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2. Ancient Greece Jeopardy!
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3. A piece of land surrounded nearly by water is called:
Vocab: 100
A piece of land surrounded nearly by water is called:
ANSWER: Peninsula

4. What is a government by the people known as: ANSWER: Democracy
Vocab: 200
What is a government by the people known as: ANSWER: Democracy

5. Vocab: 300
What are traditional stories that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world is known as a… ANSWER: Myth

6. Vocab : 400
A person who seizes power and rules with absolute authority is called a…
    ANSWER: Tyrant

7. Vocab : 500
A government in which a few wealthy people rule all is known as… ANSWER: an Oligarchy

8. More Vocab : 100
A fighting formation in which foot soldier would march in shoulder to shoulder formation is called a… ANSWER: Phalanx

9. A city-state in ancient Greece is known as… ANSWER: a Polis
More Vocab : 200
A city-state in ancient Greece is known as… ANSWER: a Polis

10. More Vocab : 300
A group of people living in a new territory who have ties to their homeland or the new territory itself is called a… ANSWER: Colony

11. More Vocab : 400
A person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment is known as a … ANSWER: Philosopher

12. More Vocab : 500
A form of government in which all citizens can participate in the decision making process is called a… ANSWER: Direct Democracy

13. The Olympics were created and hosted for… ANSWER: Zeus
People : 100
The Olympics were created and hosted for… ANSWER: Zeus

14. People : 200
This character from Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is known as the greatest Greek warrior: ANSWER: Achilles

15. People : 300
This Greek was sentenced to death by drinking poison for what the government felt was corrupting young minds to question everything: ANSWER: Socrates

16. People : 400
This person’s mother had his step mother and half sister burned at the stake as to not interfere with his reign as the new king: ANSWER: Alexander the Great

17. This person is nicknamed the father of science. ANSWER: Aristotle
People : 500
This person is nicknamed the father of science. ANSWER: Aristotle

18. Greece is located on which sea? ANSWER: the Mediterranean
Geography: 100
Greece is located on which sea? ANSWER: the Mediterranean

19. Geography : 200
The present day middle eastern country of Iran is located in which former ancient empire? ANSWER: the Persian Empire

20. Greece is located on which continent? ANSWER: Europe
Geography : 300
Greece is located on which continent? ANSWER: Europe

21. Geography : 400
Alexander the Great became king of what kingdom after his father was assassinated by his bodyguard? ANSWER: Macedonia

22. Geography : 500
Name the continents that Alexander’s Empire spanned: ANSWER: Europe, Asia, and Africa

23. Sparta v Athens : 200
What type of government did both Sparta and Athens have? ANSWER: Sparta- Oligarchy Athens- Democracy

24. Sparta v Athens: 100
At what age did Spartan boys begin attending military training camp? ANSWER: 7 years old

25. Sparta v Athens : 300
What action did the Spartans take insure its society would continue to produce fierce warriors? ANSWER: They would leave weak/ sick babies to die on a hill

26. Sparta v Athens : 400
The Greeks introduced this idea, claiming its people were members of a political community with rights and responsibilities: ANSWER: Citizenship

27. Sparta v Athens : 500
What military tactic did Sparta use against the Athenians to win the Peloponnesian War? ANSWER: Their navy created a blockade around Athens that cut off their resources- Athenians were sick and starving.

28. Who won the battle of Thermopylae? ANSWER: the Persians
Fun Facts : 200
Who won the battle of Thermopylae? ANSWER: the Persians

29. Fun Facts: 100
What type of democracy did ancient Greece have? ANSWER: Direct Democracy

30. Alexanders empire spanned how many miles? ANSWER: 2 million miles
Fun Facts : 300
Alexanders empire spanned how many miles? ANSWER: 2 million miles

31. Fun Facts : 400
What mythological river did Achilles’s mother dip him in to make him immortal: ANSWER: the River Styx

32. Fun Facts : 500
How did Greek citizens weaken Greece as a civilization? ANSWER: they were more loyal to their polis than to Greece