A | B |
largest Greek island | Crete |
geography of Greece | mountainous |
land surrounded almost completely by water | peninsula |
Greece's climate | wet/windy winter and hot/dry summer |
prized export | olive oil |
government with just a few wealthy in control | oligarchy |
not considered citizens in ancient Greece | women and slaves |
Greek poet | Homer |
hill with the Parthenon | acropolis |
contest and sacrifices offered to the gods | Olympics |
years between the Olympic games | four |
fanciest column | corinthian |
simplest column | doric |
city named after Alexander the Great | Alexandria |
Socrates, Plato and Aristotle | philosophers |
story about a Greek god or goddess | myth |
parton goddess of Athens | Athena |
leader who made Athens more democratic | Pericles |
Epic poem involving a wooden horse is from what war | Trojan |
Battle in which Darius attacked the Athenians | Marathon |
Darius' son | Xerxes |
League built by Athens | Delian League |
Leader who ended slavery for debt | Solon |
General from Macedonia who conquered a huge empire | Alexander the Great |
Greek word for polis | city-state |