Greek City-States
Historical Events and Figures
Greek Culture and Philosophy
Geography and Expansion
Political Structures
100

This city-state was known for its emphasis on discipline and military prowess.

What is Sparta?

100

In this war(s), Athens and Sparta united.

What is the Persian War(s)?

100

This philosopher is credited with authoring the epic poems "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey."

Who is Homer?

100

The Greeks established colonies in distant lands primarily due to this factor.

What is seeking fertile farmland and less overpopulation?

100

This term describes a city-state's essential political and social unit in ancient Greece.

What is Polis?

200

This city-state concentrated on education and democracy, aiming to prepare citizens for both peace and war.

What is Athens?

200

In this year democracy was invented.

What is 508 B.C?

200

This form of democracy, used in Athens, allowed all eligible citizens to vote directly on major issues.

What is Direct Democracy?

200

The physical geography of Greece, characterized by these features, facilitated trade among its colonies.

What is the ease of water travel between colonies?

200

The United States differs from Ancient Athens' democracy primarily in this aspect.

What is having a representative democracy rather than direct democracy?

300

The city-state had an oligarchy.

What is Sparta?

300

The first Olympics occurred in this year.

776 B.C.

300

This philosopher believed in governance by philosopher-kings rather than democracy.

Who is Plato?

300

The geographic feature that led to the development of many independent Greek communities.

What are mountains and rugged terrain?

300

The Spartan system of governance included this type of ruling structure.

What is an oligarchy?
400

Pheidippides ran approximately 26 miles from the battlefield in this city-state to Athens to announce the Greek victory over the Persians, collapsing and dying upon delivering the news.

What is Marathon?

400

During Greece’s Golden Age, which influential statesman, often referred to as the "first citizen" of Athens, spearheaded democratic reforms, the construction of the Parthenon, and the expansion of the Athenian empire, significantly shaping the city's cultural and political landscape?


Who is Pericles?

400

The Socratic method involves engaging in this type of dialogue.

What is open-ended dialogue and questioning?

400

At its height, Alexander the Great's empire extended as far east as this.

What is Pakistan?

400

This form of government originated in the Roman Empire. It involves the election of representatives.

What is a republic?

500

Greece feel to Rome in this city-state in 146 B.C.

What is Corinth?

500

This era, marked by a fusion of Greek and local cultures, followed Alexander the Great's conquests and is characterized by the spread of Greek influence throughout the Mediterranean world.

What is the hellenistic era?

500

This era saw significant advancements in five fields. Name the individuals who contributed to the development of medicine, philosophy, history, mathematics, and architecture during Ancient Greece.

Who is Hippocrates - medicine, Socrates, Plato & Aristotle (philosophy) Herodotus (history), Pythagorus (math), Pericles (architecture -the parthenon).

500

This key geographic difference between Greece and Florida that explains why Greece’s cities were independent and spread out, while Florida's development is more centralized.

What is the fact that Greece is made up of 80% mountains.

500

Ancient Egypt was ruled by a system where the leader was one person. Athens practiced a system where citizens directly voted on laws, while the modern U.S. operates under a system where elected representatives make decisions for the people. Name the type of government for each civilization and explain how they differ in structure, citizenship and decision-making.

What are a theocracy (Egypt), direct democracy (Athens), and a republic (U.S.) -teacher will grade the rest.