Geography of Ancient Greece
Early People of Greece
City-States and Greek Culture
The Golden Age of Athens
Alexander's Great Empire
100
A sheltered place with deep water close to shore.
What is a Harbor?
100
Long story-poems.
What are Epics?
100
A story passed down about a god or hero.
What is a Myth?
100
A deadly sickness.
What is a Plague?
100
An agreement between city-states to help each other.
What is an Alliance?
200
A part of Asia that means "Little Asia".
What is Asia Minor?
200
The process by which a culture takes ideas from other cultures.
What is Cultural Borrowing?
200
Rule by the people.
What is Democracy?
200
Serious play in which the main character comes to an unhappy end.
What is a Tragedy?
200
An empire made up of many cultures.
What is Multicultural?
300
A small strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land.
What is an Isthmus?
300
The island that the Minoans settled on.
What is Crete?
300
Someone who took control of a government by force or other means and ruled alone.
What is a Tyrant?
300
A humorous play.
What is a Comedy?
300
Alexander slept with these under his pillow.
What are The Iliad and a Dagger?
400
The Sea that surrounds Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
The piece of land that the Mycenaeans settle on.
What is the Greek Mainland?
400
The wealthy ruling class.
What is the Aristocracy?
400
A group of allies.
What is a League?
400
The Greek philosopher that taught Alexander.
Who is Aristotle?
500
Large fighting ships.
What are Triremes?
500
The two most well known epics written by Homer.
What are The Iliad and The Odyssey?
500
A small ruling group.
What is an Oligarchy?
500
A bad leader.
What is a Demagogue?
500
Means "Greek-like".
What is Hellenistic?