ancient greece

Question 1

Aegean World

Answer 1

It refers to both the Ancient Greek mainland and the surrounding islands in the Aegean Sea.

Question 2

Polis

Answer 2

City-states

Question 3

agora

Answer 3

central ​market/meeting place

Question 4

Acropolis

Answer 4

used for ​protection and was a center ​for religion and government

Question 5

Olympics

Answer 5

An ancient festival held every fourth year and made up of contests of sports, music, and literature with the victor’s prize a crown of wild olive.

Question 6

Direct democracy

Answer 6

Each citizen votes directly on all laws. (The first democracy invented by the Athenians).

Question 7

Representative Democracy

Answer 7

Citizens vote for representatives ​who then vote on the laws.

Question 8

The Peloponnesian War

Answer 8

was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta

Question 9

Socrates

Answer 9

He was an Athenian scholar, teacher and a philosopher who encouraged questioning of ​traditional values, art, gov., etc.

Question 10

plato

Answer 10

Socrates’ student

Question 11

Alexander the Great

Answer 11

Emperor who had one of the largest empires in the ancient world; known for spreading Greek culture across continents