ANCIENT GREECE

REVIEW
What continent is Greece located on?

Europe
 Name three seas that border Greece

The Mediterranean Sea, the Ionian Sea and the Aegean Sea
 What was the landscape like that the
Ancient Greek civilization was rooted in?

A rocky landscape surrounded by the sea. Also

made up of over 400 islands
What is the biggest of the islands?

Crete
What is a peninsula?

Landform that surrounded by water on

three sides
Greek founded many settlements along
the coasts of the Mediterranean and
Black Seas. What were they called?

Colonies
 What were the names of the two
earliest civilizations in Ancient Greece…

Minoans and Mycenaeans

 Name at least three crops Greek
farmers grew

• Wheat
• Barley
• Olives
• Grapes
 Why did sailing become such an
important part of life in Greece?

Because farmers could not produce big grain

surpluses and land was hard to travel on
 What is a Polis?

The Greek word for city-states and

communities around them.
 Name the two major cities we learned
about in this chapter and give me two
facts about each of them.

Athens and Sparta

Athens was ruled by a type of government called an Democracy.
They also had a strong Navy. They became very wealthy during
the “Golden Age” Colonies paid their navy for protection. Sparta
had a strong military and once joined with Athens to defeat the
Persians but eventually became jealous of Athens’ power and
defeated them as well.
 What is a democracy?

A Greek word meaning “Ruled by the people”

What did the Mycenaeans learn from the
Minoans ?

Pottery Making
What is the name of the Mountain in
Northern Greece where the most
powerful Gods were said to live?

Mount Olympus
 What was the Acropolis?

The religious center of a polis located

high above the city
At what age did Spartan men enter the army?

20
 What is an Agora?

Served both as a market place and

meeting place
Spartan men could return to their homes when
they were?

30
What do you call a person who has certain
rights and responsibilities in his or her
country or community?

Citizen
Early Greeks made their living by doing
what types of jobs?

Trading, fishing, raising goats and sheep

 What is an Oligarchy?

When a small group of the richest, most

powerful citizens controlled decision making.
The Dark ages in Ancient Greece were
a time when people forgot how to...

Read and Write. They forgot their language

because they only had time for survival.
Could not leave home without a male
relative.

Athenian Women
The ancient Greek Alphabet came
from?.

Phoenician Alphabet
 What is a tyrant?

Ruled with total authority and

usually by force
This city-state focused on the
military

Sparta
True or false: Sparta was Greece’s
largest city-state and was a strong
military power.

True
What is a democracy?

Citizens vote to make decisions

True or False? The Olympic games were
first held nearly 3,000 years ago in
Ancient Greece

True
 What was the Acropolis?

The religious center for Athens located

high above the city
Who fought in the Persian wars?

Sparta and Athens along with allies

against Persia
 Who could be citizens of Greek
city-states?

Free ~ native born ~ land-owning ~ men

In a democracy, who makes the
decisions?

All the people

Who was Ares?

The God of War

 The statue of Zeus in Olympia, Temple of Artemis,
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, Colossus at Rhodes,
Lighthouse of Alexandria, Pyramids of Giza, and Hanging
Gardens of Babylon are all part of…

The Seven Wonders of The Ancient World