1. Greece is located on the
continent of ____________.
1. Europe
2. What body of water is to the
south of Greece?
2. Mediterranean Sea
3. Greece is surrounded by water on 3
3. Peninsula
sides. What is this type of land called?
4. What kind of land was in the
middle of Greece? (Physical Characteristics)
4. Mountains; dry rocky soil
5. What kind of land was along the
coast?
5. Fertile soil, good for farming
6. What grew well in the mountains?
6. Olives and grapes and goats
7. What kind of jobs did people
have? (Human Characteristics)
7. Traders, shipbuilders, & farmers
8. What was the climate like in
ancient Greece?
8. Hot and dry in the summer, warm
and rainy in the winter
9. How did people in the mountains
travel?
9. They did not travel very far, but
lived in isolated communities
10. How did people along the coast
travel?
10. Mostly by ships or smaller boats
11. What is a direct democracy?
11. A government where people
vote directly for the laws
12. Who could be part of the
government in ancient Greece?
12. Citizens - Men over the age of 20
who were born in Athens
13. What are the three types of
columns on Greek buildings? (see
pictures in your notebooks!)
13. Doric - plain
Ionic – a little fancier (curled edges)
Corinthian – very fancy, flowery
14. What were large communities
called?
14. City-States
15. What was one of the largest citystates in ancient Greece? (It is the
15. Athens
capital of Greece now.)
16. What was the acropolis?
16. It was a fort on a hill; it was also
the place where the temples were
located
17. What was the market called?
17. agora
18. Why was the Parthenon built?
18. It honored Athena (goddess of
wisdom) and it celebrated war victories
19. Where is the Parthenon? (city &
location in the city)
19. It is in Athens on the Acropolis
(“high city”)
20. Who did the Olympics honor?
20. Zeus, the king of the gods
21. What is ancient?
21. Very, very old. (Think hundreds
or thousands of years old, not your
parents or grandparents!!)
22. What is a contribution?
22. A contribution is the act of giving
or doing something.
23. What are some contributions
the ancient Greeks gave to the
modern world? (Think about things
we still use today.)
23. Architecture- columns (lots of buildings
use these columns, like CCE,
Monticello, and many government
buildings in Washington, D.C.)
Olympics – we still have them today!
Democracy - Athenians were the 1st
government to have a type of
democracy. Parts of our government are
based on the ancient Greek government!
Words – we have many words that all
or part of them come from Greek, like
Chorus, Orchestra, Gymnasium, and
Geometry
Theater – Greeks wrote the first
comedies and tragedies (plays) for the
theater. We still read some of them
today!
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