Greece Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What do we call a period of time that is marked by great achievements? | Classical Age |
How would you define a polis? | A city-state that provided security, stability and identity to the people that lived there. |
What is the marketplace where life in the city took place. caled? Hint: It is similar to a village | Agora |
What group of people lived on the peninsula of Peloponnesus.? HINT- The SOUTHERN peninsula | Spartans |
Where did the Athenians live? | On the peninsula of Attica |
What is Cleisthenes sometimes called? | "Father of Democracy" |
What is the highest mountain in Greece? | Mt. Olympus |
Who are aristocrats? | Wealthy men who were part of the oligarchy |
What is a democracy? | A type of government in which citizens rule themselves. |
What is a monarchy? | A government ruled by a king or queen. |
What is a tyranny? | A government in which one person takes power by force. |
What type of landform is mainland Greece located? | peninsula |
Why were the seas important to the early greeks? | they provided trade routes |
What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece? | Minoans and Mycenaeans |
What feature wa a Greek polis usually built? | fortress |
Why did the Greeks create colonies? | they wanted to become rich from trade |
What is a high hill upon which a Greek fortress was built called? Hint: It was surrounded by walls for protection | acropolis |
What is an area of land that is surrounded on three sides of water? | penninsula |
What is a type of government ruled by one ruler, such as a king or a queen? | monarchy |
What is a type of government ruled by a small group of aristocrats, or rich male citizens? | oligarchy |
What is a type of government ruled by a tyrant, a ruler that uses force? | tyranny |
What is a type of government that is ruled by the citizens of the land? | democracy |
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