Ancient Greece History & Achievements
This famous sporting event did the Greeks begin, still held today?
What is the Olympic Games?
Name two of the three seas that surrounded Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the Aegean Sea?
This is type of government that Athens invented that gave citizens the power to vote?
What is democracy?
This was the main trade route that connected China to Europe and other parts of Asia
What is the Silk Road?
This well-known mountain range served as a natural barrier, protecting Ancient China.
What are the Himalayan Mountains?
What invention did Archimedes create to help move water?
What is the Archimedes Screw?
What is an island?
This is the type of government that Sparta had, where a small group made decisions?
What is an Oligarchy?
This large man-made structure was built to protect China.
What is the Great Wall of China?
Name two goods traded by the Chinese along the Silk Road
What are silk, tea, porcelain, spices, paper, or precious metals?
This was the "father of Western philosophy" who taught by asking questions?
Who is Socrates?
This landform describes Greece’s shape?
What is a peninsula?
The ____________________ was the war fought between Athens and Sparta, and _____________ won the war.
Peloponnesian War & Sparta.
This religion from India taught meditation and spread throughout China.
What is Buddhism?
This philosophy taught that people should respect their elders and follow social order?
What is Confucianism?
Name two ways Greek achievements still affect us today.
What are democracy, architecture, science, math, or philosophy?
This percentage of Greece was covered in Mountains?
What is 80%?
This is how the Apella (Spartan assembly) participated in government decisions?
What is voting yes or no?
This is the type of writing tool Chinese priests used to ask ancestors questions about the future?
What are Oracle Bones?
This belief system focused on living in harmony with nature and following “The Way”
What is Daoism?
What ancient Greek building was a temple for the goddess Athena?
This is Why Ancient Greeks created colonies in places like Italy and Egypt?
What is because farming was difficult, and they needed more resources and farmland?
This was the council of elders in Sparta.
What is Gerousia?
This was the name of the clay army built to protect Emperor Qin in the afterlife
What is the Terra Cotta Army?
These two rivers were especially important for farming and trade in Ancient China
What are the Yellow River and Yangtze River?