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Map of Ancient Greece
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Rulers of the Ancient Greeks
100
What is land surrounded on three sides by water?
Peninsula
100
What city-state is the Acropolis and Parthenon built?
Athens
100
What is a vocabulary word for ownership and control of other people as property?
Slavery
100
What is a government ruled by a king or queen called?
Monarchy
100
What is the name of the queen that was kidnapped, and started the Trojan War?
Helen
200
Where did the first civilizations appear in Ancient Greece?
Crete
200
What city-state hosted an athletic competition that is still held today every 4 years?
Olympia
200
What is a vocabulary word for upper class, wealthy landowners?
Aristocrat
200
What was the name of the blind poet and scholar that telling stories of the Trojan War?
Homer
200
Who was the king of the people that lived on the island of Crete?
King Mino
300
It is believed that the Greek Gods and Goddess lived where?
Mount Olympus
300
On the island of Crete, where did the king live?
The Palace of Knossos
300
What is a vocabulary word for art and practice of government?
Politics
300
What is the time period in Ancient Greece did writing disappear and there was no strong government?
Dark Age
300
Homer's Iliad tells the story of what great warrior?
Achilles
400
Sparta and Olympia are located on the _______________ Peninsula.
Peloponnesian
400
Who were the 2 city-states that fought during the Trojan War?
Sparta and Troy
400
What is a vocabulary word for conquered people?
Helot
400
What are Homer's 2 great poems?
Iliad and Odyssey
400
Who was the prince of Troy that kidnapped a queen and started the Trojan War?
Paris
500
Greece is surrounded by what 3 seas?
Aegean, Ionian, and Mediterranean
500
What were people that lived on the island of Crete called?
Minoans
500
What is a vocabulary word for production, distribution, and use of goods and services?
Economy
500
Homer's Odyssey describes the adventures of what hero's journey home after the Trojan War?
Odysseus
500
What king led a successful war against Troy?
Agamemnon