HISTORY 6TH

The ancient Greeks believed in thousands of gods, goddesses, and magical creatures.

• True

• False

• We do not know

Ancient Greece was made up of many hundreds of Greek city-states, grouped together at the southern end of a very large peninsula out from ______________ into the ________________________ Sea.

• Asia - Mediterranean

• South AmericA - Mediterranean

• Europe - Mediterranean

• Europe - Pacific

The ancient Greeks believed their gods controlled the heavens and earth and could interact with humans and cause all kinds of trouble

• True

• False

• We do not know.

__________________ was the most powerful of all the gods. He was god of the sky and the King of Mount Olympus.

• Hera

• Hades

• Poseidon

• Zeus

________________________ was the god of the sea. He lived in a beautiful palace under the sea and caused earthquakes when he was angry.

• Hercules

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hades

_____________________ was the brother of Zeus and the god of the dead. He ruled the underworld, where people went when they died.

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hercules

• Hades

The Trojan War is a famous story told in the Iliad, which is a poem written by Homer, a famous Greek writer.

• True

• False

• We do not know

The story begins in the city of ___________________, which is now modern day Turkey. The story tells us that the goddesses had a disagreement which they apparently asked Paris, the Prince of Troy, to settle.

• Troy- England

• Troy- Italy

• Troy- Spain

• Troy - Turkey

The three goddesses then offered the Prince a ________________. One offered him an empire, one told him he would be heroic in war and the last, Aphrodite, the Goddess of _____________________, offered him the most beautiful woman in the world.

• bribe - wisdom

• bribe - underworld

• bribe - war

• bribe - love,

The Greeks decided to leave a gift for the Trojans; a large ________________ ___________________.

• poised horse

• wooden horse

• flexible cow

• secure donkey