Ancient Greece

Greece is located on the ______, which stretches out into the Mediterranean Sea from southeastern Europe.

• Italian Peninsula
• Iberian Peninsula
• Balkan Peninsula
• Scandinavian Peninsula

Answer explanation

Greece has a rugged, rocky seacoast. Inland from the coast, the land is very mountainous, making it difficult to farm. Crops can only be grown on about ___ of the land today.

• 1/2

• 1/3

• 1/4

Who were the Greeks descendants of?

• One of Eliezer's sons (Eliezer was the 2nd son of Moses)

• One of Japheth's sons (Japheth was the 3rd son of Noah)

• One of Ham's sons (Ham was the 2nd son of Noah)

• One of Pythagoras's sons (Pythagoras was the son of Mnesarchus)

The first settlers that we know of in the region were the (a)   , who lived on the island of Crete, and the (b)   , who had a thriving city on the mainland of Greece.

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

• Romans

According to legend, the Trojan War ended when the Mycenaeans pretended to depart from the city of Troy in Asia Minor while leaving behind a __________ with soldiers hidden inside. When the curious Trojans brought this inside the city walls, the hidden soldiers came out and opened the gates, allowing their comrades to enter and defeat the city.

• golden chariot

• bronze statue

• wooden horse

• wooden bull

Answer explanation

The wooden horse was known as the Trojan Horse.

What did the Greeks add to the Phoenicians' alphabet in the 700s B.C. that allowed poets and writers to put their poems and stories in writing instead of just reciting them? The alphabet used previously was fine for making lists and for bookkeeping but was awkward to use for literature.

• Consonants

• Vowels

• Symbols

• Numbers

Philosopher means "lover of wisdom," and most philosophers did not believe in the false Greek gods. For this, they were criticized, and some even put to death. Some Greek philosophers turned towards mathematics and science.

🔶Two famous Greek philosophers were Plato and Aristotle.

Match these other Greek Philosophers to their correct descriptions.

• Pythagoras

• In the 500s B.C., thought of some very important rules of mathematics that we still use today

• Socrates

• Concerned with doing what was right and good; Was condemned to die because he did not believe in the Greek gods

• Democritus

• Passed along an atomic theory, which will not completely accurate, is close to our understanding of atoms today

A group of philosophers called the (a)   argued that something is only true if someone believes it. They taught that since the Greek gods did not exist, men should do whatever they desired.

• Sophists

• Trojans

• Phoenicians

Who was the Greek bard, or singing poet, that turned many old Greek stories and myths into two long poems called the Iliad and the Odyssey, which are still read today? Also, much of what Greeks knew about the gods was learned from his work.

• Aesop

• Zeus

• Archimedes

• Homer

______ became the most famous writer of fables in the world, and his fables are stories that have a moral, or teaching, attached to them. From his fables come many of our famous sayings, such as "sour grapes" and "don't count your chickens before they hatch."

• Homer
• Shakespeare
• Aesop
• Archimedes