1. Ancient Greece was located on a peninsula surrounded by 3 seas:
AEGEAN (EAST)
MEDITERRANEAN (SOUTH)
IONIAN (WEST) ? ? ?

2. Why were city-states in Greece usually isolated from each other?
MOUNTAINS

3. A marketplace for trading and buying goods
What is a Greek agora?
A marketplace for trading and buying goods

4. The group of people who lived on Crete until they were killed by a large volcano?
Minoans

5. The group of people who were fierce traders, who took over after the Minoans all died:
Mycenaeans

6. Ancient Greek religion was POLYTHEISTIC. True or False?

7. King of the Greek Gods (and father of some humans like Hercules)
ZEUS

8. Patron goddess of Athens:
ATHENA

9. Greek goddess of love and beauty:
APHRODITE

10. Sister and wife of ZEUS, protector of women and marriage:
HERA

11. Greek god of the sun
APOLLO

12. Greek goddess of light and hunting
ARTEMIS

13. 4 Types of Government that Greece once had:
Monarchy
Aristocracy (oligarchy)
Tyranny
Democracy
MATD—In order

14. Rule by one person who may inherit power through family succession:
MONARCHY

15. OLIGARCHY or Aristocracy involves rule by:
A small group of nobles.

16. Rule by one person who seizes power by force is known as:
A TYRANNY

17. Rule by a popular assembly in which the citizens may vote is known as :
DEMOCRACY

18. Type of government in Sparta
OLIGARCHY
(rule by a few nobles)

19. City-state with a militaristic society, focused on being strong and tough
SPARTA

20. The city-state that is the home to artists, musicians, writers, scientists, philosophers, etc.
ATHENS

21. Known for his epic poetry, the Iliad and the Odyssey:
HOMER

22. The wars against this empire united the Greeks against a common enemy:
PERSIA

23. Macedonia is located __________ of Greece.
NORTH

24. The Macedonian who conquered most of Greece and his son:
Philip II and Alexander

25. Alexander’s empire and the influence of Greek culture extended as far as this river valley in the East
THE INDUS RIVER VALLEY

26. The primary language spoken in Alexander’s Empire:
GREEK

27. T or F: The people of Egypt, Mesopotamia and India were not influenced by Greek culture and art.
FALSE!!

28. Greek culture combined with other cultures; word that means “Greek like”
Hellenistic

29. The maze that Theseus had to find the Minotaur in:
Labyrinth

30. Person who opened the box that let all of the troubles out into the world:
Pandora