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Vocabulary
Geography
Athens and Sparta
Legacy
Myths
100

A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.

What is Tyranny?

100

This is the term used to describe a land area surrounded on three sides by water.

What is a peninsula?

100

The form of government created in Athens, in which citizens voted for laws.

What is democracy? 

100

This english word is derived from a Greek word that translates to, " a viewing place." 

What is theater? 

100

The king of the gods

Who is Zeus?

200

A system of government that Greece had, in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.

What is Monarchy?

200

Three natural features which contributed to the isolation of ancient Greek civilization. 

What are mountains, rough seas, and no large rivers (also will accept islands). 

200

Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote in Athens.

What are women and slaves?

200

A large athletic competition, involving many sports, born in Ancient Greece, in which many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.

What are the Olympics?

200

Who put a curse on Echo?

Who is Hera?

300
A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making, used by most city-states in the Archaic period.
What is Oligarchy?
300
The names of the two of the three seas bordering Greece.

What are the Ionian, Mediterranean, and/or the Aegean Sea?

300

This city-state was known for it's military strength, and for its women having more rights than other Greek women. 

What is Sparta? 

300

Ancient Greek Scientist Ptolemy is known for designing this system of lines on a map. 

What is latitude and longitude? 

300

What goddess gave Hippomenes the golden apples? 

Who is Aphrodite? 

400

A word for wealthy people

What is "Aritocrat"?

400

How did the geography of Greece affect the city-states? 

What is isolation?

400

Two rights of Spartan women

What is owning property and being able to remarry if their husbands were at war too long

400

Ancient Greek man, Hippocrates, changed for perople regarded health a medicine. He is also called this. 

What is "the father of medicine"?

400

What is the adjective used to describe people who are full of themselves (lots of ego)?

What is a narcissist?

500
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is a citizen?
500
These are the goods that the Greeks would trade in exchange for grain, timber, and metal. (Hint: there are two). 

What are olive oil and pottery? 

500

What city-state was the home of  Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato?

What is Athens? 

500

This is the type of democracy the ancient Athenians practiced

What is DIRECT democracy? 

500
This myth attempts to explain why the mortals have seasons.

What is Demeter and Persephone?