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Greek Geography
Greek Mythology
Athenian Government
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
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This body of water is located south of Greece:
What is the Mediterranean Sea.
100
God of all gods and man
Who is Zeus
100
A form of government led by a king and passed down by hereditary lineage
What is a monarchy
100
The Greek word for city state:
What is polis
100
The continent in which Greece is located:
What is Europe
200
The body of water located directly east of Greece
What is the Aegean Sea
200
The belief in more than one god
What is polytheism
200
The Greeks developed this type of government in which power belongs to the people:
What is a democracy
200
A type of government in which nobles are in control
What is aristocracy
200
The location in which the Greeks gods resided:
What is Mt. Olympus
300
The northern peninsula of Greece in which Athens is located:
What is the Balkan Peninsula
300
Twin sister to Apollo; represents the beasts of the wilderness:
Who is Artemis
300
A democracy in which citizens indirectly participate by voting on an individual to represent them:
What is a representative or indirect democracy
300
A form of government in which all citizens participate in making decisions
What is direct democracy
300
This type of landform helped protect the Greek city-states but also acted as a barrier of isolation between city-states:
What is mountains
400
The region north of Greece in which Alexander the Great is from:
What is Macedonia
400
The temple built by the Greeks to honor the goddess Athena:
What is the Parthenon
400
The tyrant who created the first written law code of Athens known for its severity and harshness
Who is Draco
400
A ruler who seizes power by force but with support of the people then exercises brutal and oppressive power
What is a tyrant
400
Another name for Greek culture:
What is Hellenic culture
500
The narrow stait in NW Turkey connecting the Aegean Sea to the Sea of Marmara:
What is the Dardanelles
500
The titan parents of Zeus and Hera:
Who are Cronus and Rhea
500
Put the following Athenian goverments in order from earliest to latest: Tyranny Monarchy Democracy Aristocracy
What is Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy
500
land of a particular kind (ex. rough, rocky land)
What is terrain
500
Type of writing used by the Greeks:
What is the alphabet