Where were they?
Greece is found on this continent.
What is Europe?
These two crops grew well in ancient Greece.
What were olives and grapes?
The ancient Greeks lived almost this many years ago.
What is about four thousand years ago?
The first ancient Olympic games were held in this year.
What is 776 BC?
This is the definition of democracy.
What is a government ruled by the people?
Greece is located on this type of landform.
What is a peninsula?
Approximately this percentage of Greece is covered in mountains.
What is 75%?
The ancient Greeks believed who lived on Mt. Olympus?
Who were the 12 gods and goddesses?
The ancient Greeks believed in many gods and goddesses, so we say these people were this.
What is polytheistic?
This is an independent city with its own government and economic system.
What is a city-state?
These three bodies of water surround Greece.
What are the Aegean, Ionian and Mediterranean Seas?
Farming was difficult in Greece because of this.
What was the soil was rocky?
These earliest Greeks lived on the island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
This city-state was known for their physical fitness and military training.
What is Sparta?
This type of government was first developed in Athens.
What is democracy?
These landforms separated Greeks living on the mainland from each other.
What are mountains?
The climate in ancient Greece could be described as this.
What is mild, not too hot, not too cold.
These people were the first advanced civilization who lived on mainland Greece.
Who were the Myceneans?
The ancient Greeks believed the gods spoke through one of these.
What is an oracle?
In this city-state the citizens appreciate education, music, philosophy, and art.
What is Athens?
Greece is made up of a mainland and roughly this many islands.
What is over a thousand?
The seas surrounding Greece provided these three things to the ancient Greeks.
What is an excellent trade route, a food source and a method of transportation?
The ancient Greek civilization lasted for more than this many years.
What is one thousand years?
The first Olympic games began in this city-state.
What is Olympia?
These geographical features of Greece provided the ancient Greeks with protection from invaders but also made it difficult for these people to form a single unified government.
What are mountains?