Ancient Greece Vocabulary
Individual towns/civilizations in Greece.
What is a polis or city-state?
The war between the two city states, Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
What is something that Ancient Greece did to keep intruders out?
They built a walled fortress on a hill in the middle of their polis (city).
What is the Golden Age?
God of Thunder
Who is Zeus?
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
(Polytheistic)
Sparta was organized as a military state in fear of this
What is helots?
What is land surrounded by water on three sides called?
A peninsula.
Pericles built this to protect Athens.
What is a 4 mile walled road to its port city?
God of the Ocean
Who is Poseidon?
A belief in only one God
What is monotheism?
The Greek city-states have in common
What are the same religion and same language.
Since Ancient Greece didn't have a major river for resources, what did the sea provide for them?
Trade & travel.
Large temple dedicated to Athena.
What is the Parthenon?
God of Underworld
Who is Hades?
A government run by the people who vote:
What is democracy?
They were considered citizens in Athens
What are free males born in Greece?
Which two global hemispheres is Greece located in?
Northern and Eastern.
Sparta and other city-states developed this alliance
What is the Peloponnesian League?
God of War
Who is Ares?
The type of government with one king like the one Corinth had
What is a Monarchy?
The type of Government did Athens practiced
What is democracy?
Where were the Olympics held?
Olympia
Pericles was a supporter of...
What are the arts, education, theater, sculpture, poetry, etc?
God of Wisdom
Who is Athena?
A government run by two or more leaders who are usually rich business owners or Kings.
What is an oligarchy
Who were the Arts most important to?
Athens
What made farming difficult in Greece?
There were only a few rivers and the soil was rocky.
A person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment.
What is a philosopher?
Goddess of Love
Who is Aphrodite?
A democracy where others are chosen to make decisions for the people:
What is a Representative Democracy?
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
What continent is Greece on?
Europe
Athens and other city states formed this alliance
What is the Delian League?
Goddess of Hunting
Who is Artemis?
A democracy where people vote directly on decisions:
What is a Direct Democracy?
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his military training?
7
Which sea is west of Greece?
The Ionian Sea
The relationship of the sides of a right triangle.
What is the Pythagorean Theory?
God of Archery and Music
Who is Apollo?
The father of History
Who is Herodotus?
What was Sparta's main value/focus?
The military/ war.
What sea is east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
Became more life-like and detailed during the Golden Age.
What are sculptures?
Messenger God
Who is Hermes?
A high hill with a fortress for protection in the center of Athens?
What is an acropolis?
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persians
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
The five-day festival held to honor Zeus.
What is the Olympic Games?
Goddess of Family
Who is Hestia?
The building on the Acropolis that's the temple to Athena:
What is the Parthenon?
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
(Two kings)
What sea is south of Greece?
Mediterranean Sea
What is history?
God of Wine
Who is Dionysus?
The first citizen
Who is Pericles?
What did they call the gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
The Assembly
How did Greece's mountains and valleys affect life there?
It provided isolation from others and also protection because it was hard to travel through.
Which leader was considered the father of democracy and tried to spread democracy across Greece?
Pericles
Goddess of Marriage
Who is Hera?