Ancient Greece

Modern-day Greece has more landmass than ancient Greece.

• True

• False

The Persian Wars affected the Greek civilization by buildings being destroyed, Athens being burned, and the economy and the military being weakened.

• True

• False

After the Persian Wars, Sparta and other city-states formed the Delian League.

• True

• False

After the Persian Wars, Sparta and other city-states formed the ______________ League.

• Athenian
• Peloponnesian

• Spartan
• Macedonian

Sparta and other city-states formed the Peloponnesian League.

• True

• False

The island of _____ is part of Greece.

A description of education in ancient Greece includes that

• boys began school at age six and continued until at least age fourteen.

• students used the Greek alphabet as they wrote on wax-coated tablets.

• boys from poorer families and also girls attended school.

Homer contributed to literature in that

• his works include the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey.

• his epics give glimpses into life and culture during the dark age of Greece.

• his epics emphasize the values heroes should have.

Greek _____ tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heroes.

Greek _____ were passed down by storytellers.

• epics

• math equations

• myths