Ancient Olympics/Democracy
Socrates/philosophy
Aesop/Greek alphabet
Engineering/Technology
Mythology/Homer’s Works
100
Who was allowed to vote?
Free men who were born in Athens.
100
What does philosophy mean?
love in wisdom
100
How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?
24 letters
100
Why do you think the pulley was useful to the ancient Greeks?
a huge help to them in the means of building, because they could more easily lift heavy stones or blocks without exerting too much energy or straining their muscles
100
what is the purpose of myths?
to explain the creation of the world, to explain natural events (rain, seasons, etc.), to teach moral lessons, to explain our fears and hopes, to explain the history, to explain religious practices
200
Who was allowed to play in the Olympics games?
Only men, boys and unmarried girls were allowed to attend the Olympic Games.
200
What was Socrates's punishment?
his punishment was to drink poison or get out of Athens
200
Why is it important to know Aesop’s fables?
Aesop’s fables teach morals lessons.
200
Why do you think the water screw was useful to the ancient Greeks?
It was used to empty the water out of leaking ships and flooded mines. Fields of crops were watered by using the screw to pull water from lakes and rivers.
200
True or False. Did Homer wrote the Iliad
True
300
How many people did they need to make a decision?
6,000 people
300
Who was Plato?
Socrates student
300
who is Aesop?
Aesop is a storyteller and he is famous for his fables
300
Why do you think smelting was useful to the ancient Greeks?
it was easy to cast and shape, workers in the classical world of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome used it extensively to the pipe and store water.
300
Who is Homer?
Homer is an author of the Iliad and the Odyssey
400
How did the Olympic Games begin?
The Olympic Games began over 2,700 years ago in Olympia, in southwest Greece. Every 4 years, around 50,000 people came from all over the Greek world to watch and play.
400
What famous book did he write?
The Republic
400
what letter is?
D
400
Explain the law that Archimedes came up with.
stating that any body completely or partially submerged in a fluid (gas or liquid) at rest is acted upon by an upward, or buoyant, force the magnitude of which is equal to the weight of the fluid.
400
Why was Homer called the blind poet?
Because Homer performed and sang he is called a bard. He is thought to have been blind, and so is known as the blind bard