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Geography: 200• Question:• 80 % of Greece is covered with what?• Answer• Mountains

Geography: 400• Question:• Which of the following is the most valuable

resource in Ancient Greece: Diamonds, stone, or gold?

• Answer• Stone

Geography: 600• Question:• Name two (2) items that the Greeks traded for

items they needed from Egypt and Italy.• Answer• Olive oil• Wine• Wool• Fine pottery

Geography 800• Question:• What are the 3 main seas that border Greece?• Answer• Mediterranean Sea, Aegean Sea, and Ionian

Sea.

Geography: 1000

• Question:• What was the name of the civilization famous

for trading and the alphabet? Answer• Phoenicians

Mythology: 200• Question:• Who were the main characters in Greek

myths?• Answer• Gods and Goddesses

Mythology: 400• Question:• What were the Olympics named for and who

were they in honor of?• Answer• B. The home of the gods and to honor Zeus.

Mythology: 600• Question:• Who was the goddess who protected Athens?• Answer: • Athena

Mythology and literature: 800

• Question:• What was the purpose of fables and who was

the most famous fable writer?• Answer• To teach moral lessons/Aesop

Mythology: 1000

• Question:• Who were the 3 main Gods and what were

they gods of? • Answer• Zeus (God of sky and Heavens)• Poseidon (God of Oceans)• Hades (God of underworld)

Government 200

• Question:• How was education in Athens and Sparta

similar?

• Answer• Boys started school at age 7.

Government: 400

• Question:• What was the basic form of government in

Greece and what is the Greek term?• Answer• A city-state/polis

Geography: 600• Question:• What was the 1st Greek Civilization?• Answer• Mycenae

Government: 800

• Question:• Why was Athens’ democracy called a limited

democracy?• Answer• Because only free adult men could vote.• Women, slaves, and non-citizens could not

take part.

Government: 1000

• Question:• Was the government of Athens direct or

indirect? Explain what this means?• Answer• Direct Democracy: the citizens themselves

meet to decide on laws instead of sending a representative (indirect democracy).

Wars: 200• Question:• What city-state was Athens’ main rival?• Answer:• Sparta

Wars: 400• Question:• Why did the Persian Wars start?• Answer• Persia conquered Anatolia (Turkey) a region

with many Greek colonies.

wars: 600• Question:• What was the original purpose of the

acropolis?• Answer• To protect the city

wars: 800• Question:• True or False? The leader who made political

reforms in Athens was Solon.• Answer• True

wars: 1000• Question:• How did the Persian Wars unify Greece?• Answer:• Some of the city-states were rivals (especially

Sparta and Athens), but came together when the Persians began to take over Greek territories. Greek city states all united together to defeat a common enemy: Persia!

Terms: 200

• Question:• What are the Olympics? • Answer• Games held every 4 years.

Terms: 400• Question:• What is an agora?• Answer• Center of city life

Terms: 600

• Question:• What is a Monarchy? • Answer• A Monarchy: A king or queen who has

supreme power.

Terms: 800

• Question:• What is a helot? • Answer• A slave, the defeated people in war.

Terms:1000

• Question:• Who is Plutarch? • Answer• A Greek historian who lived around A.D. 46.