Go to the following website in order to answer the
following questions about Ancient Greece.
Then, each time you get to a section in “quotation marks,” you should return to the homepage and click on
that particular link OR click on that link on the left side of the screen. Have fun!
Go to htttp://www.ancientgreece.com
“Architecture”
1.
What
are the three types of columns?
Illustrate and label each.
2.
Which
of the three was the most decorative?
3.
What
buildings can it be found on? Name
three.
“Mythology”
1.
“In
the beginning [according to the Greeks] there was
______________________”
2.
This
entity/god created _______________, which generated heaven.
3.
Who
was the god of love? ____________________
4.
Who
were Chaos’s four offspring?
a. ______________________________
b. ______________________________
c.
______________________________
d. ______________________________
5.
You
can see from the family tree that Zeus had children with many goddesses. Name the children.
a. ________________________ f. ________________________
b. ________________________ g. ________________________
c. ________________________ h. ________________________
d. ________________________ i. ________________________
e. ________________________
6.
Which
goddess was the mother of Aphrodite?
7.
Aphrodite
was the goddess of ________________ and
_________________________.
“People”
8.
Aeschylus,
a Greek who wrote plays, was known as “the founder of
Greek _______________________.”
9.
What are
the names of the other two Greeks who write these types of plays?
a. _______________________________
b. _______________________________
10. Which one of
these dramatists wrote Heracles?
11.
In
what year was the other dramatist mentioned in #10 born?
“Geography”
Look at
the map.
12. Ancient
Greece is built around the ____________________ Sea.
Read the paragraph under the map.
13. What was the capital of Greece? __________________________
14.
The
city of Athens was a symbol of _________________________,
________________________, and _________________________.
15.
From
which goddess did it take its name?
16. What are the
names of the two hills in the center of the town?
17.
What
are the other two important cities written about on this page?
“Olympics”
18. Why did the
Greeks invent athletic competitions?
19. About what
year did the Olympics begin?
20.
Did
women compete?
21. How do you
know? READ and THINK (you won’t just
“find” the answer)!
22. Put the following Olympic activities in the order they occurred.
________ foot races
________ wrestling, boxing, and pancratium
________ pentathlon
________ sacrifices
*When
you are finished, you may browse the library for an SSR book for your 5th
period class! Be sure to sign it
out!
________ horse races