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Greek
Geography
The CityState
Greek
Mythology
Heroes and
Homer
Greek
Literature
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question Greek Geography
Greece is located on this continent.
$100 Answer from Greek
Geography
Europe
$200 Question from Greek
Geography
The country of Greece is this
type of geographical formation.
$200 Answer from Greek
Geography
A peninsula.
$300 Question from Greek
Geography
What was it about Greece’s geography
that made farming difficult and so
Greeks had to seek out trade in order to
survive?
$300 Answer from Greek
Geography
The fact that Greece had mountains
that ran to the seas made it so Greeks
couldn’t rely on farming for food.
$400 Question from Greek
Geography
Name the two cultures important
in Greece’s history that fell due to
natural disasters.
Hint:
They both
start with “M.”
$400 Answer from Greek
Geography
The two cultures were the
Minoans and the Mycenaeans.
$500 Question from Greek
Geography
How is the way the Greeks found food
to survive different with that of the
Mesopotamians, Egyptians, or Indians?
$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.
$100 Question from The CityState
This is the Greek word for
city-state.
$100 Answer from The CityState
The Greek word for city-state
is polis.
$200 Question from The CityState
What is a city-state?
$200 Answer from The CityState
A city-state is a political unit that
consists of a city and the surrounding
countryside.
$300 Question from The CityState
What is the name for the fortress
Greeks chose to build their city-states
around?
$300 Answer from The CityState
The name for the fortress
Greeks chose to build their
city-states around was an
acropolis.
$400 Question from The CityState
Each city-state had an agora that
was very important to life in the
city-state. What’s an agora?
$400 Answer from The CityState
An agora is a marketplace in which
trade occurred, religious ceremonies
took place, and political meetings
were held.
$500 Question from The CityState
We understand that Greeks loved
their city-state. How do we know
this?
$500 Answer from The CityState
1. They took it upon themselves
to participate in government.
2. They competed for their city-state in
the Olympics.
3. They took great pride in their city-state
and identified themselves as Spartan,
Corinthian, etc.
$100 Question from Greek
Mythology
Another word for a culture that
believes in many gods
is _______.
$100 Answer from Greek
Mythology
A polytheistic culture.
$200 Question from Greek
Mythology
This word describes
a body of stories about
gods and heroes
that tries to explain how
the world works.
$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.
$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.
$300 Answer from Greek
Mythology
The Greek god Hephaestus.
$400 Question from Greek
Mythology
Why would Hephaestus be pictured
with a volcano in the background?
$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.
$500 Question from Greek
Mythology
What was believed to cause a
change in seasons in ancient
Greece?
$500 Answer from Greek
Mythology
Demeter’s sadness is said to have
caused the change in seasons in
ancient Greece.
$100 Question from Heroes and
Homer
This Greek hero is said to have
slain the hydra and is considered
the most famous Greek hero.
$100 Answer from Heroes and
Homer
Hercules is the most famous
Greek hero and slayed the hydra.
$200 Question from Heroes and
Homer
This man’s works, The Iliad
and The Odyssey,
are said to be some of the
greatest works of
literature ever written.
$200 Answer from Heroes and
Homer
Homer wrote The Iliad
and The Odyssey.
$300 Question from Heroes and
Homer
This Homer work describes the
challenges Odysseus faced
returning home from war.
He faced monsters, magicians,
and angry gods.
$300 Answer from Heroes and
Homer
The Odyssey describes Odysseus’
travels.
$400 Question from Heroes and
Homer
Do Homer’s epic poems tell the
stories of heroes or of gods? How
do you know?
$400 Answer from Heroes and
Homer
Homer’s epic poems tell the
stories of heroes because they are
about fictional men who have
great powers and defeat monsters.
$500 Question from Heroes and
Homer
Homer was said to have this
disability.
$500 Answer from Heroes and
Homer
Homer was blind.
$100 Question from Greek
Literature
This is a type of poetry
written in ancient Greece about
love and relationships.
$100 Answer from Greek
Literature
Lyric poetry was a type of
poetry written about love and
relationships.
$200 Question from Greek
Literature
These stories were written to
teach lessons.
$200 Answer from Greek
Literature
Fables were written to teach
lessons to Greeks.
$300 Question from Greek
Literature
Sappho was the ancient Greek
poet famous for her lyrical poetry.
Who was the man famous for
his fables?
$300 Answer from Greek
Literature
Aesop was the Greek famous
for his lesson-teaching stories.
$400 Question from Greek
Literature
The main characters in fables
are usually this.
$400 Answer from Greek
Literature
The main characters in fables
are usually animals.
$500 Question from Greek
Literature
This instrument was played during
the recitation of lyrical poetry.
$500 Answer from Greek
Literature
The lyre is the instrument played
by poets while they recite their
lyrical poems.
Final Jeopardy
Ancient Greece has had a huge effect
on our culture. Name two ways ancient
Greece lives on today.
Final Jeopardy Answer
-Language (titanic and odyssey)
-Geographical location names
(Europe and the Atlas mountains).
-Movies.
-Sporting events.