Vocabulary
Greek word for a city-state
Polis
Greece mainly lies on a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides. What do you call this type of land?
Peninsula
Someone who has the right to participate in government
Citizen
The name of the empire that wages 2 wars on Greece
Persian Empire
Greeks worshipped more than one God. This is known as ...
polytheism
Greek word for a marketplace where people met, traded, and discussed politics.
Agora
The Pindus Mountains run through much of Greece. It's highest mountain is named...
Mount Olympus
This city-state was known for its democratic form of government
Athens
The Peloponnesian War was because of a conflict between which 2 city states?
Athens and Sparta
This philosopher believed he could not teach others, only help them to think
Socrates
Military formation with soldiers standing close to one another with spears and overlapping shields.
Phalanx
Two bodies of water surrounding Greece are
Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, and Mediterranean Sea (any 2 will count as correct)
In Athens, this place was a high hill with a strong building for safety.
Acropolis
Ultimatley, this city-state won the Peloponnesian War
Sparta
Mount Olympus was known as...
The home of the Gods
Collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes
Mythology
Due to Greece's location and geography, they had to rely on the seas for what?
Trading goods
In this city-state, boys and girls were given over to the state to be raise at just 7 years old
Sparta
The type of government they had in Athens
Democracy
Who are the 3 most important Gods in the Greek pantheon?
Zeus, Poseidon, and Hades
A government where a small group of powerful people control the government, often because of wealth, military power, or family connections
Oligarchy
Which geographic feature made it difficult to unite Greece under one government?
Mountains
City-states differed but they still shared...
The same language and belief in the same gods
Name the types of military that Athens and Sparta were known to have
Athens: Strong Navy
Sparta: Strong Army
Who were the early inhabitants of the Greece?
Minoans