Vocabulary
Architecture
Greek Life
Location & Land
Fast Facts
100
Land with water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
100
The location of the temple of Zeuss.
What is Mount Olympus.
100
This style of writing used signs for letters.
What is the Greek Alphabet?
100
This is the continent that Greece is located on.
What is Europe?
100
Historic sporting events.
What are the olympics?
200
A type of art, which uses bits of colored glass.
What is a mosaic?
200
The goddess of War that is honored with a detailed temple.
Who is Athena?
200
This occupation allowed Ancient Greek to trade on the Mediterranean Sea.
What is Shipbuilding?
200
This body of water surrounds Ancient Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
200
The birthplace of _______.
What is democracy?
300
A settlement built on a hill for defense.
What is an acropolis?
300
Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian.
What are Greek columns?
300
Chitons, peplos, and clamys.
What is Greek clothing?
300
A characteristic of the Ancient Greek soil.
What is dry?
300
Famous Greek mathematician.
Who is Pythagoras?
400
A government in which people vote to make their own rules and laws.
What is direct democracy?
400
Semi-circled structures with rows of seating.
What are Greek theaters?
400
Two great Greek city-states.
What are Athens and Sparta?
400
Ancient Greece is surrounded by many small pieces of land.
What are islands?
400
The very first event in the Olympic games
What is a foot race?
500
Small, independent communities.
What are city-states?
500
Famous Greek temple that houses the goddess of war.
What is the Parthenon?
500
The center of the city-state, where the marketplace was usually located.
What is an agora?
500
This physical characteristic takes up most of Greece's land.
What are mountains?
500
The statue of Athena is made of this precious mineral.
What is gold?