Terms
Geography
Gods and Goddesses
Every Day Life
Potpourri
100

Ancient Greece was made up of these: which are an area that includes a city and its surrounding country side.

City-states

100

What continent is Greece located on?

Europe 

100

I was taken away from my mother while I was picking flowers. Now I must spend 4 months in the under world.

Persephone

100

Name three things Ancient Greeks used olive oil for.

Cooking, bathing, moisturizer, to light their oil lamps

100

This woman was a wonderful weaver, she bragged about her skills and found her self in a weaving competition with Athena. She sadly lost and was turned into a spider.

Arachne

200

This is a prediction of what may happen in the future to a person or place.

Prophecy 

200

Name two important city states in Ancient Greece.

Athens and Sparta

200

I am the mother of all gods.

Rhea

200

Name two places men in Ancient Athens might go during the day.

Farming, court house, gymnasium, town meeting, agora

200

This man conquered Greece and built a huge capital city along the Nile River that he named Alexandria. 

Alexander The Great 

300

They wore light and loose fitting robes called what?

Tunics or Chitons

300

This Ancient Greek city-state was named after the goddess of wisdom, reason, and war strategy.

AthensĀ 

300

Before leaving port, sailors would often pray for a safe journey to what god?

Poseidon 

300

What animal did Ancient Greeks eat almost every day?

Fish

300

This Ancient Greek was a mathematician, engineer, scientist, and inventor. He invented a special kind of screw to move water to higher lands.

Archimedes

400

Name the two types of plays in Ancient Greece.

Tragedies and Comedies. 

400

Greece is a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides. What land form is this called? 

Peninsula 

400

I am the son of Zues, Artemis is my twin sister. I am the god of music, I invented the instrument that Orpheus used to try and get Eurydice back from the underworld.

Apollo

400

This city-state was ruled by two kings and a council of elders. Boys were trained to fight starting at age 7.

Sparta

400

Name one of the seas Ancient Greece was located on.

Mediterranean Sea, Sea of Crete, Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea

500

Ancient Greeks had special war ships with oars and sails. They were powered by the wind. Name those war ships.

Trireme

500

The Ancient Greek Olympics were held in this city.

Olympia

500

Name four of Chronos' children.

Zues, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, Hera, Demeter, Chiron

500

What sweet thing was used in the Ancient Greek's food?

Honey 

500

This man was the father of medicine and opened a school to teach people how to become doctors.

Hippocrates