Ancient Greece Vocab
Ancient Greek Cities
Ancient Greece Geography
Ancient Greece Achievements
Ancient Greece Gods/myths
Ancient Greece Timeline
100
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
myth or legend
100
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on war.
Sparta
100
This is how you would describe the landscape of Greece.
very mountainous
100
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
100
Belief in more than 1 god is called?
polytheism
100
What was a result of Greek expansion around the Mediterranean and Black Seas?
new ideas spread to and from Greece
200
Also called a "polis".
city state
200
In which city-state could women own property?
Sparta
200
Where is the home of the Greek gods?
Mt. Olympus
200
Someone that can predict the future and communicate directly with the Gods.
What is an Oracle?
200
This Greek hero was pierced by an arrow in the Trojan War.
Achilles
200
Where was the Minoan civilization found?
Island of Crete
300
An unfair and cruel leader who only thinks of themselves.
tyrant
300
The wealthy ruling class in city-states
aristocracy
300
This is the body of water between Greece and Turkey
Aegean Sea
300
Long narrative or story describing a hero's adventures
epic
300
The ancient Greek "strongman" that had to perform 12 labors to make up for his sins against his family.
Hercules
300
The city that the Mycenaeans attacked for 10 years.
Troy
400
True or False: slaves were the lowest social class in Sparta.
true
400
Which city-state were the Arts most important to?
Athens
400
What city-state had a special roadway that allowed ships to be dragged across a five-mile-wide isthmus?
Corinth
400
Greek culture in Athens included theater, religion, the arts, philosophy and education. True or false?
true
400
King of the Gods and the most powerful.
Zeus
400
When the Mycenean kingdoms grew weak and were conquered by the Dorians, Greek culture declined. What was this period called?
Dark Age
500
This was a battle formation where Greek warriors would form together to create a wall using their shields and spears.
phalanx
500
The image below shows one of the many cultural benefits of Athens. What is it?
education
500
This is the name given to the peninsula which extends off the bottom part of Greece.
the Peloponnesian Peninsula
500
_________ was a big part of Athens culture and was a form of entertainment. (see picture for hint)
Theater
500
God of the oceans and seas.
Poseidon
500
This was the capital of the Minoan Civilization in 1800 B.C.E.
Knossos
600
The type of government that the Greeks developed that brought the "power to the people". The U.S. uses it today.
democracy
600
List 3 Greek City States.
Sparta, Athens, Delphi, Thebes, Argos, Corinth, Rhodes, Mycennae, Olympia
600
What ancient civilization followed the Minoans?
Mycenneans
600
These made it very hard for Greece to become united.
mountains
600
Goddess of warfare and wisdom.
Athena
600
Between 700-336 B.C.E. the Greek City States - particularly Athens and Sparta - rose up to prominence. This was called what age?
a)2500-1400 B.C.E.
b)1600-1200 B.C.E.
c)1100-750 B.C.E.
d)700-336 B.C.E.
e)350-100 B.C.E.
Classical Age
700
government by a king or queen
monarchy
700
What did Sparta use instead of coins for trade?
iron rods
700
Identify this body of water
Ionian Sea
700
What was a result of the independent spirit of the city-states?
frequent wars between them
700
Three headed dog that Hercules defeated.
Cerberus
700
A young king from Macedon in northern Greece who conquered most of the known world over a 10-year period of time. (Hint: he was a student of the philosopher Aristotle)
Alexander the Great
800
A person enslaved by the Spartans
helot
800
What two things did Greek city-states have in common?
1) belief in the same gods
2) spoke/wrote Greek
800
What city state sat between two large seaports and was know for trading?
Corinth
800
The ___________ was a temple built in Athens to the Goddess Athena.
Parthenon
800
The creature that had it's eye poked out by Odysseus on his journey back home after the Trojan War.
cyclops
800
The Minoans were the first Greeks and there is evidence they came from the area of the modern day country of ______________ .
Turkey
900
What is a body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
peninsula
900
What were foreigners who did not have the same rights as citizens called?
metics
900
The sea that is under Greece that is not the Ionian or Aegean.
Mediterranean Sea
900
The Greeks invented this event in Olympia where athletes could come from all over to compete in different sporting events (modern name for it).
olympics
900
This gorgon had the hair of snakes and could turn any living thing into stone.
Medusa
900
What was the main reason for Greek migration?
overpopulation