Ancient Greece

The southern peninsula of Greece is called

• Athens

• Sparta

• Peloponnesus

• Phoenicia

Where did the Greeks believe that the gods lived?

• Athens

• Delphi

• Mount Olympus

• Mount Etna

The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called

• Goodwill Games

• marathons

• Olympics

• triathlons 

The upper class in Greece was called

• aristocracy 

• monarchy 

• oligarchy 

• tryanny

Helots were 

• citizens

• oligarchs

• slaves

• merchants

Why was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?

• They did not have telephones

• Mountains and Water

• communication was easy

• most people had horses

Greece is a peninsula which means

• a mountain range with a river running through it. 

• land surrounded by water on three sides

• an area with major rivers running through it

• a very mountainous region

During which Age did the Greeks make great advances in art, architecture, medicine, and philosophy?

• The Hellenistic Age

• The Golden Age

• The Peloponnesian Age

• The Bronze Age

How is the influence of ancient Greece seen in today's world?

• the clothes that they wore

• buildings and architecture

• everybody walks everywhere

• communities are isolated

One of the most famous battles of the Persian War, where Leonidas and 300 Spartan Soldiers held their ground, but eventually were defeated against Xerxes and over 300,000 Persian soldiers.

• Thermopylae

• Marathon

• Delphi

• Salamis