Vocabulary
This is what the meeting place is called where people talked philosophy and also sold goods.
What is an agora?
At what age did boys go off to military school?
What is 7?
The city was named after her
Who is Athena?
He is the chief god.
Who is Zeus?
Greece is made up mainly of these.
What are mountains?
This guy conquered most of Greece's property (from mainland Greece, all the way to Egypt).
Who was Alexander the Great?
This type of government is lead by a king or queen.
What is a Monarchy?
The most important thing to a Spartan warrior was his...
What is shield?
Considered the greatest leader of ancient Athens.
Who is Pericles?
These are the symbols of Athena.
What are the owl and the olive branch?
This is the term for a piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is "peninsula"?
This is Mrs. Todd's favorite Ancient Greek civilization: Birthplace of Hercules.
Mentioned in many Greek epics.
Liked to switch sides in battles.
What is Thebes?
This is a type of poem written that tells the story of a hero's journey.
What is an epic?
The name of the war between Sparta and Athens
What is the Peloponnesian War?
This is the most probable instrument a Greek boy was taught in school
What is a lyre?
He is the god of thieves and travel. The "messenger".
Who is Hermes?
Name 2 (two) of the three seas that border Greece.
What are Aegean, Ionian, Mediterranean?
This was the King of Minoa.
Who was King Minos?
This is the Greek name for the city-states.
What is a polis?
This is the age a Spartan man was expected to stay fit and ready to fight until
What is 60?
The central meeting area where adult men gathered to discuss philosophy, and merchants came to sell their wares.
What is an agora?
The female twin of Apollo who is the huntress and the eternal maiden.
Who is Artemis?
This city is located in the Asia Minor peninsula. It was attacked by the Spartans by using a giant manufactured horse.
What is Troy?
Alexander died in the palace of this Mesopotamian King.
Who is King Nebuchadnezzar II?
These are the people who were slaves to the government (known as serfs in other time periods/civilizations).
What are Helots?
This is the reason Sparta's government was SO different from all the other poleis.
What is they had 2 kings?
These are the reasons someone would be considered a "Citizen" in Athens.
What is born a free male in Athens.
She stokes the life fire of all of us. She is a 10 year old girl. She is the goddess of the home and family.
Who is Hestia?
This island is where the civilization of Minoa was. Supposedly, King Minos built a labyrinth under his palace where he kept a minotaur.
What is Crete?
These are the three most famous philosophers to come from ancient Greece. One was killed for speaking out against the government.
Who are Socrates, Aristotle and Plato?