Ancient Greece NMMS Edition

Geography

100

• This term describes the mainland of Greece, a body of land with water on three sides.    

  
  

• Answer: What is a peninsula?

200

• Mountains cover 70 to 80 percent of Greece, resulting in this made it very _______________ land.    

  
  

• Answer: Difficult to travel over land

300

Name the three seas that played a major role in the life of ancient Greece.

Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas

400

• Because of its geography, only about 20 to 30 percent of Greek land was used for this.    

  
  

Answer: What is farming?

500

Name the body of water that the Greek peninsula extends into.

Answer: Mediterranean Sea

Gods and Myths

100

This is the name of the ruler of the gods in Greek mythology.

Answer:  Who is Zeus?

200

• These are stories that the Greeks told to explain beliefs about their world.    

  
  

Answer: Myth

300

This is the name of the mountain where the Greeks believed the 12 major gods and goddesses lived

Answer: Mount Olympus

400

Name two gods or goddesses of Ancient Greece.

Zeus, Athena, Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Hephaestus, Hera, Hermes, Hestia, or Poseidon?

500

This is the hero from Greek myth who stole fire from the gods and gave it to humans.

Prometheus?

Culture and Literature

100

These are long poems that tell stories of adventures.

Epics Poems

200

This is the name of the blind man who composed the most famous Greek epics.

Homer

300

Name Homer's two famous epic poems.

Lliad and The Odyssey

400

This is a short story, usually involving animals, that teaches a moral lesson.

Fable

500

This storyteller is credited with writing down many ancient Greek fables

Aesop

Government

100

This is the term for a Greek city-state

Polis

200

This type of government is ruled by a king or queen.

Monarchy

300

This type of government is ruled by a small group of citizens.

Oligarchy

400

This is the term for a person who had the right to take part in ruling the city-state.

Citizen

500

This Athenian leader introduced reforms that moved Athens towards democracy.

Cleisthenes 

Sparta and Athens

100

Name a way in which Athens and Sparta were similar.

Both were Greek city-states

200

This was the main rival of Sparta.

Athens

300

In Sparta, these enslaved people were forced to farm the land.

Helots

400

This is the type of government that Sparta had

A mix of monarchy, oligarchy, and democracy

500

This city-state had a Council of Four Hundred and an Assembly as its governing bodies.

Answer: Athens