The Olympic Games
Greek Foods
Greek Gods
Sparta
Athens
100
What is the last game to be held at the end of the Olympics?
What is the men's 100 yard dash to remember how it all started.
100
What was a normal diet for the average greek?
What is grains, wheat, barley, fruit, vegetables, breads, and cake.
100
Who was the main god?
What is Zeus
100
At what age were Spartian boys supposed to leave home and live in the barracks
What is seven years old
100
What did Athens value the most?
What is knowledge
200
What is the most celebrated religious center and athletic center in Greece?
What is Olympia
200
How did the greeks keep their soil fertile?
What is irrigation and crop rotation.
200
Why were the gods so important to the greeks?
What is there was a god for everything and you needed to please them so they would help you.
200
Why were Spartian woman more free than other Greek women
What is they could own property and go where they wanted
200
What was the role of a typical Athenian girl.
What is they spun, weaved and learned other household duties.
300
Why were the Olympic games important to the Greeks?
What is they started in honor of Zeus.
300
What did the greeks do before they ate meat?
What is they would sacrifice some of the meat to the gods first.
300
Why was it important to make offerings to the gods?
What is the gods would grant their wishes if they were pleased.
300
Name the three sports that Spartian girls were trained in.
What is running, wrestling and throwing the javelin
300
In the 600s (b.c.) what group ruled Athens?
What is landowning nobles
400
When was the very first modern Olympics held?
What is the first week of April in 1896
400
What was one benefit for the greeks because they lived near the sea?
What is they had a good resource nearby for the winter months.
400
The ancient greeks believed that the gods came from two people, who were they?
What is Gaia (the Earth) and Uranos (the sky)
400
Who were the ephors?
What is they enforced the laws and managed tax collection
400
Why was Solon chosen to rule Athens when the Athenians and the nobles disagreed?
What is he was trusted by both sides for he was a fair man
500
Who was the very first Olympic champion in Greece?
What is Coroebus. (He won the stade)
500
Why was meat rarely eaten in Greece?
What is the greeks felt it was wrong to kill and eat a domesticated animal (like goats).
500
Why did the greeks think that Mt.Olympus was the home of the 12 greek gods\ goddesses?
What is Mt.Olympus was often cloudy and no one could see its summit.
500
What was a typical meal served in the barracks and what was in it?
What is black broth, which is pork boiled in animal blood, salt and vinegar
500
Why did the poor support the tyrant Peisistratus?
What is he won their support by loaning money to the poor, dividing large estates between them and he gave them jobs
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