympics?
What geographic feature covers 70 to 80 percent of Greece?
What are mountains?
Where did Greeks believe that Zeus and the other major gods lived?
What is Mount Olympus?
What is the longest running animated tv show; they also have a ride named after this show at Universal Studios?
What is the Simpsons?
What is a Greek word that means "highest city?"
What is an ACROPOLIS?
In which society was education the main focus?
What is Athens?
These are stories that people tell to explain beliefs about their world.
What are myths?
True or False: The Greeks had an abundance (plenty) of natural resources such as precious metals.
What is False?
Homer is remembered for writing long poems that told stories about the Greek's ancient heroes. What are these stories called?
What are epic poems?
Britain has this system of government.
What is a Parliament and Monarchy?
What is a type of government that is governed by a few: Monarchy, Democracy, or Oligarchy?
What is an OLIGARCHY?
In which society did husbands and wives spend much time apart?
What is Sparta?
This is a short story that usually involves an animal; a storyteller named Aesop is credited with writing down many of these.
What is a fable?
Name one way that the location near the SEA benefitted the Greeks?
Possible answers: What is linking most parts of Greece to each other, becoming skilled sailors and shipbuilders or trade and commerce
Who was the messenger of the Gods?
Who is Hermes?
True or False: Most Greek cities had fewer than 20,000 residents.
What is TRUE?
True or False: Each city-state of Greece was independent, meaning the people of that area figured out what type of government worked best for them,
What is TRUE?
Name 2 duties of an Athenian citizen.
What are: to be good wives and mothers, to get an education to prepare them to be good citizens, to do athletic activities to develop strongbodies.
In Ancient Greece, this was a name for for someone who took power in an illegal way.
What is a tyrant?
Describe the typical climate of Greece
What are rainy winters and hot, dry summers? (average temps range from 50 degrees in winter to 80 degrees in summer)
Who was the god of the seas and earthquakes?
Who was Poseidon?
The term AGORA means an exotic fruit grown in Greece. True or False
False An agora is an open space for public gatherings.
What is one limitation (or problem) with a direct democracy as a form of government?
What is, "all the people must meet to decide on the laws/"
In Sparta, what was the job of the Council of Elders?
What was "to elect people and vote on laws?"