Greek Culture and Life
Greek Mythology
Greeks at War
Greek City States
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Ionic

100

The Greek Goddess of wisdom and crafts was in the Parthenon?

Athena

100

Age at which Spartan boys left their families to enter the military?

7 years old

100

City-State which focused on education and developing a democracy?

Athens

100

Greek poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Homer

200

Doric

200

The highest mountain in Greece home to the gods and goddesses?

Mount Olympus

200

The civil war between Athens and Sparta, It lasted 27 years?

Peloponnesian War

200

Most city-states had one of these fortified areas on top of a hill?

Acropolis

200

Ruler of Athens during the Golden Age of Athens?

Pericles

300

Greeks performed these two types of plays?

Comedies and Tragedies

300

The supreme Greek god and ruler?

Zeus

300

A famous sea battle where small Greek ships defeated Persia’s larger slower ships?

Battle of Salamis

300

Pericles ordered construction of this famous building in Athens?

Parthenon

300

Greek scientist who is known as the father of medicine?

Hippocrates

400

In the Epic poem the Iliad, the Greeks defeated Troy using this gift?

Trojan Horse

400

The Greek god of the Underworld?

Hades

400

After this battle , a Greek messenger ran 26 miles back to Athens to announce Greece’s victory over the Persians?

Battle of Marathon

400

City-state where the famous oracle at the Temple of Apollo was located?

Delphi

400

Greek philosopher who was sentenced to death by poisoning?

Socrates

500

A type of story. The Greek slave, Aesop wrote many famous ones, including the tortoise and the hare?

Fable

500

The Greek god of the seas and Earthquakes?

Poseidon

500

The king of Persia wanted to conquer Greece and seek revenge for his father?

Xerxes

500

The form of Government in Sparta, where only a few people held all the power?

Oligarchy

500

Greek scientist who invented catapults and figured out  ?

Archimedes