| "It's Greek to Me"-Vocab | VIPs of the Greeks | Greek Gods and Goddesses | Buffet | Greek Alphabet |
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What is a polis?
A city state. A city in AG with it's own government, army, and commerce.
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Who is Alexander the Great?
The greatest Greek conqueror of all time. Claimed over twenty countries for Greece.
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Who is Zeus?
Top god.
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What is a myth?
A story told to explain questions about life, science, and mankind.
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What is alpha?
See flash card.
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What is a democracy?
A form of government where the citizens rule by majority.
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Who were four great Greek philosophers.
Plato, Socrates, Aristole, and Homer
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Where did all the Greek gods live?
Mount Olympus
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What is seven?
The age a Spartan boy was sent to military school.
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What is Pi ?
See flash card.
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What is polytheism?
A religion where the followers worship more than one god.
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Who is Homer and the Trojan War?
Philosopher and writer of the "Iliad" that told the story of what War?
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Who is Aphrodite?
Goddess of beauty and love.
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Who was Poseidon?
Greek god of the oceans and seas.
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What is Omega?
See flash card.
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What is an oligarchy?
A government with two leaders or two groups ruling at the same time;like in Sparta.
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Who is Hippocrates?
Father of medicine. Doctors still take his oath today!
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Who was Dionysus? Wine was Greece's number one export at the time.
Goddess of wine and why she was so important.
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What is the Olympics and for Zeus?
Held every four years no matter what in honor of what god?
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What is Delta?
See flash card.
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What is the Peloponnesian War?
The war between Athens and Sparta, where Sparta got some help from a plaque and won.
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Who were the Greeks (Sparta)?
Winner of of Thermopylae: Sparta & Alliances verses Xerxes of Persia
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Who is King Minos?
The ruler of one the Ancient Greek's civilization that just disappeared.
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What were olives, olive oil, grapes, wine, trading, and fishing?
The mountains isolated the polis and Greeks were limited on what they grew and made that included these crops and products.
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What is Gamma?
See flash card.
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