Ancient Greece

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Aegean World

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Olympics

Question 2

A series of battles fought between the Greek city states and the Persian empire starting in 499 B.C. ending around 448 B.C.

Answer 2

Persian War

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Direct Democracy

Question 4

Citizens vote for representatives who then vote on the laws.

Answer 4

Representative Democracy

Question 5

Was a war fought in Greece between Athens and Sparta.

Answer 5

The Peloponnesian War

Question 6

Socrates’ student

Answer 6

Plato

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Socrates

Question 8

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

Answer 8

Alexander The Great