Vocabulary
A festival that included a sacrifice to Zeus and an athletic competition. It started in Ancient Greece and many city-states participated. It developed into the biggest international athletic competition in the world today.
What are the Olympics?
A peninsula in Europe on the Mediterranean Sea that contained the city-states of Athens, Sparta, Olympia, etc.
What is Greece?
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote in Athens
What are women and slaves?
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and threw bolts of lightning.
Who is Zeus?
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
What is Polytheism?
A system of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person, like a king
What is Monarchy?
Greek _____, or stories about the gods, goddesses, and other heroes, still influences movies, books, and video games today.
What is mythology?
The author of the epic poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Who is "Homer"?
What are mountains?
What is the Iliad?
A clearing in Greek city-states that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
What is "Agora"?
Because the Greeks didn't have a lot of farmland available, they turned to the ___ for a source of food and to create a trade network
What is the sea?
A form of government in which people vote for leaders to represent them
What is a representative democracy (republic)?
The Parthenon was dedicated to this goddess of wisdom and war
Who is Athena?
The ______ Sea bordered Greece and they used it as a source of food (fish), trade, and colonies.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making.
What is Oligarchy?
He fought in the Trojan Wars, but angered Poseidon so he had to overcome many obstacles before returning home to Greece
Who is Odysseus?