Ancient Greece
Jeopardy
One Culture, Many City States
Round 2
Round 1
Category 1
Government
Category 2
City States
Category 3
Geography
Category 4
Islands and
Seas
Category 5
Greek
Architecture
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Category 1 – 10 points
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This is known as the “rule of one.”
Monarchy
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Category 1 – 20 points
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This is known as the “rule of the people.”
Democracy
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Category 1 – 30 points
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This is known as the “rule of the rich.”
Oligarchy
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Category 1 – 40 points
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This is a person that has certain rights and
responsibilities to his/her country/city.
Citizen
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Category 1– 50 points
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This city was the first in recorded history to
use democracy.
Athens
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Category 2 – 10 points
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This city-state really emphasized athletics,
its army, and education.
Sparta
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Category 2 – 20 points
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This is the clearing around a city’s acropolis
that served as a market/meeting place.
Agora
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Category 2 – 30 points
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This is a large hill that city residents used
as shelter.
Acropolis
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Category 2 – 40 points
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City, or group of people away from Greece
that still have ties to Greece.
Colony
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Category 2 – 50 points
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This is the Greek word for city-state.
Polis
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Category 3 – 10 points
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A mountain in northern Greece fabled as
the home of the gods.
Mount Olympus
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Category 3 – 20 points
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This is the landform that is an area of land
almost completely surrounded by water.
Peninsula
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Category 3 – 30 points
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This is the mountain range in Northern
Italy.
Alps
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Category 3 – 40 points
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The large hand-like peninsula located
southwest of Attica.
Peloponnesus
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Category 3 – 50 points
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Population of Greece was small due to the
fact that the land was _________
Non-arable (non-farmable)
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Category 4 – 10 points
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This sea is located to the South of Greece.
Mediterranean Sea
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Category 4 – 20 points
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This sea is located to East the of Greece.
Aegean Sea
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Category 4 – 30 points
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This is the river that runs through the Alps.
Po River
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Category 4– 40 points
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Carthage was located in which modern day
African Country.
Tunisia
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Category 4– 50 points
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This is the biggest of Greece’s islands
Crete
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Category 5 – 10 points
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Name this column:
Ionic
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Category 5 – 20 points
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A temple built for the goddess Athena
Parthenon
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Category 5– 30 points
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Name this column:
Doric
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Category 5 – 40 points
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Name this Column:
Corinthian
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Category 5– 50 points
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The Parthenon was built for this Greek
Goddess
Athena
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Final Jeopardy
Round 2
Category 6
Philosophy
Category 7
Famous
Places
Category 8
Greek
Achievements
Category 9
Famous
People
Category 10
Miscellaneous
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Category 6– 20 points
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This is a person that is a skillful public
speaker.
Orator
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Category 6– 40 points
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This famous philosopher was Alexander’s
teacher.
Aristotle
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Category 6– 60 points
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This teacher lead discussions and debates
on the right way to live in the early 400’s
B.C. and executed for questioning the laws
and religion of Athens.
Socrates
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Category 6– 80 points
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This man was a student of Socrates and
also wrote “The Republic”.
Plato
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Category 6– 100 points
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Name the famous Macedonian General
who eventually conquered Greece
Alexander the Great
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Category 7– 20 points
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This land was famous for it extremely
skilled sailors.
Phoenicia
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Category 7 – 40 points
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Which Greek city-state focused on Military.
Sparta
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Category 7– 60 points
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Where was Alexander the Great from.
Macedonia
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Category 7– 80 points
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What separated the Greek city-states and
allowed them to develop independently.
Mountains
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Category 7– 100 points
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This is the city that was first settled in
ancient Greece.
Mycenae
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Category 8– 20 points
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This is a lawmaking body of government.
Assembly
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Category 8– 40 points
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A group of citizens chosen to hear
evidence and make decisions in a
courtroom.
Jury
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Category 8– 60 points
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This is the search for wisdom and the right
way to live.
Philosophy
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Category 8– 80 points
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This building, built to honor Athena, is the
largest building on the Acropolis in Athens.
Parthenon
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Category 8– 100 points
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Name one famous Greek philosopher.
Socrates, Plato or Aristotle
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Category 9– 20 points
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This man was the king of a civilization
making its home in Crete around 2,000
B.C. The civilization was called Minoa.
Minos
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Category 9– 40 points
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Athenian leader that fought for equal rights
for all people during the golden age of
Greece.
Pericles
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Category 9– 60 points
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Brilliant military leader that spread the
Greek empire all the way into what is today
India.
Alexander
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Category 9 – 80 points
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This famous Greek poet wrote the Iliad and
Odyssey.
Homer
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Category 9 – 100 points
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This Macedonian king that conquered
Greece. This man was also Alexander’s
father.
Philip II
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Category 10 – 20 points
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This was a series of long battles fought
between Athens and the Spartans.
Peloponnesian Wars
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Category 10 – 40 points
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A new culture that blended Greek, African,
and Indian ideals that was created do to the
increased trading between cultures.
Hellenism
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Category 10 – 60 points
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This was a Greek War ship.
Trireme
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Category 10 – 80 points
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These are small army units.
Phalanxes
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Category 10 – 100 points
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Hellenism was created because of the
interaction of the different cultures, which
results in “_________________,” or each
culture taking the best of each others and
throwing away old ideas.
Cultural Diffusion
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Final Jeopardy
Write down the amount you wish to
wager on this question
Final Jeopardy
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What was the name of the battle when the
Spartans protected the mountain pass from
the Persians to prevent them from invading
Greece
The Battle of Thermopylae