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Olympics
Gods & Goddesses
Zeus
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How often is the Olympics staged?
It is staged every 4 years.
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What did people believe?
People believed that gods and goddesses watched over them.
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Where is a huge statue of Zeus?
It is in the Temple of Zeus.
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Greece was in between ______ and _____.
Greece was in between Europe and Africa.
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What is a polis?
A polis is a city-state.
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Who were the games in honor for?
It was in honor for Zeus.
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What were gods like?
Gods were like humans, except they were immortal.
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What is the statue of Zeus also called?
It is also called one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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Greece was a _________, a land with 3 sides covered with water.
Greece was a PENINSULA, a land with 3 sides covered with water.
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What are one of the first 2 cultures that settled and developed in Greece?
The Mycenaeans and the Minoans.
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Who was Zeus?
Zeus was the King of the gods.
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What did Gods do?
The Gods watched down to see what humans were doing.
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When was the statue built?
It was built in 435 BC.
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About how many people were in Ancient Greece?
There is about 4.5 million people.
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What is an acropolis?
An acropolis is a high hill.
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When did the Olympics start?
The Olympics started in 776 BC.
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Where did the Gods live in?
Families of Gods and Goddesses lived in a cloud-palace.
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What was the statue of Zeus covered with?
It was covered with gold and ivory.
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Why were there flat lands?
There was flat lands for farming and for building villages.
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A _________ age is one that is marked by great achievements.
A classical age is one that is marked by great achievements.
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When did the Olympic games start? (The Olympics we see today)
It started in 1896.
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What did Zeus do? (A bad thing)
He went to the human world as a human or animal and tricked women.
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How much bigger was the statue than a man?
The statue was 6 times bigger than a man.
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What sea was on the south of Greece?
The Mediterranean Sea was on the south of Greece.
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Name 3 city-states. (The 3 we did with the venn diagram)
Sparta, Athen, and Corinth.