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WorksheetsGreek Creation Myth
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 30mins
What, according to the Greeks, existed before everything else?
Titans
Gaea
Eros
Chaos
Who did Gaea have monstrous children with?
Uranus
Cronus
Zeus
Tartarus
Gaea gave birth to two sons, the sky and the sea. What did she name them?
Uranus and Pontus
Poseidon and Zeus
Ares and Persephone
Tartarus and Eros
What kind of monsters did Uranus and Gaea create and consider their children? (select all that apply)
Cyclopes
Hecatonchires - Hundred-Handed Giants
Giant Sharks
Man-Eating Birds
What did Uranus do to the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed Giants?
He treated them with love and kindness
He gave them control of the heavens
He imprisoned them in the underworld
He fought them to the death
How did Gaea feel about her children being imprisoned in the underworld by Uranus?
She was angry and wanted revenge
She was happy and celebrated
She was disappointed and upset
She did not care too much
What was the name of the first generation of immortal Greek Gods?
Titans
Olympians
Chosen
The Strong Ones
Who was the youngest, but most clever Titan?
Atlas
Cronus
Styx
Prometheus
Who helped Gaea enact her revenge on Uranus?
Pontus
Tartarus
Cronus
Eros
Before science, myths were used to
explain the unexplainable
entertain children
scare people
educate other countries
How did Cronus feel about his father, Uranus?
He hated him and also wanted revenge
He loved him and felt bad about hurting him
He was loyal to his father and would never cause him harm
He never knew his father
The immortal being Tartarus represents
The skies
The sea
The underworld
Love
Gaea represents
Earth
The sea
The skies
Space
From a fear of being overthrown by his children (like he did to Uranus), what does Cronus do to his children?
Throws them into the sea
Eats them
Imprisons them in the underworld
Buries them in mother earth
Which child does Cronus not eat?
Demeter
Hades
Zeus
Poseidon
Hera
How does Zeus trick Cronus into returning his brothers and sisters to life after eating them?
Feeds him a rock which make Cronus vomit them back up
Sneaks Cronus a drugged drink which makes him vomit them back up
Slices open Cronus' belly and frees them
Cuts off his father's head and pulls them from his neck
Zeus and the Olympians defeat Cronus and the Titans. Where does Zeus send the Titans who fought against him after their defeat?
Under Mount Olympus
To the Abyss (part of the underworld)
To Erebus (the unknowable place where death dwells)
Buries them in Mother Earth (Gaia)
Who was the first wife of Zeus?
Thetis
Metis
Minerva
Hera
Who comes up with the plan to make Cronus vomit up his children?
Minerva
Metis
Thetis
Rhea
The first race of humans were
strong and agile
young and fragile
old and frail
weak and lonely
