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Athens & Sparta 1
Athens & Sparta 2
Geography
Daily Life
Religion, Arts, Literature & Greek Gods
100
Boys in Athens were sent off to the Army barracks to train when they were 7 years old. True or False?
What is False. Boys in Sparta were sent.
100
Women in Athens and Sparta were allowed to own property. True or False?
What is false. Only women in Sparta owned property.
100
A_____________is a landform surrounded by wate on all three sides.
What is a peninsula.
100
What is the name of the place that was considered the center of public life?
What is the agora.
100
__________________means to live forever.
What is immortal.
200
Slaves in Sparta were called_____________.
What are Helots.
200
The Spartans were known for beautifying their city. In fact, that is where all the money they collected from tributes went to. True or False?
What is False. Spartans were known for their army and Athenians were known for beautifying their city.
200
Groups of islands are called_____________
What are archipelagos.
200
The center of religious life was called the __________ which means_________ ___________.
What is the Acropolis and "high city".
200
______________is a serious story that usually ends in disaster for the main character.
What is a tragedy.
300
The Spartans staged a ________ that surrounded and closed the harbor in Athens. It prevented the Athenians from receiving food shipments.
What is a blockade.
300
The name of the war between Athens & Sparta was called ______________.
What is the Peloponnesian War.
300
A ruler who seized power by force was called a ___________.
What is a tyrant.
300
After school boys trained for the Olympics by throwing an object called a ___________ in honor of what Greek God?
What is a discus in honor of Zeus.
300
Which philosopher believed that everything was made from atoms?
Who is Democratus.
400
How long did the war between Athens and Sparta last?
What is 27 years.
400
What was the basic rule of Sparta?
What is "always put the city's need above your own".
400
Name the three seas that surround the coasts of Greece.
What are the Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea and Mediterranean Sea.
400
What is the name of the famous theater that seats 14,000 people built into a hillside in Greece and is still in use today?
What is the Epidaurus Theater.
400
Which Goddess was the wife of Zeus and also the Goddess of marriage and women?
Who is Hera.
500
Early on in the war between Athens & Sparta, Athens was struck by a________ which caused widespread disease. Among those who died was_________.
What is a plague and who is Pericles.
500
in 490 B.C., a huge force of Persians landed in Greece. Where did they land?
What is Marathon.
500
What is the Parthenon and who was it built for?
What is a temple to the Goddess Athena.
500
Name 3 things that women in Athens could NOT do?
What is vote, own property, and participate in politics.
500
Name 3 types of columns used in Greek architecture.
What are Doric, Ionic and Corinthian.