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Importance of the Sea
Sparta
Connections to ancient Greece
Other Contributions
Gods and Goddesses
100
The sea was important to ancient Greeks because it allowed them to ___________, meaning to go other places or visit other people.
What is travel?
100
These two words describe the way of life in the city-state of Sparta.
What is harsh and militaristic.
100
These are stories from ancient Greece that teach lessons and give explanations for natural events.
What are myths?
100
A funny, light-hearted play.
What is a comedy?
100
God of the Heavens and Earth. His symbol is the lightening bolt.
Who is Zeus?
200
The sea was important because it gave the ancient Greeks ________ to eat.
What is seafood?
200
Sparta was ruled by this type of government:
What is oligarchy?
200
We use this ancient Greek invention to write. Our version of this looks very similar to the ancient Greek version.
What is the alphabet?
200
A sad, serious play.
What is a tragedy?
200
God of the sea and earthquakes; his symbols are the trident and the horse.
Who is Poseidon?
300
The sea was important to the ancient Greeks because it allowed them to _______, meaning to ship goods.
What is trade?
300
This word means "city":
What is polis?
300
This word means something handed down from the past.
What is heritage?
300
A short animal story. A famous author of these is Aesop.
What is a fable?
300
God of the Underworld. His symbols are a three-headed dog and a bident.
Who is Hades?
400
This sea is south of Greece and separates the continent of Europe from the continent of Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
A slave captured by Spartans in war.
What is a helot?
400
The way a society runs itself and keeps its people in order. There are 5 main types of this that we talked about in class.
What is government?
400
A long poem, usually about the great achievements of a hero.
What is an epic?
400
Goddess of wisdom and war-strategy. She had a temple built to her on the acropolis.
Who is Athena?
500
These two seas surround Greece on the east and west.
What are the Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea?
500
A person under the rule of someone else.
What is a subject?
500
The study of the stars. Many of our constellations get their names from Greek myths.
What is astrology?
500
A group of people in a trial.
What is a jury?
500
This god and goddess were twins. He was the god of the sun and she was the goddess of the moon.
Who are Apollo and Artemis?