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Ancient Greece
Athens
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Sparta
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What does Ancient mean?
Really, really old
100
This city is what we usually think of when we think of when we think of Ancient Greece
Athens
100
This guy wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, poems about great stories of the Trojan War and being lost at Sea
Homer
100
The city state where the warriors came from was called _____________
Sparta
100
This student of Socrates wrote many books and started a school
Plato
200
How long ago was the Ancient Greek culture?
3000 years
200
They used this type of government where everyone gets a vote
democracy
200
Took over most of the world by the age of 25. Built cities, libraries, and never lost a battle.
Alexander the Great
200
Spartan children started learning to fight when they were this old (within 1 year)
6
200
What was Plato's most well known book called?
The Republic
300
What do you call a Greek play that had a sad ending?
Tragedy
300
This Goddess of Wisdom was Athens favorite Goddess
Athena
300
He was hired by Alexander's father to teach him about math, science, military, and how to think for himself
Aristotle
300
The Spartans used a special formation called a ______________ that basically turned them into a spikey wall
Phalanx
300
The really long poems that told great stories were called ____________
Epics
400
What kind of Greek play was funny and had a happy ending?
comedy
400
Even though they claimed to be a democracry, who were the only people who could vote in the Athens government?
Rich males
400
This guy liked to ask questions to teach his students how to think for themselves
Socrates
400
The Spartans defeated a much larger ___________ army with only 300 soldiers
Persian
400
Name 2 things the Greeks gave us that we still have today
Government, Plays, art, ways of teaching
500
The Greeks believed in many gods, not just 1. What word do we use that means "belief in many gods?"
polytheism
500
This word means a city that governs itself like a country
city-state
500
This scientist came up with a new system of irrigation, or a new way to bring water to crops.
Archimedes
500
Because they were warriors, Spartans favorite god was ______________, the God of War
Ares
500
What killed Alexander the Great?
Mosquito/Malaria