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?
What was the most important building in an Ancient Greek City-State?
the temple
Which city-state allowed women to own property?
What is Sparta
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.
What did the Greeks use to support the large temple roofs?
Columns
Which city-state did not allow women to leave a house without a man?
what is Athens
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.
Who was famous for his fables that taught lessons?
Who is Aesop
What is a fortified area at the top of a hill? (usually a religious center)
What is an acropolis
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.
Who was famous for his epic poems (The Iliad and The Odyssey)?
Who is Homer
How did early Greek people earn a living?
Fishers, sailors, traders and farmers
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?
Mt. Olympia
The Greek word that means "master builder".
What is architecture?
What did Sparta do because they were afraid that the Helots would rebel?
Sparta stressed military service
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?
Which city-state stressed the arts and education?
Athens
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?
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?
What was the time period of creativity and learning?
Age of Pericles
Name the two types of plays invented by the Greeks that are funny and sad
What are comedies and tragedies?
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
Which civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece?
Who are the Minoans
Why was the Peloponnesian War bad for everyone?
It made Greece weaker and more susceptible to attack.
The building on the Acropolis that's the temple to Athena:
What is the Parthenon?
What was Sparta's main value/focus?
The military/ war.
What sea is east of Greece?
The Aegean Sea
What was the staple crop in Ancient Greece?
Olives
Who was the biggest enemy of Ancient Greece?
Persians
What is the main oath for a Doctor of Medicine?
Hippocratic Oath
What type of government did Sparta have?
Oligarchy
(Two kings)
What seas are south of Greece?
Mediterranean Sea and the Sea of Crete
This Greek scientist was the first to suggest that the Earth moves around the sun.
Who is Aristarchus?
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.