Ancient Greece Vocabulary
A traditional story and they aren't exactly true
Myth
City in Ancient Greece preoccupied with War
What is Sparta
What is something that Ancient Greece did to keep intruders out?
Walls
God of Thunder and Hospitality
Who is Zeus
This was the general meeting that decided laws in Athens
What is The Assembly?
Requirements for citizenship in Athens.
What is must be born in Athens, free, adult male?
Where is the home of the Gods
Mt. Olympus
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
Born in Macedonia, this man conquered Greece Egypt and Persia
What type of Government did Athens first practice?
Monarchy
Name for land that is surrounded on three sides by water
What is a peninsula?
A person chosen or appointed to act or speak for another or others
Representative
Allowed to partake in schooling in Athens?
What is only males?
Biggest body of water that Ancient Greece is located in?
What is the Mediterranean sea
God of War
Who is Ares
This type of person was a kind of ruler in Ancient Greece and initially was very popular.
What is a Tyrant?
What was Sparta's main value?
What is victory at war?
What is the building dedicated to Athena called?
The Parthenon
Goddess of of Wisdom
Who is Athena
Government, a small group of, usually well off people having control over a country or organization
Oligarchy
The gathering where the citizens met to debate issues in Athens?
What is The Assembly?
What geographic feature made up most of the landscape of Greece?
What is Mountains?
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
A form of cooperative argumentative dialogue between individuals based on asking questions to stimulate critical thinking and to draw out ideas.
What is Socratic Method?
The name for a city-state
What is a Polis?