Ancient Greece Notes

Geography

100

When water surrounds land by three sides, it is called...

Peninsula 

200

Due to high hills and mountains, Greece had very limited amounts of _______ land, another word for land used for farming

Arable 

300

The climate in Greece year round is...

Hot, or Humid, good for farming

400

With so many sea ports and mountainsides, these foods were natural selections for consumption and trade

Fish, olives, grapes

500

Alpha, Beta, Omega are examples of this, which spread across Mediterranean Sea and is still used today   

Alphabet, or Greek Alphabet

Mythology

100

This location was infamous for it's prophets that gave Devine advice for questions asked.

Oracle at Delphi

200

One element of a Myth is this, which usually descends from the Gods to take an extraordinary circumstance

Hero

300

One use of a myth is this, which explains a natural phenomena 

Etiology 

400

The land of the dead in Greek mythology is...

Hades

500

Now played every 4 years, these were sacred events that lasted a full month and had the power to stop wars

Olympics 

The Gods

100

This was home to the Gods...

Mt Olympus

200

Greek God of the sea

Poseidon

300

Hera was the protector of marriage to this famous Greek God

Zeus 

400

A daughter of Zeus, she is the Goddess of war but also purity and reason

Athena 

500

This God wears winged sandals and is the messenger / guide to the underworld

Hermes

Wars

100

This formation was a useful tactic, particularly for soldiers using a shield and spear 

Phalanx

200

This battle in the First Persian War was a Greek victory but also marks Pheidippides running 26 miles with a warning

Battle at Marathon 

300

King Leonidas held this mountain pass for 2 days against a superior Persian force

Battle at Thermopylae

400

The Athenians lured the larger Persian boats into smaller water at this naval battle

Salamis Bay

500

Which two city states fought in the Peloponnesian Wars?  Name both

Athens and Sparta

Persia

100

A Persian royal governor is called...

A Satrap

200

The Persians used this modern invention to spread quickly to new areas and gather resources

Roads

300

The first Persian Emperor to attempt to expand into Greece

Darius 

400

This term is used for allowing various religions and laws...as long as you pay your taxes

Tolerations or Tolerate 

500

This Persian religion is duelist in nature, meaning there are two sides to the world and Devine

Zoroastrianism