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Geography
Agriculture
Religion
Government
Culture
100
What is the geography of Ancient Greece?
mountainous land forms, peninsulas, and harbor
100
What is agriculture?
farming
100
What type of religion did Greece practice?
polytheism (belief of many gods and goddesses)
100
What were the cities of Greece divided into?
city-states
100
What were considered Greek plays?
comedies and dramas (tragedies)
200
What did the people of Greece rely on for survival?
the sea
200
What was Ancient Greece's main crop?
olives
200
Where did the gods and goddesses live?
Mount Olympus
200
What is a government in which all citizens participate. It originated in Greece.
democracy
200
What were Greek poems called and who was the most famous poet of this time period?
epics/Homer
300
Name at least 3 cities of Ancient Greece.
Attica, Athens, Crete, Knossos, Olympia, Peloponnesus, Sparta
300
Why was Rome a popular area to live?
rich, fertile soil
300
Which god/goddess did the Greek honor during the Olympic games?
Zeus
300
What is a government where leaders are voted into office?
republic
300
What were the 12 Tables and why were they important?
12 large stone tablets that had the laws of the Romans carved in them
400
What is the geography of Rome?
mountainous region; called alps, plains and peninsulas
400
Attica and Peloponnesus were attractive to settlers because of their ...
harbors
400
What type of religion was developed during the reign of Augustus in the Roman Empire?
Christianity
400
What is it called when a city-state is ruled by one person/king?
monarchy
400
Name 2 of Homer's most famous epics.
Illiad and Odyssey
500
What is the current area of Rome referred to?
Italy
500
The people of Ancient Greece lived in small communities that eventually grew into large city-states. Why were these communities isolated from one another?
mountainous terrain
500
What happened with religion during the Byzantine Empire?
constant arguments, the church split
500
What is unfair and cruel ruler that takes control of a city-state by force?
tyrant
500
Name the 3 philosophers and what they were famous for?
Socrates-He angered some people in the city of Athens because he questioned laws, customs, and religion. He was sentenced to death. Plato- He wrote down Socrates' ideas, he later became a teacher himself. Aristotle-Plato's student