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Vocab
100
What are the three seas that surround Greece?
Ionian, Aegean, and the Mediterranean Seas
100
What were the two poems that Homer wrote?
The Iliad and the Odyssey
100
What was the war the Greeks and the people of Troy fought
Trojan war
100
Who is Zeus's wife?
Hera
100
True or false the people in ancient Greece are immortal?
False
200
What geography caused Greeks to separate into independent communities?
Mountains
200
Who was the one that conquered many lands for Greece and had a creative military mind?
What is Alexander the Great
200
What was the war fought in the sea?
Salamis war
200
How was Athena born
Zeus had a headache.
200
What is an agora?
An outdoor market place
300
What is Greece's famous river?
TRICK QUESTION!!! Greece doesn't have a famous river!
300
During the Golden Age, who were the three philosophers that extended human knowledge?
Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle
300
How did the Peloponneasian war start?
Athens were being selfish
300
Who is the god of war?
Ares
300
What is an aristocracy?
A form of government ruled by a few wealthy people
400
DEscribe all of the geography of Greece!
Mountainous areas, rugged plains, no rivers, and surrounded by seas.
400
Who was the man known as the "father of medicine?"
Hippocrates
400
What did Sparta do to make Athens surrender but didnt work?
Sparta destroyed Athen peoples homes and farms
400
Are the Gods immortal?
No!!!!!!!!!!!! They are to the Greeks' religion but not to our religion.
400
What made Athens lose the war?
Plague
500
Name ALL the Greek city states!
Thebes, Megara, Piraeus, Argos, Athens, Sparta, Olympia, Mycenae, Marathon, Mantinea, Corinth,
500
Who was the person who described how levers work
Archimedes
500
What year did the Athens and Spartans join together to defeat the Persians?
479 B.C
500
Which of the gods is the god or goddess of good luck and wealth?
Hermes
500
Legends are about heroes and their great deeds. Myths are traditional stories about gods and goddesses which often explain events in nature.
What is the difference between myth and legend?