Ancient Greece Geography and The "gods"
The Trojan War and The Olympics
Athens (The City, Democracy, The Children)
Sparta and The Persian Wars
A Symposium, Three Great Thinkers, Alexander The Great
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Who was "the king of the gods"?
Zeus!
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What was the name of the Greek sports contest?
The Olympics!
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Which god/goddess does the city of Athens honor?
Athena
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Who won the Persian Wars?
The Greeks!
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What was Alexander the Great Famous for?
Conquering many lands
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Rather than "towns", what did Greeks call places like "Sparta" and "Athens"?
City-states
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How did the Greeks trick the Trojans at the end of the Trojan War?
By hiding in a large wooden horse
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What is the center of the city called?
The agora
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What were Spartan boys trained to be?
Soldiers
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What is a symposium?
A dinner party.
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Who are Zeus's brothers?
Poseidon and Hades
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Name three events at the Olympics.
Boxing, Running, Jumping, Chariot Races, Wrestling, Discus, Javelin etc.
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Tell how boys and girls had very different lives in Athens.
Girls were in charge of housework, cleaning and raising children. They did not go to school and could rarely leave the house. Boys went to school, and were educated. They could vote.
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A runner ran 26 miles to Athens after the battle of ______.
Marathon
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Who was Alexander the Great's teacher?
Aristotle
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Name the jobs of these three gods: Apollo, Hermes, and Dionysus.
Apollo- god of medicine and poetry Hermes- the "messenger" god Dionysus- the god of "parties"
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Why were the Olympics an important time for Greece?
Everyone stopped fighting to play the games. They could travel on any land to meet and play peacefully.
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What is democracy?
Where people can talk, listen, and vote. "Power" goes to the people.
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Name two things Spartans did to help make them "tough".
Sleep under the stars, wrestle, steal, etc.
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Alexander solved a puzzle when he untied a very complicated knot. What was the name of this knot and how did he untie it?
The Gordian Knot. The drew out his sword and split the knot apart. Today, when someone has "cut the Gordian Knot" it means they have found a quick, clever, unexpected way to solve an old problem.
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When did Ancient Greece exist?
About 2,500 years ago.
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Tell how the gods "started" the Trojan War.
Zeus was asked to choose "the fairest of them all" and had to choose between Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite. He did not want to choose, so he made Paris (the son of the king of Troy) choose. He chose Aphrodite, who promised to give him the most beautiful woman in the world: Helen. Helen was the wife of the king of Sparta. So when Paris stole Helen, the war began between the Greeks and the Trojans.
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Who was the great leader of Athens?
Pericles
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Name the 3 most famous battles in the Persian Wars.
Thermopylae- Famous for blocking the narrow pass Salamis- Famous island where they could see Athens burn Marathon- famous for the runner who ran 26 miles to Athens with the news of the victory.
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Name the three famous thinkers and teachers we discussed.
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
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