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Greek Mythology
100

a traditional story that helps explain a culture’s beliefs

What is a myth?

100

A country in Southeastern Europe, on the European Continent, where Athens and Sparta are located.

What is Greece?

100

The type of democracy in Athens.

What is direct/Athenian democracy?

100
Two groups of people that did *not* have the right to vote
What are women and slaves?
100
Athenians honored this goddess by killing a cattle on the top of the Acropolis.
Who is Athena?
200

a city-state of ancient Greece, known for its military oligarchy

What is Sparta?

200
A large mass of land, three sides of which are bordered by water
What is a "peninsula"?
200

The first Olympics were held in 776 B.C.E. to honor this Greek god

Who is Zeus?

200

government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king

What is Tyranny?

200
This god was the ruler of all the Greek gods and married his sister.
Who is Zeus?
300

a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society

Who is an aristocrat?

300

The highest point in Greece, rising about 9,500 feet above sea level.

What is Mt. Olympus?

300
The worship or belief in many gods and/or goddesses.
What is Polytheism?
300

a government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives

What is Democracy?

300
The goddess who was the daughter of Uranus and the wife of Hephaestos. She was known as the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
400
A clearing that served both as a marketplace and as a meeting place
What is "Agora"?
400

The largest island, that lies in the Mediterranean Sea, south of mainland Greece.

What is Crete?

400

The soil was poor, and level land was scarce, so farmers grew these along the coast.

What are olives, grapes, and fruit?

400

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person

What is Monarchy?

400
The god born from Zeus's thigh and was the god of wine and plays.
Who is Dionysus?
500

a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

What is a citizen?

500
The three seas that surround Greece and its 400 islands.
What are the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean Seas?
500
An almost-invulnerable Greek god, who died from an arrow in his heel, his only vulnerable spot.
Who is Achilles?
500

a government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people

What is Oligarchy?

500
This god had a violent temper and was known as the god of war.
Who is Ares?