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Greek Geography
The City- State
Greek Mythology
Heroes and Homer
Greek Literature
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100 Question Greek Geography
Greece is located on this continent.
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100 Answer from Greek Geography
Europe
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200 Question from Greek Geography
The country of Greece is this type of
geographical formation.
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200 Answer from Greek Geography
A peninsula.
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300 Question from Greek Geography
What was it about Greeces geography that made
farming difficult and so Greeks had to seek out
trade in order to survive?
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300 Answer from Greek Geography
The fact that Greece had mountains that ran to
the seas made it so Greeks couldnt rely on
farming for food.
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400 Question from Greek Geography
Name the two cultures important in Greeces
history that fell due to natural disasters.
Hint They both start with M.
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400 Answer from Greek Geography
The two cultures were the Minoans and the
Mycenaeans.
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500 Question from Greek Geography
How is the way the Greeks found food to survive
different with that of the Mesopotamians,
Egyptians, or Indians?
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500 Answer from Greek Geography
The Greeks survived by trading and taking to the
oceans in search of fish and other ocean life.
The other cultures relied primarily on farming.
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100 Question from The City-State
This is the Greek word for city-state.
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100 Answer from The City-State
The Greek word for city-state is polis.
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200 Question from The City-State
What is a city-state?
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200 Answer from The City-State
A city-state is a political unit that consists
of a city and the surrounding countryside.
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300 Question from The City-State
What is the name for the fortress Greeks chose to
build their city-states around?
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300 Answer from The City-State
The name for the fortress Greeks chose to build
their city-states around was an acropolis.
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400 Question from The City-State
Each city-state had an agora that was very
important to life in the city-state. Whats an
agora?
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400 Answer from The City-State
An agora is a marketplace in which trade
occurred, religious ceremonies took place, and
political meetings were held.
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500 Question from The City-State
We understand that Greeks loved their city-state.
How do we know this?
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500 Answer from The City-State

• They took it upon themselves
• to participate in government.
• They competed for their city-state in
• the Olympics.
• They took great pride in their city-state
• and identified themselves as Spartan,
• Corinthian, etc.

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100 Question from Greek Mythology
Another word for a culture that believes in many
gods is _______.
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100 Answer from Greek Mythology
A polytheistic culture.
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200 Question from Greek Mythology
This word describes a body of stories about
gods and heroes that tries to explain how the
world works.
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200 Answer from Greek Mythology
The word mythology describes a body of stories
about gods and heroes that tries to explain how
the world works.
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300 Question from Greek Mythology
If you were to see a picture of Greek god with a
hammer, an apron, and a volcano in the
background, you would be looking at a picture of
the god who goes by this name.
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300 Answer from Greek Mythology
The Greek god Hephaestus.
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400 Question from Greek Mythology
Why would Hephaestus be pictured with a volcano
in the background?
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400 Answer from Greek Mythology
Hephaestus would be pictured with a volcano
because he was believed to cause volcanic
eruptions when he made weapons and tools for the
gods.
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500 Question from Greek Mythology
What was believed to cause a change in seasons
in ancient Greece?
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500 Answer from Greek Mythology
Demeters sadness is said to have caused the
change in seasons in ancient Greece.
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100 Question from Heroes andHomer
This Greek hero is said to have slain the hydra
and is considered the most famous Greek hero.
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100 Answer from Heroes andHomer
Hercules is the most famous Greek hero and
slayed the hydra.
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200 Question from Heroes andHomer
This mans works, The Iliad and The Odyssey,
are said to be some of the greatest works of
literature ever written.
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200 Answer from Heroes andHomer
Homer wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey.
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300 Question from Heroes andHomer
This Homer work describes the challenges
Odysseus faced returning home from war. He
faced monsters, magicians, and angry gods.
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300 Answer from Heroes andHomer
The Odyssey describes Odysseus travels.
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400 Question from Heroes andHomer
Do Homers epic poems tell the stories of heroes
or of gods? How do you know?
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400 Answer from Heroes andHomer
Homers epic poems tell the stories of heroes
because they are about fictional men who have
great powers and defeat monsters.
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500 Question from Heroes andHomer
Homer was said to have this disability.
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500 Answer from Heroes andHomer
Homer was blind.
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100 Question from Greek Literature
This is a type of poetry written in ancient
Greece about love and relationships.
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100 Answer from Greek Literature
Lyric poetry was a type of poetry written about
love and relationships.
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200 Question from Greek Literature
These stories were written to teach lessons.
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200 Answer from Greek Literature
Fables were written to teach lessons to Greeks.
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300 Question from Greek Literature
Sappho was the ancient Greek poet famous for her
lyrical poetry. Who was the man famous for his
fables?
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300 Answer from Greek Literature
Aesop was the Greek famous for his
lesson-teaching stories.
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400 Question from Greek Literature
The main characters in fables are usually this.
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400 Answer from Greek Literature
The main characters in fables are usually animals.
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500 Question from Greek Literature
This instrument was played during the recitation
of lyrical poetry.
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500 Answer from Greek Literature
The lyre is the instrument played by poets while
they recite their lyrical poems.
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Final Jeopardy
Ancient Greece has had a huge effect on our
culture. Name two ways ancient Greece lives on
today.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
-Language (titanic and odyssey) -Geographical
location names (Europe and the Atlas
mountains). -Movies. -Sporting events.