Mythology
Ancient Greece City-States
Vocabulary
Leaders and Important People
Geography
100
Was the god of the sky and ruler of the Olympian gods.
What is Zeus?
100
Was a trade city in an ideal location that allowed it to have two seaports, one on the Saronic Gulf and one on the Corinthian Gulf.
What is Cornith
100
Mountain on which the ancient Greeks believed the gods and goddesses lived.
What is Mount Olympus
100
Ancient Macedonian who conquered most of the known world around 334 B.C
Who is Alexander the Great
100
The Capital of Greece
What is Athens
200
Is the god of the sea and protector of all aquatic features. Brother of Zeus and Hades
What is Poseidon
200
Is one of the great cities of the world. During the time of the Ancient Greeks, it was the center of power, art, science, and philosophy in the world.
What is Athens
200
Type of government where only a few people rule many.
What is Oligarchy
200
Was born in 495 B.C. into the wealthy family of the Alcmaeonids. His father Xanthippus had himself been a military commander for Athens at the battle of Mycale in 479 B.C.
Who is Pericles
200
Landforms that are in Greece also in many other places
Duh, mountains!
300
Heracles is best known as the strongest of all mortals, and even stronger than many gods.
What is Heros
300
Was a greek city located in what is now turkey, it is housed in the Temple of Artemis.
What is Ephesus
300
Ancient Greek inventor and mathematician who invented the ______ Screw
Who is Archimedes?
300
Ancient Greek doctor who believed that disease had natural causes that could be studied.
Who is Hippocrates
300
A piece of land almost surrounded by water or projecting out into a body of water.
What is a peninsula
400
She had the face of an ugly woman with snakes instead of hair; anyone who looked into her eyes was immediately turned to stone.
Who is Medusa?
400
Was the typical structure of a community in the ancient Greek world. A _____ consisted of an urban centre, often fortified and with a sacred centre built on a natural acropolis or harbour
What is Polis
400
Ancient Greek mathematician who developed a branch of geometry.
What is Euclid
400
Ancient Greek mathematician
Who is Pythagoras
400
Mountains and Rocky Grounds.
What is Greece's terrain?
500
Is a city in the region of Boeotia in Greece, which provided the setting for various myths and stories.
What is Thebes
500
Famous Greek city-state is known for its Oracle and Temple of Apollo. The head priestess was called Pythia, and the Pythian Games (something like the Olympic Games) took place in ______ every four years. ____ was a focal point in the Persian Wars because of its location.
What is Delphi
500
Early Greek civilization located on the island of Crete (2500 B.C.
What is Minoan Civilization
500
Ancient Greek philosopher student of Socrates
Who is Plato
500
Largest ______ along with many others like Crete, and more.
What is an Island