A form of government in which one person, a monarch, usually a king or emperor, rules over the people (has a legal right to rule)
What is a monarchy?
100
He was known as the "Father of History"
Who was Herodotus?
100
Name one contribution the Ancient Greeks made to modern language and/or literature.
our alphabet is based off of their's; some English words have Greek roots; they invented drama; etc....
100
These hills were home to many magnificent temples, including the Parthenon
What is the acropolis?
100
The revolt that started the Persian War
What is the Ionian Revolt?
200
A form of government in which several rulers called oligarchs rule over the people
What is an oligarchy?
200
He wrote about the wars between Athens and Sparta and was among the first historians
Who was Thucydides?
200
Name one contribution the Ancient Greeks made to modern mathematics.
discovered many mathematical theories; started a geometry system; etc....
200
People could ask the god ______ questions through the priestess called the oracle of ______ in a temple in Delphi.
Apollo/ Delphi
200
Who won the Battle Of Marathon?
the Greeks
300
A form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one tyrants who is often cruel and harsh and takes over by force (has no legal right to rule)
What is a tyranny?
300
He was considered the father of modern medicine and had the theory that diseases have natural causes
Who was Hippocrates?
300
Name one contribution the Ancient Greeks made to modern geometry.
developed latitude and longitude; showed how to represent a curved earth on a flat paper; etc....
300
______ was the ruler of the gods and ______ was his wife.
Zeus/ Hera
300
How many Spartans fought (and lost) after Leonidas ordered the rest of his men to leave the Battle of Thermopylae?
300
400
A form of government in which all citizens share the ruling power and have a right to vote
What is a democracy?
400
He extended Macedonian rule over a large area and taught people to revere him as a god
Who was Alexander the Great?
400
Name one contribution the Ancient Greeks made to modern theatre.
influenced the way we build theaters today; invented drama; discovered the first special effects; etc....
400
Three styles of Greek columns
What are Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian?
400
The military leader who had a plan to use the navy against the Persians in the Battle of Salamis
Who was Themistocles?
500
What is the order that the four forms of government were used in Ancient Greece?
Monarchy, Oligarchy, Tyranny, Democracy
500
He died by drinking hemlock because he had been constantly questioning the gods
Who was Socrates?
500
Name one contribution the Ancient Greeks made to modern sports.
held the first Olympics; many modern events like footraces and long jumps came from the Greeks; etc....
500
A famous sculptor who designed the figures lining the Parthenon and a famed statue of Athena