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Mythology
Olympic Games
Sparta
Athens
Early Greece
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Heracles
What is the name of the hero who killed the Nemean Lion and had to complete 12 Labors?
100
776 B.C.
What is the date of the first Olympics?
100
Soldier
What is the sole occupation of Spartan males?
100
Athena
What is the name of the patron goddess of Athens?
100
The "High City"... a city built on a hill top.
What is an "acropolis"?
200
Theseus
What is the name of the hero who defeated the Minotaur?
200
Running
What is the oldest Olympic sport?
200
Iron rods
What do the Spartans use for money?
200
Rule by a few
What is an oligarchy?
200
* building cities on hilltops * raising sheep and goats * terracing the land * depending on the sea
What are two ways that the Minoans contributed to Greek civilization?
300
Perseus
What is the name of the hero who defeated the Kraken by turning it to stone?
300
Three
How many different running and wrestling events were there?
300
Lycurgus
Who is the founder Spartan way of life?
300
Draco
Who was the cruel tyrant who punished even minor crimes with death?
300
* language * beehive tombs * lead the Greeks during the Trojan War
What is one influence of the Mycenaean Civilization on Greece?
400
Odysseus
What is the name of the hero who had to escape from such monsters as the cyclops, Scylla, and the Sirons in order to reach home?
400
Pentathalon
What is the name of one of the most highly honored sporting event of the Panhellenic Games?
400
Seven
At what age did a Spartan boy leave home?
400
Solon
What is the name of the lawgiver of Athens?
400
Sir Arthur Evans
Who is the individual that discovered the Minoan Civilization?
500
Golden Fleece
What is the name of the treasure that Jason and the Argonauts sought?
500
The most brutal of wrestling matches
What is the "pankration"?
500
The assembly where all Spartan men would vote "yes" or "no" on any issue.
What is the Apella?
500
Democracy
What is the type of government that the Athenians develop?
500
* Paris ran off with Helen * The Trojans were going to block the Greek's grain supply from the Black Sea
What are the historical and mythological reasons for the Trojan War?