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Greek Mythology
100

A large hill where Athens residents built statues for Athena

What is Acropolis?

100
A country in Southeastern Europe, on the European Continent, bordering Abania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
What is Greece?
100
Athens & Sparta acquired most of their slaves this way.

What are as prisoners of war?

100

Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote

What are women and slaves?

100

The goddess stolen by Hades to be his wife (niece).

Who is Persephone?

200

The stories a culture shares to explain natural or cultural phenomenon.

What are myths?

200
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
200

A large athletic competition, born in Ancient Greece, to honor Zeus.

What are the Olympics?

200
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is *not* the lawful king or queen, where that power is usually taken by force.
What is Tyranny?
200

This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and married his sister, Hera.

Who is Zeus?

300

The name for the gods thought to live at the top of Mount Olympus.

Who are the Olympians?

300

The peninsula on which Sparta is located.

What is Peloponnese?

300
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
What is Polytheism?
300
Greece (Athens, in particular) is the birthplace of this form of government, that the United States uses today.
What is Democracy?
300

She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.

Who is Aphrodite?

400

A large open marketplace and meeting place

What is "Agora"?

400

The two largest islands in the Aegean Sea.

What are Rhodes & Crete?

400

One of the most important agricultural exports in Greece.

What are olives/ olive oil? (or grapes/ wine)

400

A system of government that Greece had in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person (a King).

What is Monarchy?

400

The god of wine and plays (theatre).

Who is Dionysus?

500
A person who has certain rights and responsibilities in his or her country or community
What is a citizen?
500
The three seas that surround Greece and its 400 islands.
What are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas?
500

An almost-invulnerable Greek warrior, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.

Who is Achilles?

500

A system of government where a small group of the richest and most powerful citizens controlled decision making.

What is Oligarchy?

500
This god had a violent temper and was known as the god of war.
Who is Ares?