10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt 10 pt 15 pt 20 pt 25 pt 5 pt Geography Government Leaders of Greece Belief Systems Potpourri

Almost 80% of Greece is covered with

What are mountains?

One valuable natural resource that Greece had was

What is gold?

The Greeks basic unit of government was the city-state due to

What is it was difficult to unite because of travel difficulties caused by mountains?

Three seas that border Greece

What are the Aegean, the Mediterranean, and the Ionian?

The Greeks became excellent sailors and traders

There was very little farmland in Greece?

They used a variety of different political systems

What are city-states?

They came to power illegally

What are the Greek tyrants?

Had a government based on democracy

What is Athens?

Its government was part democracy, but also part monarchy and part oligarchy

What is Sparta?

Athens government

What is a direct democracy?

Leader whose political reforms brought more power to common people

Who is Solon?

These people were admire because they could defend and protect their homeland and be in the army?

Who are landowners?

This leader organized citizens into groups based on upon where they lived

Who is Cleisthenes?

Philosophers (2) and teachers of the ancient Greek world

Who are Plato and Aristotle?

Ruled Sparta

Who are 2 Kings and 5 Supervisors?

The patron goddess of Athens

Who is Athena?

Literature that explains the beliefs of Greeks

What are myths?

High area originally used as a place for the Greeks to worship their gods

What is the acropolis?

King and Queen of Greek gods

Zeus and Hera?

The twelve most important Greek gods are referred to as

Olympians

Types of governments in ancient Greece

What are democracy, monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, and tyranny?

Achilles was thought to be immortal because

His mother dipped him in the River Styx as an infant?

The Persian Wars caused the Greeks to

What is unite?

These people could be citizens of Athens

What are free adult men born in Athens, whose parents are both Athenian?

The Greeks imported

What are slaves, timber (wood), grain, flax?

Final Jeopardy: Essay Questions

Essay Questions (You will be required to do one essay, but may complete a second for extra credit) Answers will need to be 3-5 sentences in length and restate the question. 1.How did geography shape ancient Greece’s economy? Think about: landforms, natural resources, location and access to sea routes 2. How did the Persian Wars unify Greece? Think about: how the city-states got along; why the war started; how the city-states worked together

Essay Questions (You will be required to do one essay, but may complete a second for extra credit) Answers will need to be 3-5 sentences in length and restate the question. 3.How did life in Athens and Sparta differ? Think about: the role of the military; the purpose of education; family life 4.How does democracy in ancient Greece compare to democracy in the United States today? Think about:what direct democracy is; what indirect democracy is; who participates in government

Essay Questions (You will be required to do one essay, but may complete a second for extra credit) Answers will need to be 3-5 sentences in length and restate the question. 5.Explain the differences between monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, and democracy.

No answers to essays will be given here, but you have the opportunity to study and prepare for your essays. Ask me questions BEFORE the test.