Ancient Greece Lesson 2 - The Greek City-States

What two powers fought in the Trojan War?

• Egypt and Babylon
• Rome and Carthage
• Troy and the Greeks

• Sparta and Persia

This city was located on the western coast of Asia Minor, and fought against the Greeks in the Trojan War.

• Troy
• Athens
• Sparta
• Rome

What do we call traditional stories that may include gods and goddesses and that often try to explain events in nature?

• Myths
• Fables
• Folktales
• Legends

The kidnapping of this woman from Sparta is what started the Trojan War.

• Athena of Sparta
• Cleopatra of Sparta
• Juliet of Sparta
• Helen of Sparta

How did the Greeks use to defeat the Trojans?

• Trojan Cat strategy
• Trojan Elephant strategy
• Trojan Dolphin strategy
• Trojan Horse strategy

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

• Homer
• Hemingway
• Tolkien
• Shakespeare

Which Greek city-state was named after the goddess Athena?

• Sparta
• Athens
• Corinth
• Thebes

What was the Iliad?

• The Iliad was a play written by Shakespeare.
• The Iliad was an ancient Greek poem that tells about the Trojan War.

• The Iliad was a type of ancient Greek currency.
• The Iliad was a scientific theory proposed by Galileo.

What was the Odyssey?

• A type of ancient Greek pottery
• A medieval European castle
• A famous Roman emperor

• An ancient Greek epic poem the tells of Odysseus' journey home from Troy

What is oral tradition?

• Oral tradition involves only visual elements
• Oral tradition is the passing down of cultural knowledge through spoken word.
• Oral tradition is a form of written communication
• Oral tradition is a modern invention