Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A traditional story about gods and heroes that isn't exactly true
What is a myth?
Athenian citizens would vote, debate issues, and trade goods in this location.
What is the agora?
The island south of mainland Greece.
What is Crete?
A measure of how far north or south a place on Earth is measured from the equator.
God of Thunder
Who is Zeus
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
(Polytheistic)
This city-state relied on its Navy.
What is Athenians preferred defense beyond it's walled city?
What is land surrounded by water on three sides called?
A peninsula.
A measure of how far east or west a place on Earth is from an imaginary line that runs between the North and South poles.
What is longitude?
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
A belief in only one God
What is monotheism?
This city-state relied on its army.
What is the Spartan's defense mechanism?
Since Ancient Greece didn't have a major river for resources, what did the sea provide for them?
Trade & travel.
The branch of mathematics involving points, lines, planes and figures.
What is geometry?
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.
The study of living things, their structure, growth and function.
What is biology?
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
The Greek word that means "master builder".
What is architecture?
God of Wisdom
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.
The greek word that means "a viewing place".
What is theater?
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
This is the type of ship that incorporated three levels of rowers.
What is a trireme?
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
What continent is Greece on?
Europe
A Greek word that means five contests.
What is pentathlon?
Goddess of Hunting
Artemis
In Athens, a group of 500 citizens chosen to form a council responsible for running the day to day business of government.
What is the Council of 500?
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
A Greek scientist who wrote a book called "Geographia" that listed about 8,000 places in the world.
Who is Ptolemy?
God of Archery and Music
Apollo
Name the two types of plays invented by the Greeks that are funny and sad
What are comedies and tragedies?
What was Sparta's main value/focus?
The military/ war.
What sea is east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
This Greek scientist studied and named more than 850 stars.
Who is Hipparchus?
Messenger God
Hermes
A peninsula forming the southern part of mainland Greece.
What is Peloponnesus?
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persians
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
This man is known as the "father of history".
Who is Herodotus?
Goddess of Family
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
This scientist believed that numbers were the key to understanding nature. He even started a school!
Who is Pythagoras?
God of Wine
Dionysus
What is the main oath for a Doctor of Medicine?
Hippocratic Oath
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.
This Greek scientist was the first to suggest that the Earth moves around the sun.
Who is Aristarchus?
Goddess of Marriage
Hera