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100
This modern-day country is located in Southeast Europe and was home to ancient Greek civilization.
What is Greece?
100
These stories about gods and heroes were used by the Greeks to explain natural events and human suffering.
What is mythology?
100
Ancient Greeks were known for creating realistic designs on these everyday objects used for storage and decoration.
What are pots and vases?
100
Historians use this term to categorize a period of time when there are no available written records about historical events.
What are Dark Ages?
100
Because much of Greece’s soil was poor for farming, the Greek economy depended heavily on this activity.
What is trade?
100
This Greek city-state focused on education, art, and government while also maintaining a strong navy.
What is Athens?
200
This type of landform, where most Greeks lived, is surrounded by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
200
This religious belief system involved worshiping many gods rather than just one.
What is polytheism?
200
This famous temple in Athens is an example of Greek architecture and features classical columns.
What is the Parthenon?
200
In this early civilization known living on the island of Crete and their ship building abilities, their type of government is unknown because there is very little historical evidence.
What is the Minoan civilization?
200
Olives, wine, pottery, and honey were some of the more popular of these that were sent out from Greece to other civilizations.
What are Greek exports?
200
These enslaved people were forced by the Spartans to farm the land and produce food.
Who were the helots?
300
These physical features covered most of Greece and made farming difficult due to rocky land and poor soil.
What are mountains and hills?
300
These gods were believed to live on Mount Olympus, appearing human and showing human emotions.
Who are the Olympians?
300
This philosopher developed the questioning technique known as the Socratic Method and was executed for encouraging students to question authority.
Who was Socrates?
300
This ancient civilization, known as the first Greeks, were also known for their warriors, bronze weapons and their ability to conquer other civilizations.
Who was the Mycenaeans?
300
This silver coin became a common currency that encouraged trade among Greek city-states.
What is the drachma?
300
This group of heavily armed citizen soldiers fought using long spears and shields.
Who were the hoplites?
400
These three bodies of water surrounded Greece and encouraged trade, fishing, and naval power.
What are the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and Mediterranean Sea?
400
This female priestess at Delphi was believed to receive visions from Apollo and predict the future.
Who is the Oracle of Delphi?
400
This Greek poet wrote two epic poems, one about Achilles in the Trojan War and another about Odysseus’s journey home.
Who was Homer?
400
This Athenian leader created a harsh law code in 621 BCE that often punished even minor crimes with death.
A. Solon
B. Draco
C. Pereclies
D. Leonidas
Who was (B) Draco?
400
These settlements were established to increase wealth through trade and support Greece’s growing population.
What are colonies?
400
This tight military formation used by hoplites required soldiers to stand shoulder to shoulder with shields locked together.
What is a phalanx?
500
Because mountains and seas isolated communities, Greeks formed these independent city-states.
What is a polis?
500
This religious event, held every four years at Olympia to honor Zeus, required wars to pause so athletes and spectators could attend safely.
What are the Olympic Games?
500
This Greek doctor helped establish modern medicine and created an oath that still guides doctors today.
Who was Hippocrates?
500
This Macedonian ruler, son of Phillip II, is one of the more recognizable names in ancient history and defeating the Persian Empire while also spreading 'Hellenistic" ideas throughout his conquered lands.
Who was Alexander the Great?
500
This powerful city-state became a major trade center, used the most common drachma, and relied on wealthy citizens to fund its navy and festivals.
What is Athens?
500
This group in Spartan society could own land, manage households, and completed physical training while men served in the army.
Who were Spartan women?