Ancient Greece Vocabulary
Ancient Greece Cities
Ancient Greece Geography
Ancient Greece Achievements
Ancient Greece Gods
200
A traditional story about gods and heroes that isn't exactly true
What is a myth?
200
The war between the two city states, Athens and Sparta
What is the Peloponnesian War?
200
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).
200
The five-day festival for Zeus was called...
The Olympics
200
God of Thunder
Who is Zeus
400
A belief in many gods or goddesses
What is polytheism?
(Polytheistic)
400
Who was Sparta's Patron
Who is Ares?
400
What is land surrounded by water on three sides called?
A peninsula.
400
Who won the battle of Marathon?
Sparta
400
God of the Ocean
who is Poseidon
800
A belief in only one God
What is monotheism?
800
The Greek city-states have in common
What are the same religion and same language.
800
Since Ancient Greece didn't have a major river for resources, what did the sea provide for them?
Trade & travel.
800
What is the main oath for a Doctor of Medicine
The Hippocratic Oath
800
God of Underworld
Who is Hades
1000
A government run by the people who vote:
What is democracy?
1000
They were considered citizens in Athens
What are free males born in Greece?
1000
Which two global hemispheres is Greece located in?
Northern and Eastern.
1000
Who created the Hippocratic Oath
Who is Hippocrates?
1000
God of War
Who is Ares
1200
Daily double Pick one you like
Yay
1200
The type of Government did Athens practiced
What is democracy?
1200
Where were the Olympics held?
Olympia
1200
What was one new genre in reading that was started by Ancient Greeks?
Mythology
1200
God of Wisdom
Athena
1400
A government run by two or more leaders who are usually rich business owners or Kings.
What is an oligarchy
1400
Who were the Arts most important to?
Athens
1400
What made farming difficult in Greece?
There were only a few rivers and the soil was rocky.
1400
What did Alexander the great achieve?
Alexander the Great, a Macedonian king, conquered the eastern Mediterranean, Egypt, the Middle East, and parts of Asia.
1400
Goddess of Love
Aphrodite
1600
A democracy where others are chosen to make decisions for the people:
What is a Representative Democracy?
1600
Who was allowed to partake in education in Athens?
Only Males
1600
What continent is Greece on?
Europe
1600
What is this a picture of?
What is the Parthenon?
1600
Goddess of Hunting
Artemis
1800
A democracy where people vote directly on decisions:
What is a Direct Democracy?
1800
How old was a Spartan boy when he was first taken from his family to begin his military training?
7
1800
Which sea is west of Greece?
The Ionian Sea
1800
What was Plato's School for Philosophy named?
The Academy.
1800
God of Archery and Music
Apollo
2000
Name the two types of plays invented by the Greeks that are funny and sad
What are comedies and tragedies?
2000
What was Sparta's main value/focus?
The military/ war.
2000
What sea is east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
2000
What did the teacher Socrates try and get people to do?
Think for themselves and question the way things are.
2000
Messenger God
Hermes
2200
A high hill with a fortress for protection in the center of Athens?
What is an acropolis?
2200
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persians
2200
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
2200
What was the method called that wanted "Teaching by Questioning"
Socratic Method
2200
Goddess of Family
Hestia
2400
The building on the Acropolis that's the temple to Athena:
What is the Parthenon?
2400
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
(Two kings)
2400
What sea is south of Greece?
Mediterranean Sea
2400
Who taught the last famous leader of all Greeks named Alexander the Great?
Aristotle
2400
God of Wine
Dionysus
2600
The 'shoulder-to-shoulder' military formation invented by the Greeks
What is the Phalanx?
2600
What were the kingdoms after Alexander the Great died.
Macedonia, Egypt, and Syria.
2600
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.
2600
Which leader was considered the father of democracy and tried to spread democracy across Greece?
Pericles
2600
Goddess of Marriage
Hera