What is fishing, trading, and herding goats and sheep?
100
This is a person who takes power by force and rules with total authority
What is a tyrant?
100
This is where the gods and goddesses lived
What is Mount Olympus?
100
They went to school to learn to read, write, and do arithmetic. They also learned to play the lyre.
Who are Athenian boys?
200
another name for a city-state
What is a polis?
200
The first civilization to arise in Greece - they became wealthy from building ships and trading
What is the Minoans?
200
This is a type of government where all citizens share in running the government
What is a democracy?
200
Homer wrote these long poems
What are epics?
200
The were trained in sports like running, wrestling, and javelin throwing so they would be strong and healthy.
Who are Spartan girls?
300
open area used for a meeting place and a market
What is an agora?
300
The period of time when trade slowed, people became poor, farmers only grew enough food for themselves, and people forgot how to write and do craftwork
What is the Dark Age?
300
This is a type of government where a few people hold power
What is an oligarchy?
300
Aesop wrote these short tales that taught lessons with talking animals
What are fables?
300
The had to leave home at age 7 to go train for the army. They slept on reed mats and only got to wear a cloak.
Who are Spartan boys?
400
a fortified area, usually on a hill
What is an acropolis?
400
The Dark Age was caused by this
What are earthquakes?
400
These were the 4 requirements to be a citizen in Ancient Greece
What is free, native-born, land-owning, man?
400
These are traditional stories about gods and heroes
What are myths?
400
They stayed at home and learned spinning and weaving from their mothers.
Who are Athenian girls?
500
a new settlement that keeps close ties to its homeland
What is a colony?
500
This was the second civilization of Ancient Greece - they got most of their power through war
What are the Mycenaeans?
500
All citizens in Greece had these two responsibilities
What is to serve in the government and to fight as a soldier?
500
The place where a priestess would predict the future - usually in riddles
What is the oracle?
500
The Greeks valued these 6 characteristics in their buildings, especially their temples.
What are beauty, balance, symmetry, proportion, function, and clarity?