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Map Skills
Ancient Greece Architecture
Ancient Olympics
Direct and Representative Democracy
Bonus Points
100
These are lines that run horizontally around the globe.
What are lines of latitude?
100
Ancient Greece has influenced many important buildings in the United States, give two examples of famous buildings inspired by Grecian architecture.
What is the Lincoln Memorial and the Supreme Court building?
100
These types of arenas were used in ancient Greece for the Olympic Games.
What is a coliseum?
100
In this type of democracy all citizens would vote for every issue facing the government.
What is a direct democracy?
100
The United States of America is located in this continent.
What is North America?
200
This runs at 0 degrees longitude through Greenwich, Englad.
What is the Prime Meridian?
200
Which architectural feature is shown in this picture? https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Columns_in_the_inner_court_of_the_Bel_Temple_Palmyra_Syria.JPG
What are columns?
200
These types of races are performed in modern and ancient Olympic games.
What are marathon running races?
200
People were elected through this method in Ancient Greece.
What is a lotto system?
200
Greece is located on this continent.
What is Europe?
300
True or false, meridian is another name for all lines of longitude.
What is true?
300
The name of the historical building where ancient Athenians met to make democratic decisions.
What is the Parthenon?
300
These were the types of rewards that were given to ancient Greeks who won the Olympics.
What are laurel wreaths?
300
In this type of democracy, the citizens would vote for a representative to make decisions for the whole nation.
What is a representative democracy?
300
This is located on maps and tells you the cardinal directions?
What is a compass rose?
400
Latitude and longitude create a giant ________ across the entire globe so we can navigate easily.
What is a grid?
400
These are three features of architecture that have been used in modern American architecture.
What are marble steps, columns, and carvings.
400
These are 2 similarities between the ancient Greek Olympics and Modern day Olympics.
What are marathon races, the Olympic symbols, winners were recognized.
400
This type of democracy would be best suited for a large population where not all citizens could meet in one place to make decisions.
What is a representative democracy?
400
The United States touches two oceans, they are _____ and _____.
What is the Pacific and Atlantic ocean?
500
The country of Greece lies east of what other European Country.
What is Italy.
500
Look at the image- In what ways was this building influenced by Grecian Architecture? http://jewschool.com/cms/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Lincoln_Memorial_Twilight.jpg
What are columns, marble steps, carvings?
500
Give one way the Ancient Olympics are different than the modern day Olympics.
Answers may vary Women could not participate during ancient Olympics.
500
This term means "power by (to) the people."
What is democracy?
500
These characteristics were the only way you were considered a citizen in Ancient Greece. (List all)
What is being male, not a slave, owning land, and serving in the military?