Greece pt1 QUIZ

How many major gods & goddesses did the ancient Greeks worship?

• 6

• 12

• 8

• 4

Where did the ancient Greeks think their gods & goddesses lived?

• Mount Olympus

• Mount Everest

• Delphi

• Don't know

What were their stories/religious texts called?

• Hymns

• Fables

• Myths

• Stories

Polytheism means...

• Belief in many gods

• Belief in one god

• Belief in no gods

• Belief in more than 5 gods

Myths gave the Ancient Greeks an explanation for...

• They explain human behavior

• They explain major life events

• They explain natural events

• They teach life lessons/morals

Who am I? — The "father of history" who used his own thoughts & feelings to write The Histories about the Greco-Persian War.

• Herodotus

• Phidias

• Pythagoras

• Euclid

Who am I? — I created the "Law of the Lever," which influenced the invention of the catapult.

• Archimedes

• Pythagoras

• Thucydides

• Euclid

Who am I? — My sculpture appears in the Parthenon, is located in Athens.

• Phidias

• Thucydides

• Euclid

• Socrates

Who am I? — I am another historian but I used interviews to write my book on the Great Peloponnesian War: The History of the Peloponnesian War.

• Thucydides

• Pythagoras

• Phidias

• Euclid

Socrates named this type of debate after himself:

• Socratic Method

• Argument and debate

• Scientific Method

• None of the above