Government
A government where one King rules the people.
What is a Monarchy
The development allowed trade to increase
What is a coinage system
What were most young boys likely to be doing in Sparta and in Athens?
What is joining the military/training and going to school
City- States developed instead of one Greek country due to
What was mountains and islands
The Ancient Greeks invented this "study of knowledge"
What is philosophy
A type of government where a few wealthy people have control
What is an Oligarchy
Although the Greek city states were very different, there was on thing they all had in common
What is language (Greek)
Famous Spartan ruler
Who is Leonidas
The Greek mainland is considered a (geographic feature)
What is a peninsula
The Greeks were considered progressive because they developed a government with a...
What is a constitution/set of laws
According to the Athenian constitution, who was allowed to vote?
Who are free male citizens
Which great philosopher was sentenced to death for his teachings?
Who was Socrates?
Name one way which the lives of Spartan women differed from Athenian women
What is ability to own property What is freedom to travel What is ability to conduct business
Ancient Greece was made of how many city states?
What was over 100
An amazing Greek building that looks similar to the Lincoln Memorial
What is the Parthenon?
A system of government where all citizens share control
What is a democracy
Homer's epic the Iliad, is about
What was the Trojan war?
Famous Athenian ruler
Who was Pericles
Greece lies on the crossroads of these 3 continents
What are Africa, Asia, and Europe?
Every four years, we hold games to commemorate these games introduced by the Ancient Greeks
What is the Olympics?
This person wrote extensively (a lot) about democracy in Athens
Who is Aristotle
Alexander the Great was form this northern Greek city state
What is Macedonia?
Peloponnesian War
What is the war between Athens and Sparta?
Alexander the Great's empire stretched to this river valley
What is the Tigris River in India/Pakistan?
A Greek mathematician named Pythagoras discovered and proved an interesting property about right triangles.
What is the Pythagorean theorem?