Chapter 10

Question 1

The three climate zones on the earth

Answer 1

Frigid, temperate, torrid

Question 2

Typically the largest gathering place in the Greek city-state

Answer 2

Theater

Question 3

The place men practiced sports

Answer 3

Gymnasium

Question 4

A long race track

Answer 4

Stadium

Question 5

The marketplace

Answer 5

Agora

Question 6

A singing poet

Answer 6

Bard

Question 7

Large group of foot soldiers armed with shields and spears trained to move together

Answer 7

Phalanx

Question 8

Greece is located on this peninsula

Answer 8

Balkan

Question 9

Alexander the great empire extended as far east as

Answer 9

India

Question 10

Independent cities that made up Greece in ancient times

Answer 10

City-states

Question 11

These people did all of the work in Sparta

Answer 11

Helots

Question 12

The book of the Bible in which Alexander the great’s short life was prophesied

Answer 12

Daniel

Question 13

Torrid means this

Answer 13

Scorching

Question 14

The climate zone that is neither too hot nor too cold

Answer 14

Temperate zone

Question 15

Weather conditions of a region over a period of many years

Answer 15

Climate

Question 16

Conditions such as temperature and precipitation which change from day today make up a part a region’s…..

Answer 16

Weather

Question 17

The amount of rain, snow, or sleet an area receives

Answer 17

Precipitation

Question 18

This body of water cuts Greece almost in half

Answer 18

The Gulf of Corinth

Question 19

The alphabet the Greeks borrowed and added vowels to

Answer 19

Phoenician

Question 20

A blind singing poet of Ancient Greece

Answer 20

Homer

Question 21

A philosopher concerned with finding the best way to live

Answer 21

Socrates

Question 22

A freed slave who wrote fables

Answer 22

Aesop

Question 23

The name of Alexander the Great’s father who conquered most of Greece

Answer 23

Philip II

Question 24

Greek god who was honored by the Olympic Games

Answer 24

Zeus

Question 26

The city-state that was first to become powerful

Answer 26

Sparta

Question 27

Philosophers and foreigners were not welcome here

Answer 27

Sparta

Question 28

This city-state was the greatest cultural center in ancient Greece

Answer 28

Athens

Question 29

At age 7 boys began training to become soldiers

Answer 29

Sparta

Question 30

At age 7 boys began training to become good citizens

Answer 30

Athens

Question 31

This is where the idea of democracy was developed

Answer 31

The city-state of Athens

Question 32

Most of the men in the city-state never learned to read or write

Answer 32

Sparta

Question 33

At the age of 18 boys in this city-state became citizens after taking a pledgeI

Answer 33

Athens

Question 34

During the Hellenistic age this language was used in most of the civilized world

Answer 34

Greek

Question 35

Why was the Greek language important?

Answer 35

It prepared the way for the writing of the New Testament and the spread of God’s word

Question 45

Alexander the great built 16 cities and named each of them this after himself

Answer 45

Alexandria

Question 48

The word comes from two words meaning “people” and “rule”

Answer 48

Democracy

Question 71

The religious center of the city

Answer 71

Acropolis