Vocabulary
A way of ruling that gives all the power to the people to vote.
The newest god to be added to Mt. Olympus
Greece
In the battle of Marathon, who did Pheidippides run to in order to get help?
Sparta
Special gift or complement
Tribute
A long distance race (26.2 miles)
Marathon
This god was sent on a mission from his father, King Zeus.
Hermes
Greece is made up of many ___ that are surrounded by water.
Islands
Who did the Greeks defeat on the plain of Marathon?
Persians
To chose one thing over something else
Prefer
To do something by yourself, without the help of others.
Independently
This goddess gave a city-state an olive tree.
Athena
Greece terrain is made up of many of these that make it difficult, steep, and dangerous to travel the country.
Mountains
The battle of Thermopylae was fought with only 300 Greeks from this city-state?
Sparta
Something excellent and wonderful
Marvelous
Something lasting for now and ever more
Permanently
This god made an offer of as much fish and safety they needed on the seas to the people of Athens
Poseidon
A narrow body of water that connected northern Greece to Asia.
Channel
Who won the battle at sea by the island of Salamis?
Greeks
Tame
Special job or task
Mission
The king of the gods.
Zeus
Greece was divided into many ____ that lived independently of one another.
City-states
Alexander the Great led his Macedonian army to conquer the Greek city-states. Who won? Who taught Alexander to think first and act second?
To call forth to a specific place
Summoned