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Shafer Greece
ancient Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Rivals of Greece who defeated Sparta but then was defeated by Athens | Persia |
| An area of land surrounded by water on 3 sides | Peninsula |
| How to pass a test | Study all of your materials and not just studystack |
| Because of the lack of farmland Greeks became good at what? | trade |
| A person who gains power through force | Tyrant |
| Who was Homer? | A blind poet |
| Marathon and Olympia are examples of what? | City States |
| Two types of democracy are? | Direct and indirect |
| What's another name for indirect democracy | Check your powerpoint |
| Goddess of Athens | Athena |
| What does immortal mean? | Lives forever |
| What does it mean to have many gods? | Look at your essentials |
| A serious story that usually has a sad ending | Tragedy |
| Who were Socrates, Aristotle and Plato | Philosophers |
| Famous warriors from the Trojan War | Hector and Achilles |
| What was the Agora | City center and market |
| Lower city | Polis |
| Upper city | Acropolis |
| The peak of Athens was called the | Golden Age |
| In Athens a woman was supposed to be | Invisible |
| To prevent a country from getting supplies is a (what Sparta did to Athens) | blockade |
| The Macedonian leader who conquered much territory after the defeat of Athens | Alexander the Great |
| To kick a person out of a community is to | ostracize them |
| Philosophy means | Lover of Wisdom |
| A long poem or story | Epic |
| Fierce Warrior | Shafericus |
| Athletic competition between city states | Olympics |
| Someone who competes against another | rivals |
| Greek geography | Rocky and lots of water |
| Government ruled by a few who are wealthy | Aristocracy |
| War between Athens and Sparta | Peloponnesian War |
| Why was Greece separated into city-states? | The geography kept them from uniting |
| Trick used by Greek to get into Troy during the war | Trojan Horse |
| Stories that are told | Myths |