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Ancient Greece: Chapter 11 GeographyMythologyGovernmentWarsTerms
Geography: 200 Question: 80 % of Greece is covered with what? Answer Mountains
Geography: 400 Question: Which of the following is the most valuable resource in Ancient Greece: Diamonds, stone, or gold? Answer Stone
Geography: 600 Question: Name two (2) items that the Greeks traded for items they needed from Egypt and Italy. Answer Olive oil Wine Wool Fine pottery
Geography 800 Question: What are the 3 main seas that border Greece? Answer Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Ionian Sea.
Geography: 1000 Question: What was the name of the civilization famous for trading and the alphabet? Answer Phoenicians
Mythology: 200 Question: Who were the main characters in Greek myths? Answer Gods and Goddesses
Mythology: 400 Question: What were the Olympics named for and who were they in honor of? Answer B. The home of the gods and to honor Zeus.
Mythology: 600 Question: Who was the goddess who protected Athens? Answer: Athena
Mythology and literature: 800 Question: What was the purpose of fables and who was the most famous fable writer? Answer To teach moral lessons/Aesop
Mythology: 1000 Question: Who were the 3 main Gods and what were they gods of? Answer Zeus (God of sky and Heavens) Poseidon (God of Oceans) Hades (God of underworld)
Government 200 Question: How was education in Athens and Sparta similar? Answer Boys started school at age 7.
Government: 400 Question: What was the basic form of government in Greece and what is the Greek term? Answer A city-state/polis
Geography: 600 Question: What was the 1 st Greek Civilization? Answer Mycenae
Government: 800 Question: Why was Athens’ democracy called a limited democracy? Answer Because only free adult men could vote. Women, slaves, and non-citizens could not take part.
Government: 1000 Question: Was the government of Athens direct or indirect? Explain what this means? Answer Direct Democracy: the citizens themselves meet to decide on laws instead of sending a representative (indirect democracy).
Wars: 200 Question: What city-state was Athens’ main rival? Answer: Sparta
Wars: 400 Question: Why did the Persian Wars start? Answer Persia conquered Anatolia (Turkey) a region with many Greek colonies.
wars: 600 Question: What was the original purpose of the acropolis? Answer To protect the city
wars: 800 Question: True or False? The leader who made political reforms in Athens was Solon. Answer True
wars: 1000 Question: How did the Persian Wars unify Greece? Answer: Some of the city-states were rivals (especially Sparta and Athens), but came together when the Persians began to take over Greek territories. Greek city states all united together to defeat a common enemy: Persia!
Terms: 200 Question: What are the Olympics? Answer Games held every 4 years.
Terms: 400 Question: What is an agora? Answer Center of city life
Terms: 600 Question: What is a Monarchy? Answer A Monarchy: A king or queen who has supreme power.
Terms: 800 Question: What is a helot? Answer A slave, the defeated people in war.
Terms: 1000 Question: Who is Plutarch? Answer A Greek historian who lived around A.D. 46.