Ancient Greece

The Greek Myth of the Minotaur is an example of what in Greek culture?

• Myths to explain the natural world (Earthquakes)

• Fun stories made for kids

• Something we believe in today

• None of the above

City-States were created because mountains and seas made controlling all of Greece difficult is an example of what?

• Why myths are made

• How geography affects culture and history

• How poor leadership brings down a nation

• Geography having little impact on civilizations

Cities on the mainland of Greece often made alliances against island cities is an example of what?

• Why myths were made

• How poor leadership brings down a nation

• How geography affects culture and history

• Geography having little impact on civilizations

What set of words best describe Sparta?

• Military, strong, war, muscles

• Brains, talking, education, thinking

• Trade, travel, building, language

• Invention, movement, music, food

What set of words best describe Athens?

• Military, strong, war, muscles

• Brains, talking, education, thinking

• Trade, travel, building, language

• Invention, movement, music, food

The movie Percy Jackson retelling old Greek stories is an example of what?

• Ancient Greek culture impacting people today

• Hollywood has very little imagination

• Greece having little impact on the world

• How little we know about ancient Greece

The buildings in Washington DC being designed to look like ancient Greece is an example of what?

• Ancient Greek culture impacting people today

• Construction workers having very little imagination

• Greece having little impact on the world

• How little we know about ancient Greece

What types of theater plays did Greece create?

• Religious and scientific

• War and drama

• Action and horror

• Comedy and tragedy

What does the word impact mean?

• How something changed something else. Good or bad

• Giving the physical description of something

• What is important

• Telling how two things are similar to each other

Who created the first Democracy?

• Sparta

• Athens

• Troy

• Ithaca