The Golden Age of Athens: Chapter 29

What are 2 important things Pericles did?

• Promoted Monarchy and started the olympics

• Promoted Democracy and rebuilt Athens

• Promoted Oligarchy and rebuilt Persia

• Promoted Anarchy and built a statue of Atena

The Parthenon honored this goddess, who was the goddess of:

• Beauty and cleanliness

• Wisdom and war

• Cooking and kung fu

• Agriculture and marriage

Doric, Ionic and Corinthian are three types of:

• Greek food

• Greek columns

• Greek temples

• Greek gods

One of the great achievements of Greek sculptors was:

• Creating lifelike statues

• Creating statues with moving parts

• Building ships that could carry many people

• Creating statues of people's pets

What is one thing that is similar between Greek plays and modern movies?

• They cost millions of dollars to make

• Amazing special effects

• Awards for best actor and writer

• Only men were actors

Because Socrates was accused of not honoring the gods with his philosophy, he was:

• Banned from teaching

• Asked to leave Greece

• Sentenced to death

• Awarded a prize for best philosopher

Some of the sports the ancient Greeks competed in included:

• Dance competition

• An early form of soccer

• Races and combat sports

• An early form of basketball

The golden age of Greece started during the rebuilding of Athens. Why was Athens rebuilt?

• It was destroyed in and earthquake

• It was destroyed by a volcano

• It was destroyed by the Spartan army

• It was destroyed by the Persian army

Socrates taught people by

• Lectures

• Asking Questions

• Providing Experiences

• Intimidation

The Golden Age of Athens is characterized by

• Cultural achievements

• Architecture

• A lasting historical impact that we see today

• Free speech for all