Ancient Greece Vocab
Ancient Greek Cities
Ancient Greece Geography
Ancient Greece Gods/myths
Ancient Greece Timeline
100
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
Myth
100
Which of the main city states in Ancient Greece focuses more on War
Sparta
100
This is how you would describe the landscape of Greece
What is very mountainous with islands, access to the ocean and no rivers?
100
Belief in more than 1 god
What is polytheism?
100
Information that comes from people who witnessed an event is a
Primary source
200
This is the type of government where citizens vote directly on all laws and usually is a successful form of government for small populations.
What is a direct democracy
200
In Greek Mythology, the famous Oracle of Delphi was supposedly freed from being kept prisoner by an evil serpent dragon by which Greek God?
What is Apollo?
200
Where is the home of the Gods
Mt. Olympus
200
Known as the god of celebration.
Who is Dionysus 
200
Name the era that is known for flourishing of arts, literature, philosophy and domination by Sparta and Athens
What is Classical Greece
300
A type of leadership where only a few wealthy people run the government.
What is an oligrachy?
300
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
300
A citadel or fortified part of an ancient Greek city, typically built on a hill.
What is the Acropolis?
300
This Greek hero was pierced by an arrow in the Trojan War
Who is Achilles
300
During what period did Macedonia Empire and Alexander the Great exist?
What is the Hellenistic Age?
400
True or False. In Greece, free men who had the right to participate in government were known as citizens.
What is true?
400
In this city-state, women could not vote, hold office or own property and did mostly household duties
What is Athens?
400
What is the Agora?
Public space in Ancient Greece
400
A huge; one-eyed monster. In the Odyssey, its function was to help Zeus defeat the Titans and hinder Odysseus from getting home on time.
Who is Cyclops?
400
A greek philosopher who was the student of Plato and the teacher of Alexander the Great.
What is Aristotle?
500
The Greeks used this term to describe “rule of the people.”
What is a Democracy?
500
A lover of, or searcher for, wisdom or knowledge; person who regulates his or her life by the light of reason
What is a philosopher?
500
This is a Polis
What is a city state?
500
They were believed to look like a combination of woman and bird or mermaid forms and symbolize temptation and desire, which can lead to destruction and risk.
What are the Sirens
500
The type of democracy where a person is chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others (found in Athens)
Representative Democracy
600
This poem tells the story of the final years of the Trojan War and the hero Achilles. The Iliad is an example of an epic poem. It was written by Homer.
What is the Illiad
600
What did are 3 things city states have in common?
Slavery, women being low status, same religion and language
600
What is the relative location of Greece
What is the southwestern part of Europe.
600
Curiosity led her to open a container left in care of her husband, thus releasing physical and emotional curses upon mankind.
Who is Pandora?
600
How old was Alexander when he died?
What is 32 years old.
