Greek Gods/Godesses
Ancient Greeks were considered to believe in many gods. What is the vocabulary term we give to describe people who believe in many gods?
Who are polytheists?
Ancient Greece was not one unified country, but was divided into many _____________. Name two.
What are city states? Athens and Sparta.
True or False: girls learned how to cook, take care of the home and raise children.
What is true?
The Ancient Greeks are credited for creating these games, which still occur every four years...though they didn't include bobsled!
What are the Olympic Games?
The author of famous Greek stories called the Iliad and the Odyssy.
Who is Homer?
The god of the sea.
Who is Poseidon?
About one third of the population belonged to this group of peoples.
What are slaves?
These are the only people who were allowed to vote in Ancient Greece.
Who are citizens (or men)?
All city-states in Greece included one of these--showing how important the arts were to Ancient Greeks.
What are theatres?
True or False: Our English alphabet has ties to the Ancient Greek Phoenician alphabet.
What is true? The Phoenicians brought the alphabet to the Greeks around 800BCE.
The goddess of wisdom and war.
Who is Athena?
Athens was known for arts and culture, while Sparta was known for _____________.
What is war and fighting?
Women, foreigners and slaves were considered _____________ in Ancient Greece.
What are "non-citizens?"
The Ancient Greeks invented this toy, which is considered the second oldest toy in history (after the doll).
What is the yo-yo?
Women were typically married around 12-14 years of age. Their husbands were chosen by this person.
Who is their father?
The god of the underworld.
Who is Hades?
Socrates and Plato were known as famous Greek ph_____________.
What are philosophers?
Fish was the main source of protein for the Ancient Greeks. Almost every meal the Greeks ate also consisted of these three staples... (name at least 2).
What are bread, olive oil and wine?
True or False: you can still visit the famed "Library of Alexandria" today.
What is false? The library was destroyed in a fire.
The name given to Greek market places: a) Parthenon, b) Agora c) Gynaekonitis
What is b) Agora?
The Parthenon is a famous temple in Athens and the Gynaekonitis is the name for the women's room in a Greek home.
The god who is associated with thunder and lightening.
Who is Zeus?
Under this ruler Greece was controlled most of Europe and Western Asia.
Who is Alexander the Great?
True or False: Ancient Greeks kept crocodiles, cats and even goats as pets!
What is false? Though they did keep dogs, snakes, peacocks and apes!
Each warrior in the Greek army had to provide their own _________ and _________.
What are armour and weapons?
The reason people in Ancient Greece put coins on the eyes of their dead.
What is to pay Charon (the ferryman) to cross the River Styx to the Underworld? Otherwise, the person's spirit would remain on Earth, haunting the living.