ANCIENT GREECE JEOPARDY!! Please go through the following jeopardy questions -you should be able to answer the questions WITHOUT looking at the answers! This should be used as a study guide for yourself!
JEOPARDY CATEGORIES Grecian 5GeographyFamous People WartimeThe Humanities Put me in order please
100 What is the term for a free-voting society in which each citizens’ vote counts?
Answer Democracy Categories Categories
100 What are the two seas that border on Greece?
Answer Aegean and the Mediterranean Sea Categories Categories
100 Who was the great poet that recorded the only material during the Dark Ages including his poems the Iliad and the Odyssey ?
Answer Homer Categories Categories
100 What secret tool allowed for the defeat of Troy by the Greek army?
Answer The Trojan Horse allowed secret access within the city walls Categories Categories
100 What is the term for a person that pursues the truth through thought and reason?
Answer philosopher Categories Categories
100 What is the approximate time span of Greek dominance in Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Answer 2000 BC to 150 BC Categories Categories
200 What is the Greek word for city-state?
Answer Polis Categories Categories
200 What did the severe mountain region require Greece to do in order to achieve a well-governed area?
Answer Divide it into city-states Categories Categories
200 What great military leader reigned supreme at the age of 20 after the death of his father Philip II?
Answer Alexander the Great Categories Categories
200 What is the term for 8 by 8 or 16 by 16 squares of men with long spear like objects used by a military leader?
Answer phalanx Categories Categories
200 What was the main style of Greek plays during their civilization?
Answer tragedies Categories Categories
200 Put the three great philosophers (Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates) in order from first to end
Answer Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Categories Categories
300 What was the name for the Period from 1200bc to 750 BC where no written records of events occurred?
Answer Dark Ages Categories Categories
300 How did the land dictate Greece’s economy?
Answer Forced the region to become reliant on trade rather than agriculture and livestock Categories Categories
300 Who was the Greek leader who ruled during the Golden Age?
Answer Pericles Categories Categories
300 What two areas fought in the Peloponnesian War and who won?
Answer Sparta defeated Athens Categories Categories
300 What is the term for the period of growth spearheaded by Alexander the Great’s expansion throughout southwest Asia?
Answer Hellenistic Period Categories Categories
300 Put the following wars in order from beginning to end. Invasion of Persia, Darius’ Invasion, Peloponnesian War, Trojan War
Answer Trojan War 1200 BC Darius and Xerxes’ Invasions BC Peloponnesian War 430 – 408BC Alexander the Great’s invasion of Persia BC Categories Categories
400 What is the term for the fortified and elevated center of a city?
Answer acropolis Categories Categories
400 What are the three items Greece specialized in with regards to trade?
Answer Grapes (wine), olives, and bread Categories Categories
400 What is the name of the political servant who broadened the democracy in Greece both economically and socially?
Answer Solon Categories Categories
400 What city-state eventually defeated Athens and Thebes to take control of Greece in the mid 300’s BC?
Answer Macedon (Philip II) Categories Categories
400 What piece of literature did Plato publish that we read excerpts from in class?
Answer The Republic Categories Categories
400 In what period did the Olympic games start?
Answer Dark Ages 776BC Categories Categories
500 What is the term for long poems that tell a factual story?
Answer Epic Categories Categories
500 What river valley civilizations did the Greece culture directly impact thanks to Alexander the Great?
Answer Egyptian (Nile), Mesopotamia, and Indus Valley Categories Categories
500 Who was the king of Persia and planned the first invasion?
Answer Darius Categories Categories
500 What were the approximate dates of the two invasions of Persia on Athens and Sparta?
Answer Darius 490 BC Xerxes in 480 Categories Categories
500 What great city was founded by Alexander the Great and was the center of the Egyptian empire for years to come?
Answer Alexandria Categories Categories
500 Put the following stages of Greece history in order from earliest to latest. Hellenistic Age, Dark Age, Bronze Age, Golden Age
Answer Bronze Age (Mycenaean Culture) 1600 BC Dark Ages 1200 to 750 BC Golden Age 750 to 400 BC Hellenistic Age 350 to 150 BC Categories Categories