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The Olympics
Children
100
What does the word democracy mean?
it means government by the people
100
What are today's Olympics based on?
Classical Greece
100
Were both girls and boys allowed to go to school?
No
200
What were the two most important city states?
Athens and Sparta
200
What year was the first Olympic games?
776 BC
200
Boys did athletics to prepare them for what?
to be soldiers
300
What are the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?
alpha and beta (that's where the word alphabet comes from)
300
During the first Olympic Games what was the only sport?
Running
300
How old were the boys in Sparta when they were taken to the city and raised?
7
400
What did the Greeks sail away to start in other places?
Colonies
400
in the ancient Olympics Instead of gold, silver, or bronze awards what did the winner actually receive?
an olive wreath
400
What age were girls when they got married?
13-16 years old
500
How old was Alexander the Great when he died?
32
500
What was the penalty for married women who were caught watching the ancient Olympics?
Death
500
In Sparta what were boys told to steal from farmers?
food (if they were caught, they were beaten - for not running away fast enough)