Ancient Greece

Match the following

• Control of an organization or group by the majority of its members.

• City-State

• A small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

• Democracy

• A form of government with a king or queen as the head of state.

• Acropolis

• The ancient citadel at Athens, containing the Parthenon and other notable buildings.

• Monarchy

• a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

• Oligarchy

Match the following

• Time period in which Ancient Greek culture was still pure and unaffected by other cultures.

• Hellenistic

• A person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.

• Philosophy

• Aristotle was one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived; invented formal logic.

• Philosopher

• Archimedes was a mathematician, engineer and inventor; invented pi.

• Aristotle

• The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially when considered

• Archimedes

Match the following

• A wooden horse used in the Peloponnesian war between Athens and Sparta.

• Minoans

• A traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people

• Trireme

• Farmers of olives, but also fine craftsmen.

• Myth

• Homer is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems of ancient Greece.

• Homer

• A war ship with lots of oars.

• Trojan Horse

Match the following

• Goddess of Love.

• Poseidon

• God of War.

• Aphrodite

• God of the Sea.

• Ares

• Goddess of Women.

• Zeus

• God of the Sky.

• Hera

Match the following

• God of the Sun, Music and Poetry.

• Apollo

• Goddess of Strategy.

• Artemis

• God of chastity, hunting, and the moon.

• Demeter

• Goddess of Harvest.

• Athena

• God of fire (Blacksmith).

• Hephaestus

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• God of the Underworld.

• Hades

• God of Love.

• Hermes

• God of wine.

• Eros

• God of travel and shepherds.

• Dionysus

Match the following

• Goddess of home and Family.

• Persephone

• Goddess of Spring.

• Hestia

• The Peloponnesian War was a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta.

• Peloponnesian War