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Miscellaneous II
Vocabulary II
Greek Geography
Greek Government
Mt. Olympus II
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This international sporting event originated in ancient Greece and occurs every 4 years.
What are the Olympics?
100
A long poem describing heroes or events; the Iliad and the Odyssey
What is an epic?
100
The name of the mountain where the Greek gods and goddesses lived.
What is Mt. Olympus?
100
Athenian form of government developed by Cleisthenes in which all citizens participate directly in the decision/law making.
What is a direct democracy?
100
Goddess of marriage; wife of Zeus
Who is Hera?
200
The name of the acropolis in Athens built by Pericles in honor of the goddess Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
200
A state-owned slave in Sparta
What is a helot?
200
The name of the island where the Minoan civilization lived.
What is Crete?
200
This was the earliest form of Athenian government in which supreme power was held by a king or queen and their relatives
What is a monarchy?
200
God of oceans and earthquakes
Who is Poseidon?
300
This ancient civilization had the first Greek-speaking people on record.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
300
An Athenian male slave who went to school with boys.
What is a pedagogue?
300
The name of the peninsula on which most of mainland Greece is located.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
300
Athens was also once ruled by the class of people who owned all of the money in the city-state, otherwise known as this form of government.
What is an aristocracy?
300
God of the sun
Who is Apollo?
400
This was the typical marrying age for Athenian girls.
What is 13?
400
A person who spoke to the Greek gods and told of their feats
What is an oracle?
400
The name of the peninsula on which the city-state of Athens is located.
What is the Attic Peninsula?
400
Sparta maintained this form of government, in which power is divided amongst a few rulers.
What is an oligarchy?
400
Goddess of the moon; guardian of cities
Who is Artemis?
500
The name of the Persian leader who defeated the 300 Spartans at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Who is Xerxes?
500
In Athens, non-citizens who were free but could not hold political power.
What are metics?
500
The name of the sea on which most of Greece lies.
What is the Aegean Sea?
500
The Athenians would use pebbles or a show of hands to do this democratic action.
What is vote?
500
God of trade, writing, and commerce; messenger of the gods
Who is Hermes?