Ch. 8 Greek Civilization

The Greeks hoped to earn the favors of the gods by performing rituals, __________________, and sacrifices.

A time when Greek culture spread through the known world.

• Zeus

• Hippocrates

• Hellenistic Era

• Socrates

The Chief God that the Greeks worshiped.

• Artemis

• Apollo

• Athena

• Zeus

Many Greeks visited an __________ to find out about the future.

• philisopher-king
• priest
• oracle

Stories that used animals to teach a lesson or moral were called _________

• fables
• myths
• dramas

Athens was named after _______________, the Greek goddess of wisdom and crafts.

• Athena

• Zeus

• Artemis

• Hera

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Homer

• Shakespeare

An oracle is a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for the _______________.

• kings

• doctors

• priests

• gods

The Tortoise and the Hare is an example of a ______________.

• myth

• fable

• epic

• story.

What type of genre is the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• epic

• myth

• fable

• science fiction