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100
On which continent is Greece located?
What is Europe?
100
Who were the first Bronze Age Greeks?
Who are the Minoans?
100
Which form of government that is used in the US today was invented here?
What is democracy?
100
What was the only job available to a Spartan citizen?
What is being a soldier?
100
Who was the most beautiful Greek goddess?
Who was Aphrodite?
200
On which mountain were the Greek gods believed to have lived?
What is Mt. Olympus?
200
Which was the most aggressive Bronze Age Greek civilization?
Who were the Mycenaeans?
200
Which Athenian leader built the Acropolis complex?
Who was Pericles?
200
Which Spartan king lead the famous 300?
Who was Leonidas?
200
Which philosopher was Alexander the Great's teacher?
Who was Aristotle?
300
What is the sea to the east of Greece?
What is the Aegean Sea?
300
What was the famous Bronze Age palace on Crete called?
What is Knossos?
300
Which god competed with Athena to win Athens as their city?
Who was Poseidon?
300
What is the famous formation Spartans invented?
What is the phalanx?
300
Which battle did the famous 300 Spartan soldiers give their lives in?
What is the Battle of Thermopylae?
400
Name a mountain range in Greece?
What is Prassinos, Pindus or Rhodope (either one works)?
400
Which British archaeologist discovered the Minoans?
Who was Sir Arthur Evans?
400
Which Athenian general lead the Battle of Marathon?
Who was Miltiades?
400
Which Greek historian (that we studied) recorded the Persian Wars?
Who was Herodotus?
400
What was Alexander the Great's Persian wife's name?
What was Roxanne?
500
Which sea inside Asia Minor did the Greeks establish colonies around?
What is the Black Sea?
500
What was Helen of Sparta's Greek husband's name?
What was Menelaus?
500
Which Athenian mathematician discovered how to use displaced water to figure out weight?
Who was Archimedes?
500
What was the last major battle in the Greco-Persian Wars? (hint: it took place on the sea)
What was the Battle of Salamis?
500
Which god guided Paris's arrow to Achilles' heel?
Who was Apollo?