Ancient Greece

Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks

• became expert shipbuilders.

• learned how to climb mountains.

• gave up trying to travel.

• took up farming.

Trade in Greece was nearly impossible because

• Spartans wouldn't allow imports or exports

• Mountainous terrain made land travel difficult

• They couldn't conquer the rough waves of the Mediterranean

• Greeks were always at war and didn't have time to trade

According to Greek mythology, the home of the gods was called

• Olympus

• Olympia

• Mt. Olympus

• Olympus Mountain

Oligarchy means

• one king

• one tyrant

• all citizens

• rich few

A famous poet who wrote some of the earliest Greek writings

• Pericles

• Homer

• Sappho

• Aesop

People who had the right to participate in government

• free male adult citizens

• free male and females

• men, women, slave, foreigners

• men, women, slaves

A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world work

• fables

• mythology

• lyric poems

• epics

Brilliant elected leader who led the Athens government from about 460 BC until 429 BC

• Pericles

• Draco

• Homer

• Leonidas

Short stories that teach the reader lessons about life or give advice on how to live

• mythology

• fables

• lyric poems

• epics

Rich landowners

• tyrants

• citizens

• aristocrats

• nobles