Geography
About how many islands is Greece made up of?
What is over 400 islands.
What is the Greek term for city-state?
What is a polis.
What is a government system called that is a small group of citizens that control decision making?
What is an oligarchy.
What peninsula is Athens located on?
What is Attica.
What was Greece's two major crops?
What is the biggest island in Greece?
What is Crete.
What is a large hill in ancient Greece where city residents sought shelter and safety in times of war and met to discuss community affairs called?
What is an acropolis.
What is the a system of government in which citizens vote to make government decisions?
What is a democracy.
What peninsula is Sparta located on?
What is Peloponnesus.
What was Greece's most prized export?
What is olive oil.
What are the two main peninsulas in Greece?
What are Attica and Peloponnesus.
What is a central area in Greek cities used both as a marketplace and as a meeting place called?
What is an agora.
True or False: Every city-state had the same form of government.
What is false.
Which city-state valued a strong military?
What is Sparta.
What was the main form of transportation in ancient Greece?
What is boats/sailing.
What three bodies of water surround Greece?
What are the Mediterranean Sea, Ionian Sea, & Aegean Sea.
What is the highest mountain in Greece called?
What is Mount Olympus.
What is a person with certain rights & responsibilities in their country or community called?
What is a citizen.
What government system was created in Athens?
What is a democracy.
What are the athletic competitions called that were created in ancient Greece?
What are the Olympics.
Whywas it so difficult to travel by land through ancient Greece?
What is the land was very hilly.
Who was Homer?
What is an ancient Greek poet.
True or False: Women and slaves were not considered citizens in ancient Greece.
What is True.
What was Greece's largest city-state?
What is Sparta.
Who did the ancient Greeks believe lived on Mount Olympus?
Who are gods and goddesses.