Geography
What were the two main features of Greece's geography?
mountains and islands
True or False? Athens was on the sea therefore they had a very large navy that patrolled the Mediterrenean.
True!
In which Greek city-state did the Golden Age mostly take place?
ATHENS
Which type of government did the Greeks invent?
DEMOCRACY!
the Greek "father of philosophy" was ...
SOCRATES
The Greeks lived surrounded by three seas. They were the Aegean, the Ionian and the....
Mediterranean
True or false? Many Greeks made their living by fishing, serving the navy and trading wit people who lived on the Med. Sea as well.
TRUE
Name three areas in which Athenians excelled during the "Golden Age"
Theater, Comedy, Tragedy, Philosophy, Sports, Sculpture, Government, Medicine
True or False? Each man or woman in Athens could vote.
FALSE - only free men
Socrates was given a trail and ordered to die because he told the young men of Athens ...
to question the existence of the Gods/Goddesses
The Greeks had very limited farm land so they used what type of farming?
Terrace farming
Who were the first settlers of Greece?
the Minoans
What was the name of the large open-air market in the center of Athens?
the AGORA
Who was the mayor of Athens during the Golden Age?
PERICLES
True or False? Socrates killed himself by drinking hemlock
TRUE
Like the people of Mesopotamia, Greece's geography isolated them into small groups called ...
city-states
Where did the Minoans live?
On the island of Crete
Next to the Agora was a very large hill on which the Greeks built their temple to Athena, their patroness goddess
ACROPOLIS
Who is the Greek "Father of Democracy"?
SOLON
Where did the Greeks believe the Gods and Goddesses live?
on Mount Olympus
Because the Greeks had so little farm land they had to sail to other places around the Mediterrenean and establish __________ in order to have farmland.
colonies (when a country claims land not in their own country)
The Minoan king lived in the capital city of Crete called...
KNOSSOS
What was the name of the temple to Athena located on the Acropolis?
the PARTHENON
Who wrote the great epic poems about the Trojan War?
the poet, HOMER
When needing guidance leaders of Athens went to the city-state of Delphi to visit who?
the ORACLE