All About Greek Life
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Thinkers/Gods
100

Ancient Greece is a place made up of ....

A. towns

B. cities

C. city-states

D. islands

C. city-states

100

Boys in Sparta were taught how to...

A. Be soldiers

B. Be farmers

C. Be swimmers

A. Be soldiers

100

One great Greek thinker and teacher was ______.

A. Mrs. Corbett

B. Abraham Lincoln

C. Plato

C. Plato

200

Greece is on the Continent of....


A. Antarctica

B. Europe

C. North America

D. Australia

B. Europe

200

Right after the Battle of Marathon, a messenger ran _________ miles to deliver news of the battle.

A. 260 miles

B. 26 miles

C. 6 miles

B. 26 miles

200

Alexander the Great was famous for being a nice guy.


True or False

False

300

 Girls in Athens were taught how ….

A. To fight

B. To sew

C. To sing

B. To sew

300

The first Olympics only had one event. 

Which one was it?

A. Pole Jumping

B. Footrace

C. Swimming

B. Footrace

300

______________________was the goddess of Greek cities, war, cleverness, and wisdom.


   Athena    Democracy    Apollo    Aphrodite   Olympics  

Athena

400

What began in Athens first?

A. War

B. Democracy

C. Pizza

D. Dancing

B. Democracy

400

You had to be 18 and a citizen to be part of the ____________ in Athens.

A. City

B. Assembly

C. Party

B. Assembly

400

____________________ was the god of medicine and poetry.  

Athena    Democracy    Apollo    Aphrodite   Olympics  

  Apollo

500

Boys in Athens were taught how…..

A. To cook

B. To sew 

C. To play a lyre

C. To play a lyre

500

In Sparta, you could vote, but never....


A. raise your hand

B. laugh/smile

C. argue/discuss

C. argue/discuss

500

______________________ was the goddess of love and beauty, and of course she was very beautiful.

Athena    Democracy    Apollo    Aphrodite   Olympics

Aphrodite