This earliest Greek civilization was located on the island of Crete, known for stories of Minotaur, and large palaces in cities like Knossos.
Who are the Minoans?
100
Wrote the epics "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey".
Who is Homer?
100
A piece of land that is surrounded by water on all sides is known as this. Greece has "thousands" of them.
What are islands?
100
At this age, a Spartan boy was sent to the barracks to begin training for the army.
What is seven years old?
100
This was the first major battle in the Persian Wars. The Athenian rushed the shores and caught the Persian's off guard. Quick, run and tell the others!
What is the battle of Marathon?
200
Between 1100s and 750 BCE, this age was a time when poverty was everywhere, and there was little trade or writing.
What are the Dark Ages?
200
This teaching method is widely used today and, through a series of questions, helps students to arrive at their own conclusions.
What is Socratic Method?
200
Because it has only minor rivers, rocky soil, and little fresh water, Greece has only this fraction of farmable land.
What is 1/5th?
200
Even though Sparta and Athens believed in the same gods, they had a favorite or patron god to represent their city-state. Athena, Athen's favorite, was the goddess of war and this.
What is knowledge?
200
They often fought against each other because they had little in common. But, after being attacked by the Persians, these two city-states worked together because "nobody messes with our family!"
Who are Athens and Sparta?
300
According to the myth, this king jumped into the sea because he believed his son, Theseus, was killed by the Minotaur.
Who is King Aegean?
300
Plato was Socrates's student and is known for his writings and allegories. His most famous tells of a man who leaves this place to see the real world for the first time. When he returns to this place, the other's don't believe him.
What is a cave?
300
Before dropping dead, Philippedes, a runner from the battle of Marathon ran 26.2 miles back to this city-state to tell of the Greek victory.
What is Athens?
300
Both city-states had slaves, but the helots in Sparta were owned by the government, and outnumbered its citizens. For every one Spartan man, there were this many slaves.
What is 10?
300
Although they held out against an army of tens of thousands for 3 days, this many Spartans were defeated by the Persians at this battle.
What is 300?
400
Stories of this war were passed down through the ages until Homer wrote them down and shared them to the Greeks.
What is the Trojan War?
400
Aristotle was the teacher of Alexander the Great and believed reason should guide pursuit of knowledge. He later founded this school.
What is the Lyceum?
400
This city state contained the oracle, a type of fortune teller that would help the ancient Greeks decide things, like whether they should go to war.
What is Delphi?
400
This god, who represents war, was the patron god of Sparta. Roman's nicknamed him "Mars".
Who is Ares?
400
Athens's fighters would be in this branch of our military today.
What is the navy?
500
This warlike, early Greek civilization was known for surrounding their cities with huge walls, known as Cyclopian.
What is Mycenaean?
500
This leader of Athens introduced strong reforms to democracy and built the Parthenon.
Who is Pericles?
500
This sea is west of the Greek Mainland.
What is the Ionian Sea?
500
At this age, a Spartan man was able to take his place in the Assembly, vote, and get legally married.
What is 30 years old?
500
After the wars, Sparta and Athens fight once again. Sparta (with Persia's help!) surrounds Athens and cuts off its supplies. This is known as...