Lesson 3 Ancient Greek Civilization

I summoned all the gods and goddesses to Mount Olympus. I am known to make lightning and thunder. Who am I?

• Apollo

• Zeus

• Hermes

• Poseidon

I helped Zeus spread the message that he was summoning all the gods and goddesses.

Who am I?

• Poseidon

• Zeus

• Hermes

• Apollo

The most beautiful of all the goddesses was _________, the goddess of beauty and love.

• Athena

• Hephaestus

• Hera

• Aphrodite

Stories about Greek gods and goddesses are called myths. Myths were used by Greeks to -

• explain things they failed to understand

• Increase loyalty to political leaders

• Explain the strategies of miliary leaders

• Record historical events

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Why did Zeus summon all the gods and goddesses to Mount Olympus?

• To introduce a new god

• To have a party

• To put them in time out

• To give them something

Zeus summoned all the gods and goddesses to Mount Olympus

to introduce them to which new god?

• Athena

• Dionysus

• Demeter

• Ares

The gods and goddesses all had powers that explained how things came to be,

or how things happened in nature.

What power did Demeter have?

• To produce fire

• To give wisdom

• To produce thunder and lightning

• Caused seasons and plants to grow

Because Demeter had this power, what did Athena ask him to do

for the people of Athens?

• To make it winter all year

• To make their olive crops more plentiful (grow more)

• To make a new kind of plant

• To make the sun shine brighter

What did Hermes catch Ares doing when he went to summon him?

• Watching the humans at war with enjoyment

• Picking olives

• Sleeping

• Making an iron lightning bolt for his father, Zeus

How did Hephaestus help Zeus?

• Cooked his food for him

• Was his counselor

• Made his lightning bolts

• Carried out his laws