Geography
Life in Ancient Greece
City-State and Democracy
Sparta and Athens
SURPRISE!
100
Peloponnesus is this type of landform.
What is a peninsula?
100
Ruler of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
100
Greek word meaning "city-state".
What is polis?
100
Enslaved people that were defeated by Spartans and forced to work.
What are helots?
100
The Greek author of fables that are famous even to this day.
Who is Aesop?
200
Landscape that is uneven and makes transportation difficult.
What is rugged?
200
Mount Olympus
What is where the gods live? OR What is the highest mountain in Greece?
200
One of the Seven Wise Men of Greece. Made a law no citizen could be enslaved. Organized government power by wealth.
Who is Solon?
200
A society that was solely based on fighting, lying, cheating and aggression.
What are the Spartans?
200
The home of the Gods.
What is Mount Olympus?
300
A small strip of land that connects two larger pieces of land. Links Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece.
What is an isthmus?
300
The Tortoise and the Hare.
What is a fable?
300
Increased power of Athenians. Organized government into 10 tribes by location of citizens and created the Council of 500.
Who is Cleisthenes?
300
Thinkers, philosophers, communicators, poets, artists, educated.
What are the Athenians?
300
This city was taken over by Persians and led the Persian War.
What is Anatolia?
400
The rugged landscape affected the location of cities who had separate governments. It was hard to trade between cities.
Why the Greeks became great fishermen?
400
A set of games held every four years, played only by men, naked, to honor Zeus.
What are the Olympics?
400
Government where citizens make political decisions either directly or thorough elected representatives.
What is a democracy?
400
Then sent a runner on this plain from the Athenians to the Spartans for help but they came too late.
What is Marathon?
400
The three main waterways around Greece.
What is the Mediterranean Sea, Agean Sea, and Ionian Sea?
500
Master boat-builders, seamen, fishermen.
What is the skills Greeks needed to master to become successful traders?
500
Homer wrote these two famous epic poems.
What is the Illiad and the Odyssey?
500
A small group of citizens rule the government. Wealth or land ownership allowed them to rule. They ran the government to get what they wanted. "Rule by the few"
What is an oligarchy?
500
This group of people conquered much of Southwest Asia and in the 500s conquered Anatolia, a region of Greek colonies.
What is the Persians?
500
This is the amount of miles it takes to get from Marathon to Athens.
What is 25 miles?