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gods/people
vocabulary
misc.
100
What is one way the Minoans are different than the Mycenaeans?
Mycenaeans speak Greek Minoans don't
100
What is a lyric poem?
A poem set to music
100
Who is the king of all of the gods of ancient Greece?
Zeus
100
What is a city-state?
A city and all of the countryside around it.
100
What is a cost?
What you have to give up to get your benefit
200
tWhat did the ancient Greeks believed caused thunder and natural disasters?
the gods caused these to happen
200
How do we know the Greeks strongly influenced our language?
We use a lot of their words and expressions today
200
What is the name of the sun god?
Apollo
200
What is a tyrant?
A leader who held power through the use of force.
200
What is a benefit?
What you gain from something.
300
What are the ancient Greeks so good at producing literature?
They loved to tell stories and myths.
300
What was the first type of democracy in ancient Greece?
What is direct democracy
300
Who is Aesop?
People thought he may be a slave to the king but he was famous for writing fables.
300
What is a polis?
A Greek name for a city-state
300
What is an agora?
A meeting place for political and religious reasons and also a marketplace.
400
What is an aristocrat?
A rich land owner
400
What is the type of democracy that we use in America today?
representative democracy
400
What is the name of one of the most famous early poets?
Homer
400
What does mythology mean?
Stories about gods and heroes who try to explain how the world works.
400
What Greek ruler was not fond of democracy as a form of government.
Draco
500
What is an oligarchy?
A government in which a few rich aristocrats have the power
500
What is the purpose of people going to visit the oracle in Delphi?
to get advice from the oracle - female priest
500
What is the name of the famous poem Homer wrote?
The Iliad
500
What is a fable?
Short stories that teach the readers lessons about life or tell them how to live.
500
What is the name of the important body of water that is close to Greece's mainland?
Aegean Sea