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He was a famous poet in ancient Greece.
Who is Homer?
100
A group of citizens chosen to hear evidence and make decisions in a court of law.
What is a jury?
100
An area of land almost entirely surrounded by water.
What is a peninsula?
100
Most city-states in ancient Greece were built around these.
What is an acropolis?
100
This is the form of government that is ruled by the people. In other words every citizen can vote.
What is a democracy?
200
He was a philosopher who was put to death for questioning Athenian values, and beliefs.
Who is Socrates?
200
A type of government that has only one ruler such as a king or queen.
What is a monarchy?
200
This is the reason that traveling by land would be difficult in Greece.
What is rocky and mountainous?
200
The highest point in Greece, where ancient Greeks believed the most powerful gods and goddesses lived.
What is Mount Olympus?
200
These are three things that existed in ancient Greece that are used today.
What are lots of things? (Library, Stadium, Democracy, Gymnasium, Alphabet, Theatre, etc...)
300
He was the king of Macedonia who conquered much of the area around the Mediterranean Sea, spreading Greek culture to these areas.
Who is Alexander (the Great)?
300
A type of government that is controlled by a small group of the richest people.
What is an oligarchy?
300
This is what the climate in Greece is like in summer and winter.
What are hot and dry summers, and wet windy winters?
300
A clearing that served as a meeting place and market place.
What is an agora?
300
Unlike Egyptian hieroglyphics, these were what the symbols of the Greek alphabet represented.
What are sounds?
400
He was a famous philosopher in Athens and the student of Socrates.
Who is Plato?
400
He was the Athenian general who made it so poor people, as well as rich people could take part in government.
Who is Pericles?
400
These are the two main crops in ancient Greece, besides wheat and barley.
What are olives and grapes?
400
The city state in ancient Greece that was most well known for its military in the 700s B.C.
What is Sparta?
400
This legacy is a form of military created in Athens to control the waters surrounding Greece.
What is Navy?
500
He was a famous philosopher who was Alexander's private teacher.
Who is Aristotle?
500
This is the major difference between democracy in the United States, and the democracy of ancient Athens.
What is only men were citizens in Athens?
500
The two most prominent of the islands in ancient Greece.
What are Crete and Rhodes?
500
The city state in ancient Greece that is known for first creating a democracy.
What is Athens?
500
This legacy is not only from ancient Greece, but could be found in Sparta especially in the 700s B.C.
What is Military (Army)?