WorksheetsCh 8 Lesson 1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 16mins
p. 214- Greek poems and stories are some of the oldest literature in Western civilization. What does the word literature mean?
myths about Greek gods and goddesses
architectural buildings
written publications, texts, writings
p. 214- Europeans and ____ used ancient Greek words as models for writing their own literature
Americans
Mesopotamians
Egyptians
p. 215- What were two great Greek epics?
Troy and Alexander the Great
the Iliad and the Odyssey
the Iliad and the story of Zeus
p. 215- In the epic called The Illiad, the Greeks are fighting the Trojans (who live in the city of Troy). The Greeks trick the Trojans into accepting a _________________________
huge, hollow wooden horse as a victory prize
huge, hollow wooden oracle as a victory prize
a group of soldiers to fight in a final battle
p. 215- Why do people use the word odyssey to describe a long, exciting journey?
because the Greeks visited an odyssey in ancient times to find out about the future.
because the Greek epic, the Iliad, describes how the Greeks tricked the Trojans into accepting the huge horse that was actually filled with Greek soldiers
because the Greek epic, the Odyssey, describes Odysseus's long trip home from the Trojan war in which he had to fight monsters and witches along the way
p. 216- Who wrote the Greek epics, the Iliad and the Oddysey?
Pericles
Homer
King Leonidas
p. 216- What did Homer's epics teach?
Homer's stories taught about honor and courage and that is was important to be loyal to your friends and to value relationships
Homer's stories taught about Greek mythology and which gods had which powers
Homer's stories taught about courage and bravery in battles and that it was important to win and beat your enemy
p. 216- Besides epics, Greeks also wrote _____, which were stories taught a lesson and usually had animals that could speak
poems
literature
fables
p. 217- The Golden Age of Greece are the years around 500 B.C. to 200 B.C. During this time, ____________________
art, philosophy, architecture and literature flourished
art, philosophy, architecture and literature had not yet been invented
the Greeks were learning how to make coins and weapons from gold
The Golden Age of Greece is when art, philosophy, literature, and architecture flourished. What must flourish mean?
to teach a lesson about bravery
to advance and improve
to be destroyed and forbidden
p. 217- Who created the first dramas?
ancient Mesopotamians
ancient Greeks
ancient Egyptians
p. 217- What are the 2 categories of Greek dramas?
tragedy or mythology
epic or fable
tragedy or comedy
p. 219- Classical Greek art set standards of beauty that people still admire today
True
False
p. 219- Every Greek city-state had a temple dedicated to a god or goddess. One of the most famous is _________
the Athens
the Olympus
the Parthenon
