Jeopardy GREECE

Jeopardy GeographyDemocracyAlexander the Great ImpactsGrab Bag $100 $200 $300 $400 $500

Geography $100 Question : What is the largest of the Greek isles? Answer Crete (location of Mycenaean civilization) Notes

Geography $200 Question: What are 3 of Greece’s major exports? Answer: wine, olives, lumber Notes

Geography $300 Question: State 3 city-states and where they are located in Greece Answer: Notes

Geography $400 Question: Why did the geography of Greece create separate city states? Answer : No major “highway” to connect cities, divided by mountains Notes

Geography $500 Question: Why were Corinth and Megara strong trading city states? Answer: There location on the isthmus---many travelers between the Attic and Peloponnesian peninsulas had to cross the isthmus Notes

Democracy $100 Question: Who rebuilt Athens and founded democracy? Answer: Pericles Notes

Democracy $200 Question: What were the 3 branches in Athens’ government? Answer: Council of 500—proposed the laws; Assembly— voted on the laws; Courts—upheld the laws Notes

Democracy $300 Question: Who did not have the right to vote in the Assembly? Answer: metics, women, males under 18, the poor (those who did not own land), slaves Notes

Democracy $400 Question: What unifying organization was based on democracy and created after the Persian Wars? Answer: Delian League Notes

Democracy $500 Question: What are the major differences between US and Athens democracy? Answer: foreigners can NEVER vote in Athens, directly vote on issues; women have a role in the U.S.; 100 jurors vs 12 jurors Notes

Alex $100 Question: Which of the following governments best describes Alexander’s regime: DEMOCRACY, OLIGARCHY, ARISTOCRACY, DICTATORSHIP Answer: dictatorship Notes

Alex $200 Question: Describe how Alexander would treat the conquered peoples in the Persian Empire. Answer: he would observe and respect their culture; invite them to join his entourage or help build their cities to look like those in Greece. He combined his culture with theirs to create HELLENISM Notes

ALEX $300 Question: How did Alexander expand the empire politically? Answer: united Greece as one; overthrow other kings and governments, created alliances and peace agreements Notes

ALEX $400 Question: How did Alexander expand the empire socially? Answer: He created a whole new culture that DIFFUSED the east and west together. He introduced Greece to many new ideas from the east such as Hinduism, Buddhism, silk, math, spices, kites, Hammurabi’s Code, compass, gunpowder, paper.... Notes

Category #3 $500 Question: How did Alexander expand Greece economically? Answer: Greece was not blessed with useful resources and was separated from the rest of the known world by the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas….his empire allowed merchants to trade safely and freely to other civilizations to gain new resources (wheat, grain, corn, rice, gold, silk, horses, elephants, rugs, spices….) Notes

Impacts $100 Question: State one politically impact of Greece. Answer: democracy, VOICE of the people, courts, voting, jury Notes

Impacts $200 Question: Who was the philosopher who taught the “Theory of Forms” Answer: Plato Notes: BONUS: What is the Theory of Forms?

Impacts $300 Question: State one mathematical (social) impact of Greece. Answer: Pythagoras, Archimedes Screw, Euclid’s NUMBER THEORY (geometry), Aristotle (observation, classification) Notes

Impacts $400 Question: What were the main teachings of Socrates? Answer: education is the key to personal growth; knowledge should come through questioning not memorization Notes

Impacts $500 Question: What are 2 military impacts of Greece? Answer: phalanx; fight with soldiers and treat conquered peoples with respect (Alex) Notes

Grab Bag $100 Question: What was the purpose of the acropolis in Greek city-states? Answer: it served as a center of town with agoras, government buildings, worship centers, theater, and a fort during times of attack Notes

Grab Bag $200 Question: What is a tyrant and who supported them in ancient Greece? Answer: Tyrant—someone who takes power illegally through force with the support of HOPLITES Notes

Grab Bag $300 Question: Who fought in the Peloponnesian War and why was it fought? Answer: Sparta and Athens. Was fought because Sparta gained support from other polis’ because they felt Athens’ was abusing the Delian League Notes

Grab bag $400 Question: Why were the Greeks able to win the Persian War? Answer: Athens and Sparta’s navy joined forces to win a sea battle Notes

Grab Bag $500 Question: Describe Hellenism. USE EXAMPLES Answer Notes

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