Vocabulary Terms
Athletic contests held to honor Zeus and the other gods.
Olympics
A large meeting of citizens who could question the politicians and make suggestions about how the people should be governed. 6,000 men were required to attend.
Athenian Assembly
This is a slave in Ancient Sparta.
Helots
Which city-state mostly won the Olympic games?
The Spartans
What was the common language throughout all of Ancient Greece?
Greek
Means “a love of wisdom.”
Philosophy
What were women, slaves, and children considered as?
Property
Leaders in Ancient Sparta
Ephors
What means "a period of four years"?
Olympiad
How did the Mycenaeans tricked the Trojans during the Trojan War?
They hid their soldiers in a wooden horse.
Long narrative poem about heroic deeds, usually featuring a hero going on a journey.
Epic Poems
Athens is known to be the birth place of what?
Democracy
This lasted twenty-seven years and it ended the Golden Age by Sparta defeating the Athens.
Peloponnesian War
What could not happen while the Olympic games were going on?
How many major gods were there?
12
Belief or worship of more than one God.
Polytheism
Name the two ways you would be a slave in Ancient Athens.
1. You owed someone money.
2. You were captured in a war.
What did the slaves sometimes do in large numbers? What would be the result of this?
They would revolt and the Spartans would reduce the number of slaves by killing them.
Why were the Olympics stopped in 394 CE?
The Romans outlawed the games.
When was Homer born?
It's unknown when he was born.
A small group of individuals having control of a country or larger group of people.
Oligarchy
A time in Athens were great innovations in art, poetry, philosophy, democracy, and drama were created.
Golden Ages
What was Sparta known for and what they wanted? How did officials in Sparta determine this?
Their military and strong citizens. Those who were seemed weak and unhealthy were left to die.
What would you win if you won an Olympic event?
A crown of olive leaves, large amounts of money, and free meals for life.
What were the two works that Homer was best known for?
The Iliad and the Odyssey