3. Ancient Greece 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 Geography Vocabulary City-states Religion Minoan Civilization Daily Life

4. What is the Aegean Sea? This sea separates the Balkan Peninsula from Asia Minor.

5. What are short mountain ranges? These prevented communities from forming a sense of unity.

6. What is the sea? Like the Phoenicians, ancient Greeks used this for trade and travel.

7. What are olives, grain, and grapes ? These foods were grown in the small valleys and foothills of mountains.

8. This was invented in the 500s B.C., and made things easier to buy and sell. What is coined money?

9. These are long poems describing heroes and great events. What are epics?

10. These were special sanctuaries where the Greeks believed the gods spoke through priests. What are oracles?

11. This is what the Greeks called someone who seized power by force and ruled alone. What is a tyrant?

12. This was the idea that people could and should rule themselves. What is popular government?

13. This is a government in which all citizens take part. What is a democracy?

14. This Greek city-state had 40,000 citizens at its peak. What is Athens?

15. This part of a city-state was used as a protective fort. What is a polis?

16. This was the largest city- state at three-fourths the size of Connecticut. What is Sparta?

17. This was the smallest city- state -- even smaller than Rhode Island. What is Athens?

18. These were the only people that counted as citizens. What are adult males?

19. This was the palace of King Minos. What is Knossos?

20. This was the half-man and half-bull creature that King Minos allegedly protected. What is the Minotaur?

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22. This was a main factor in the collapse of the Minoan civilization. What is a tidal wave caused by a volcano?

23. Minoan artisans carved figures using these five materials. What are ivory, stone, silver, bronze, and gold?

24. This British archeologist discovered the ruins of King Minus’s palace. Who is Arthur Evans?

25. This was the mountain where the gods were said to live. What is Mt. Olympus?

26. This was the most famous oracle. What is the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi?

27. These games were held every four years to please the gods What are the Olympics?

28. He was the king of the gods and the god of the sky. Who is Zeus?

29. She was the goddess of womanly virtue, wisdom, and technical skill, and had a city-state named in her honor. Who is Athena?

30. This was the most honored occupation for an Athenian citizen. What is farming?

31. The Athenian economy depended on this. What is trade?

32. What is a pedagogue? When an Athenian boy reached the age of six one of these people began taking care of him.

33. What is 19 years? At this age a boy became a full citizen.

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35. What is “an inflammation”? This is what the Greek ending -itis means