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Government
Mythology
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Government II
Geography
100
The Greek name for a city-state
Polis
100
The King of the Gods
Zeus
100
The name of the Greek poet who wrote poems of emotion
Sappho
100
What is the name of a government that has a small group of wealthy people in charge?
Oligarchy
100
What made travel by land in Greece difficult?
Mountains
200
A word describing where Greek city-states were built
Acropolis
200
What is the name of the Greek Goddess that had her daughter taken by Hades?
Demeter
200
The name of the Greek writer that wrote the Boy who cried wolfe.
Aesop
200
What is the name of the form of government that a tyrant is the leader of?
Tyrrany
200
What is the name of land that is surrounded by water on three sides?
Peninsula
300
Tyrant
A leader who gained power through the use of force
300
What word describes a body of stories about Greek gods and heroes.
Mythology
300
Short stories that teach a life lesson
Fables
300
What is the governing body in the U.S. that makes the countries laws?
Congress
300
What body of water is east of Greece?
Aegean Sea
400
Of the two types of democracy, which did ancient Athens practice?
Direct democracy
400
Which Greek hero travelled to Crete and killed a minotaur?
Theseus
400
What is the lesson taught by the fable, "The tortuous and the hare?"
It is better to work slowly and carefully than to hurry and make mistakes
400
This is the type of Democracy that is run in the U.S. today.
Representative Democracy
400
What is the name of the large island south of Greece?
Crete
500
What was the name of the tyrant that overthrew the oligarchy of Athens in 546 BC?
Peisistratus
500
What is the name of the huge snake that had nine heads and poisonous fangs?
Hydra
500
The Iliad tells the story of what?
The last years of the Trojan war
500
What group of people conquered Athens and ended Democracy?
Macedonians
500
What two areas of land provided the only farming for the Greeks?
Valleys and Coastal Plains