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GOVERNMENT
ALEXANDER THE GREAT
CULTURE
OLYMPICS
GEOGRAPHY and ECONOMY
100
What is a government in which power is in the hands of one ruler?
monarchy
100
Who is the private teacher of Alexander the Great who was a philosopher?
Aristotle
100
What is the name of the marble temple dedicated to the goddess Athena on the acropolis in Athens?
Parthenon
100
What is a blend of boxing and wrestling with very few rules called?
plankration
100
What is an area of land nearly surrounded by water that is the location of Greece?
peninsula
200
What is a government ruled by a few powerful people called?
Oligarchy
200
What age was Alexander the Great when he died?
33 years old
200
Who is a Greek philosopher who discussed laws, customs, values and religion with students; he was sentenced to death for his ideas
Socrates
200
What is comprised of five events: long jump, discuss, sprint, javelin and wrestling?
pentathlon
200
What are the main crops grown in Greece?
olives and grapes
300
What is the government in which citizens vote to make decisions (used in Athens)?
democracy
300
What areas did Alexander conquer?
from Macedonia to the Indus River
300
Who is a poet who wrote two epics called the Iliad and the Odyssey
Homer
300
What is the date of the first recorded Olympics
776 BC
300
What is the main mode of trade transportation?
sailing
400
What is a group of citizens that make laws for a community?
assembly
400
Which is the greatest of the cities that Alexander founded that was also named for him?
Alexandria
400
What is a play or drama called in which the main character dies?
tragedy
400
Who is the god that was honored at the ancient Olympics?
Zeus
400
What is the most profitable trade commodity?
olive oil (tobacco will also be correct-answer to most important export from the greek word search)
500
What is a group of citizens chosen to hear evidence and make a decision in a court of law?
jury
500
What is a culture that was a blend of Greek ideas and the traditions of Africa and Asia in ancient times?
Hellenism
500
Who are the Minoans, Phoenicians and Mycenaeans?
people of the sea who are responsible for the birth of Greek civilization
500
Where was the location of the first modern Olympics?
Athens
500
What is most of the inland made up of making it unsuitable for farming?
mountainous landscape and rocky soil