ANCIENT GREECE

How many votes were needed to ostracize someone in Athens?

Socrates served as a hoplite or infantryman during this war

Name the location: 3

When did the first ancient Olympics take place?

The defense alliance of Greek city-states formed after the Persian Wars.

What was Socrates placed on trial for?

By 750 B.C., the city-state, or _________became the central focus of Greek life.

Menolaus husband of Helen was king of this city later the historic rival of Athens

The majority of the people living in ancient Greece were farmers.

Which of the following wrote, "The Elements", a textbook on plane geometry?

The leader of the Greek Gods.

Who is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world?

Who ran the world's first Marathon?

The war fought between between Athens and Sparta.

Name the location: F

Which Greek playwright wrote Oedipus Rex?

Who wrote the book "The Republic", which discussed his ideal form of government?

Alexander the Great idolized and tried to imitate _________________.

What happened first?

Heavily armed infantrymen or foot soldiers are known as ___________.

How did the physical geography of Greece affect the Greeks?

Name the location: E

Which of the following proclaimed "An unexamined life is not worth living".

The Persian leader who started the first war with Greece.

Is an organized system of thought that in Greek is a "love of wisdom".

There were many slaves in Sparta, Athens, however, did not allow slavery.

What is the answer to the riddle of the Sphinx?

Blind poet who wrote the epic poems of the Trojan War 500 years after the fact.

Some say it was this wandering warrior from Ithaca who suggested the Trojan Horse

He founded a city on a battlesite in India to honor his horse Bucephalus

What happened at Aegospotami?

Greek artists tried to exhibit the ideal form in their sculptures.

All Spartan men were warriors.

The horse of Alexander the Great, and one of the most famous horses of antiquity.

Greek philosopher whose works were the basis for most scientific study well into 17th c.

As a child Alexander the Great was tutored by __________________________.

Based on Archimedes formula: If you drop wood into water, buoyancy will keep it afloat.

What American television show is our best example of Greek comedy?

The reforms of Cleisthenes, including the Council of 500,

Major sea battle in which the Greeks defeated the Persian Navy.

What battle during the Persian Wars were 300 Spartans especially brave?

His winged foot appears between the Good & the Year in the company logo

A marketplace or a place where people would assemble.

A rectangular fighting formation in which soldiers fought shoulder to shoulder.

Name the location: D

 Sparta had an _______________, which is a government ruled by a small group.

Sophists were 

The first mainland Greeks were the __________.

Hellenism is a Greek word that means _________________,

Name the location: A

The greatest example of classical Greek architecture is the __________________________.

The first Persian invasion of Greece happened here, 26 miles form Athens.

Above all, the Mycenaean prided themselves in being ________________.

Even though he lost to the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon he's still considered a great king

The most well known oracle, the oracle of Apollo was located in

Famous Athenian leader that was ostracized from Athens.

A fortified hill that served as a place of refuge and religious temples.

The astronomer Eratosthenes determined the

Who was the leader of Macedonia that was first to unite all Greeks?