Geography
A group of islands in Southeastern Europe surrounded by seas on three sides.
What is Greece
This Greek, known as the “Father of Medicine,” carefully observed sick patients and created an oath to guide doctors in protecting their patients.
Who is Hippocrates
During the ancient Olympic Games, these were temporarily stopped so that athletes and spectators could travel safely to and from the Games.
What are wars
Ancient Greek architects and artists used this mathematical proportion when designing many buildings and works of art because they believed it created a pleasing sense of balance and beauty.
What is the Golden Rectangle?
These two famous Greek city-states had very different ways of life: one focused heavily on military training, while the other became known for democracy, education, and the arts.
What are Sparta and Athens?
These two fruits a grown in Greece despite the fact that the soil is poor for farming.
What are grapes and olives
This ancient Greek mathematician is famous for the theorem that explains the relationship between the sides of a right triangle.
Who is Pythagoras?
This large open-air area in Ancient Greece was used for athletic competitions, including running, wrestling, and other Olympic events.
What is an arena?
This famous ancient Greek statue depicts a woman believed to be Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. It is missing both of its arms.
What is the Venus de Milo?
This creature from Greek mythology had snakes for hair, and anyone who looked directly into her eyes was turned to stone.
Who is Medusa?
The Greeks, being a seafaring folk, was able to spread their culture through this action.
What is trade
This ancient Greek poet is traditionally credited with writing The Iliad and The Odyssey, two famous epic poems that helped preserve Greek stories and culture.
Who is Homer?
This was the only way a woman could officially participate in the ancient Olympic Games
What is owning the winning chariot and horses
These two types of plays were popular in Ancient Greece. One was meant to make people laugh, while the other told serious stories that often ended sadly.
What are Comedy and Tragedy?
This famous woman from Greek mythology was said to be the most beautiful woman in the world, and her departure with Paris helped spark the Trojan War.
Who is Helen of Troy?
This natural landform helped protect Greece from invaders.
What are the mountains
This famous Greek conqueror built a vast empire stretching from Greece to Egypt and into parts of Asia, spreading Greek culture throughout his conquered lands.
Who is Alexander the Great?
In the Ancient Greek Olympics, male athletes competed in the_________ as part of the customs of the Games.
What is In The Nude
This tragic Greek king unknowingly fulfilled a prophecy that he would kill his father and marry his mother. His story became the basis for a famous Greek tragedy.
Who is Oedipus?
These ancient Greek storytellers traveled from place to place reciting epic poems and stories, helping preserve Greek history and mythology through oral tradition.
Who were the Rhapsodes?
Ancient Greece was divided into many independent communities, each with its own government, laws, and army.
What are city-states?
This ancient Greek thinker proposed that the Earth revolves around the Sun, a revolutionary idea that challenged the belief that everything revolved around Earth.
(DOUBLE POINTS)
Who is Aristarchus
These were placed on the heads of Olympic winners as a symbol of victory and honor.
What are olive wreaths (crowns)?
In Ancient Greek theater, these people were the only ones allowed to perform as actors, even when playing female characters.
Who were men?
This legendary Greek hero was the king of Ithaca and the main character in Homer’s The Odyssey. He spent ten years trying to return home after the Trojan War. (DOUBLE POINTS)
Who is Odysseus?