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An area of land surrounded by water on three sides A 100
What is a peninsula? A 100
A long poem A 200
What is an epic? A 200
Someone or something that lives forever A 300
What is immortal? A 300
A payment made by a less powerful state or nation to a more powerful one A 400
What is tribute? A 400
A type of serious drama that ends in disaster for the main character A 500
What is a tragedy? A 500
Rebuilt by Pericles, this building was a temple to honor Athena the goddess of Athens B 100
What is the Parthenon? B 100
The Iliad and the Odyssey were written about this war B 200
What is the Trojan War? B 200
Civilization lived on the island of Crete and gained their power through trade (3000 to 1000) B.C. B 300
Who are the Minoans? B 300
A government where the people rule B 400
What is a democracy? B 400
The family of gods that the Greeks worshipped B 500
Who are the Olympians? B 500
A name given to all Greeks- the same people C 100
What is Hellenes? C 100
He wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey C 200
Who is Homer? C 200
A member of an aristocratic family, he came to power and introduced reforms that strengthened democracy in Athens C 300
Who is Pericles? C 300
DAILY DOUBLE C 400 DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager
“Know thyself” C 400
Who is Socrates? C 400
One of Socrates students who wrote The Republic C 500
Who is Plato? C 500
Serious story that ends in disaster for the main character… sniff D 100
What is drama? D 100
Held every four years to honor the gods-Athletes from around Greece would compete for prizes D 200
What are the Olympics? D 200
Made you laugh because it made fun of politicians, or customs of the day D 300
What is a comedy? D 300
The most important building in the acropolis at Athens D 400
What is the Parthenon? D 400
Water on three sides of land D 500
What is a peninsula? D 500
Believed that people could use the powers of the mind and reason to understand natural events E 100
Who are philosophers? E 100
Members of rich and powerful families E 200
Who are aristocrats? E 200
Not only a city, but also a separate independent state E 300
What is a city-state? E 300
A ruler who seizes power by force E 400
What is a tyrant? E 400
High city E 500
What is an acropolis? E 500
This early ancient Greek civilization came after the Minoans and gained their power through conquest F 100
Who are the Mycenaeans? F 100
The Greeks used this to destroy the city of Troy in the Trojan War F 200
What is the Trojan Horse? F 200
Ruler of all gods and humanity F 300
Who is Zeus? F 300
A place where Greeks would watch a play F 400
What is a Theater? F 400
His punishment for making people think was death by suicide! F 500
Who is Socrates? F 500
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