Geography
Greece is this type of landform - a BIG one with many small ones along it's coast!
What is a peninsula?
This city-state had a culture of strength and discipline.
What is Sparta?
This Greek philosopher encouraged questioning everything. He taught by asking questions.
Who was Socrates?
Greek sculptors created life-like statues from this material.
What is marble?
Hellenistic culture is the blend of these 3 cultures.
What are Greek, Persian and Egyptian?
These two geographic features affected how Ancient Greek civilization developed.
What are mountains and seas?
This form of government, developed in Athens, allowed citizens to vote directly on laws.
What is democracy?
Greek stories and history were passed down through epic poems. The Iliad and The Odyssey were written by this Ancient Greek poet.
Who was Homer?
This was popular form of entertainment began in Ancient Greece.
What is theater?
This powerful ruler spread Greek culture by conquering a vast empire.
Who was Alexander the Great?
These were independent regions that included a city and the land surrounding it. Geographic barriers caused isolation, so they developed their own governments, laws and customs.
What are city-states?
This city-state emphasized reading and writing as essential for citizenship.
What is Athens?
This Greek philosopher used a questioning method to explore ethics and self-knowledge?
Who was Socrates?
This was the market place, or public meeting area, in an Ancient Greek polis.
What is the Agora?
He was the god of thunder, and the king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
This physical feature made it difficult for Greek city-states to unite and encouraged the development of independent city-states.
What are mountains?
The age when Spartan boys began training to be warriors?
What is 7 years old?
He was a student of Plato and a teacher of Alexander the Great. He believed in using observation and reasoning to understand nature.
Who was Aristotle?
A fortified hilltop, often the religious and political center of a Greek polis.
What is the acropolis?
This country based their government on Ancient Greek ideas.
What is the U.S.A.?
This important geographical feature provided Greeks with food, trade opportunities, and the spread of ideas.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
In Athens, all citizens could vote. These two groups were excluded.
Who are women and slaves?
Philosophy asks questions about these ideas.
What are Truth and Justice?
This temple, located on the Acropolis, was dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
This conflict between Athens and Sparta led to Athens' downfall.
What is the Peloponnesian War?