Architecture and Sculptures
Greek architecture is known for its use of _____.
a. pyramids
b. tunnels
c. columns
c. columns
Hippocrates is considered the father of what?
a. politics
b. theatre
c. medicine
c. medicine
a. Hermes
b. Poseidon
c. Aphrodite
a. Hermes
Why did Greeks create myths about their gods and goddesses?
a. to teach moral behavior
b. explain events they could not understand
c. entertain their children
b. explain events they could not understand
How would you compare a tyrant with a democratic leader?
a. tyrant looks out for his own power; democratic leader looks out for others
b. democratic leader looks out for his own power; tyrant looks out for others
c. tyrant is evil; democratic leader is always good
a. tyrant looks out for his own power; democratic leader looks out for others
Greek temples had three different styles of what?
a. columns
b. stained glass windows
c. balconies
a. columns
Pythagoras was a Greek ______.
a. physician
b. playwright
c. mathematician
c. mathematician
Which of the following gods and goddesses were siblings?
a. Demeter and Zeus
b. Athena and Poseidon
c. Apollo and Artemis
c. Apollo and Artemis
What did the ancient Greeks believe about their gods?
a. they were moral
b. they created laws that governed the Greeks' behavior
c. they intervened in their daily lives
c. they intervened in their daily lives
What is a major difference between a monarch and a democratic leader?
a. monarch has absolute power; democratic leaders do not
b. monarch is born into power; democratic leaders are elected by the people
c. monarch is given more respect than a democratic leader
b. monarch is born into power; democratic leaders are elected by the people
What was a distinguishing feature of Greek sculptures?
a. human bodies were depicted as flawless
b. goddesses were depicted with no arms
c. statues of gods and goddesses were only found in temples
a. human bodies were depicted as flawless
Pythagoras' mathematical systems provided a theory used still today? what is it?
a. 1 + 1 = 2
b. 1A + 2A = 3A
c. A2 + B2 = C2
c. A2 + B2 = C2
Who was the Parthenon built to dedicate?
a. Ares
b. Athena
c. Zeus
b. Athena
Aphrodite was born as a full-grown adult. Which other god or goddess had an unusual birth?
a. Demeter was born from the sea
b. Athena was born out of Zeus' head
c. Apollo appeared out of thin air
b. Athena was born out of Zeus' head
a. only male citizens born in Athens
b. any male or female citizen born in Athens
c. any male or female citizen born anywhere in Greece
a. only male citizens born in Athens
What was a basic component of Greek architecture?
a. temple
b. portal
c. column
c. column
Pythagoras' contributions helped which people?
a. architects
b. medical students
c. writers
a. architects
Whose work may have contributed to the stability of buildings?
a. Socrates
b. Hippocrates
c. Pythagoras
c. Pythagoras
Which god or goddesses' symbol was a figure holding a torch?
a. Apollo
b. Demeter
c. Athena
b. Demeter
What law passed by Pericles is still effective today in America?
a. all trials have juries
b. all jurors get paid for their time
c. all citizens have the right to vote
How was Hippocrates different from other physicians at that time?
a. relied on intervention from the gods
b. used magic in his treatments
c. studied the natural causes of illnesses
c. studied the natural causes of illnesses
Which god do you think ancient Greeks would pray to temporarily stop the war so that they could attend the Olympics?
a. Zeus
b. Ares
c. Athena
b. Ares