Greek Geography
This geographic feature led the city-states to be isolated on the Greek mainland.
What are mountains?
In an oligarchy, the power resides in the hands of
a few wealthy people.
Had a direct democracy
Athens
This goddess's temple sits on top of the acropolis over looking Athens.
What is Athena?
How did the sea help early Greek civilization?
Who were wealthy landowners that advised the king?
Travel was forbidden, military power valued.
Sparta
What is Mount Olympus?
What problem did the Greeks try to solve by starting colonies?
shortage of farmland for growing food.
Which form of government had a leader who ruled by force and took power during a time of crisis?
What is a tyranny?
Valued philosophy, the arts and education
Athens
Who killed the minotaur and escaped the maze by using yarn?
Who is Theseus?
The name for the type of land form the country of Greece is
What is a peninsula?
How did most kings in Ancient Greece come into power?
They inherited it from a relative.
Women had more independence
Sparta
Which God's symbol is the lyre?
Who is Apollo?
What are the two foods that Greece is best known for?
Seafood and olive oil
Which statement correct defines a democracy?
What is the name of a famous philosopher who came from Athens?
(will accept Socrates or Aristotle)
Who is the God of Death, the twin brother of the God of Sleep?
Who is Thanatos?