Ancient Greece Review – Matching Name ______
1. _____ Blind poet, wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey
2. _____ Early Greeks who lived on the island of Crete; disappeared
3. _____ Early Greeks involved in the Trojan War
4. _____ Ionian city where Helen was taken, resulting in Trojan War
5. _____ Area at the top of the hill
6. _____ Temple to Athena
7. _____ Peninsula on which Greece is located
8. _____ The art of writing was lost during this dark period of Greek history
9. _____ Narrative poems celebrating heroic deeds
10. _____ Greek name for city-state
11. _____ Government ruled by one person
12. _____ Government ruled by a few powerful people
13. _____ Government ruled by a small group of noble, landowning families
14. _____ Leaders who seized control by appealing to the common people for support
15. _____ Rule by the people
16. _____ Peasants who were forced to stay on the land and work as slaves
17. _____ One of the first to suggest that the world was round and calculated its circumference
18. _____ In Sparta, the government group made up of 30 older citizens who proposed laws
19. _____ Foot soldiers in the Greek army
20. _____ Greek military formation where soldiers stood side by side with spears and shield
21. _____ First Greek victory in the Persian War
22. _____ Runner who traveled 26 miles to Athens to declare the Greek victory
23. _____ Persian leader at the battle of Thermopylae
24. _____ Spartan leader at the battle of Thermopylae
25. _____ Leader of the Athenian navy
26. _____ Famous Greek naval victory in the Persian War
27. _____ Leader of Athens during the Golden Age
28. _____ Type of democracy in ancient Greece
29. _____ Defensive league dominated by the city-state of Athens
30. _____ A “lover of wisdom”
31. _____ He tutored Alexander the Great
32. _____ He taught by questioning and was condemned to death
33. _____ He founded The Academy and wrote the first book on political science called The Republic
34. _____ Kingdom to the north of Greece which conquered the Greeks.
35. _____ Alexander’s father who was assassinated
36. _____ Important city in Egypt founded by Alexander
37. _____ The name for a blend of Greek and Middle Eastern culture
38. _____ Made important advancements in the area of geometry during the Hellenistic period
39. _____ He calculated the value of pi; worked with a lever/pulley
40. _____ Philosophy that believed in harmony of the body and mind; also should bear what life gives you
A. Philosopher
B. Aristotle
C. Socrates
D. Alexandria
E. Homer
F. Polis
G. Pericles
H. Direct
I. Minoans
J. Archimedes
K. Hellenistic
L. Mycenaeans
M. Phalanx
N. Helots
O. Acropolis
P. Stoicism
Q. Dorian
R. Pheidippedes
S. Hoplites
T. Democracy
U. Plato
V. Phillip II
W. Xerxes
X. Themistocles
Y. Monarchy
Z. Aristocracy
AA. Leonidas
BB. Troy
CC. Balkan
DD. Council of Elders
EE. Marathon
FF. Salamis
GG. Delian
HH. Macedonia
II. Epics
JJ. Parthenon
KK. Tyrant
LL. Eratosthenes
MM.Euclid
NN.Oligarchy