Ancient greece vocabulary & review for jeopardy

Ancient Greece Review World History

Students will find the answers to each slide at the bottom of the webpage in the “notes”

section. I would suggest students try to answer all slides in the “present” mode then

return to the edit view to check their answers.

The Athenian people were the first to govern themselves with this type of government. The people ruled.

The blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the

Odyssey.

• The worship or belief in many

gods.

• This was the religious belief

among the Greeks.

The city-states in Greece were a unified nation.

(True or False)

Another name for a Spartan

slave ________

Belief in the existence of one

god.

Every male citizen in Athens

was a member of the _______.

Which city-state did not concern

themselves with trading but with

military?

In this type of drama one or

more characters suffered a

disastrous end.

What was the earliest known Greek

civilization?

a) Mycenaeans

b) Minoans

c) Helots

Type of drama that was often

about war but used humor to

entertain the audience.

Because the Spartans feared a helot

uprising they created a __________

society.

Another name for a public speaker or one

who wrote speeches.

Moral principles that define a group of

people.

Why did trade become the most important

part of the Greek economy?

• A priest or priestess through whom a

god was believed to speak.

• Could also be a shrine where people

could come to talk to the gods for

advice.

A public open space used for

assemblies

and markets.

A Greek slave from Sparta was called a

___________.

A hill or mountain usually located in the

center of a city-state. This is where the

important buildings would be located.

• A city-state in ancient Greece was called

a _______.

• Why did the city-states develop

independently?

City States

Time period when Athens and Sparta were

at their height of power. They had many

cultural advances and experienced wealth

and military power.

Spartan women were

expected to stay home &

care for the children.

True or False

The art of persuasive or

effective public speaking.

_____ Battle of Thermopylae

_____ Battle of Plataea

_____ Ionic Revolt

_____ Battle of Marathon

_____ Battle of Salamis

Persian Wars

Using the numbers 1-5. Label

each battle in the order that it

occurred during the Persian

Wars.

Describe one of the battles from the

Persian war in detail: (Be sure to identify

the war you chose. Be sure to include

who was fighting, what happened and

who won. You must use complete

sentences.)

1. True or False - During the Persian Wars Athens and Sparta were fighting

each other?

2. The King(s) of the Persian Empire during the Persian Wars was

______________.

1. Who was fighting during the Peloponnesian

Wars?

2. Who won the war?

Peloponnesian War

This word comes from the Greek term

meaning “lover of Wisdom” .

Describe 3 features of Greece’s geography

- be detailed and descriptive.

Geography

Who was the leader of Athens during the Golden

Age?

When teachers answer a question with a

question they are using the

_____________ method.

Art in the Golden Age showed that the Greeks

wanted to be unified.

True or False???

One change in Art in the Golden Age was

that figures became more realistic.

True or False

What was the one thing that Pericles implemented that was

shared among all of the city-states. This made trade between

the city-states much easier.

The father of history.

This person invented simple machines

including screws and weapons.

Philosopher who believed everything could be

explained in terms of mathematics.

Medical pioneer who taught that disease

comes from natural causes and not from the

gods.

Athenian sculptor who created statues

of the gods that decorated the

Parthenon and the Temple of

Olympia.

Great teacher who was sentenced to death for

criticizing Greek leaders and democracy.

Philosopher who taught that the aim of life is

to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

Thinker who developed approaches to

organizing information that are now part of

modern science.

Name 3 legacies of Greece and tell how they

impact the world today. Give details. They must

be written in complete sentences.

Legacies of Greece

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