Worksheets1st Quiz Ancient Greece Unit
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 7mins
Some people are worrying that 2020 may be the worst year ever. There are some VERY difficult things going on. But, it's probably not even close. You learned that which year, very likely, was the worst year ever?
1,000 AD
1944 AD
278 BC
536 AD
During the "Worst Year Ever" that you learned about in class, which of the following things happened? Check all that apply and none that don't!
darkness all day, all year long
swarms of locusts (grasshoppers) eating all of the crops
crops didn't grow
people starved
thousands of tornadoes, all over the world, all year long
On the basic timeline of history (of all time), what event was used as the dividing point, point 0 ?
The birth of Jesus Christ
The beginning of the universe
The death of Jesus Christ
When a giant asteroid hit the Earth and killed off the dinosaurs
When we're talking about the timeline of history, what does 'AD' stand for?
All Done
After Death
Able to Direct
Anno Dominii
I'm reading you a story in class. I just started. It's called The Odyssey (the cover of the book says "Ulysses", the Roman name for the main character). Who is said to have written this story along with the one that comes before it called "The Iliad"?
Heracles
Odysseus
Hannibal
Homer
The story that comes before The Odyssey which I've started reading to you in class, is about what? Check all that apply and none that don't!
A 10-year-long war between some other Greek cities and the Greek city of Troy
A crazy way that some Trojans escaped from Troy, by flying away on some strapped on wings
A famous way the 'Greeks' got into the city of Troy, by using a wooden horse as a trick
The goddess Athena who gave Odysseus a golden crown
Where would 275 AD go on this number line?
at point A
at point B
at point C
at point D
at none of these places
Which one of the following years is the farthest back in history?
473 BC
475 AD
112 BC
329 AD
The story called The Odyssey comes to us from far in the past even before there was writing maybe. It was part of the storytelling tradition. Which of the following were part of the storytelling tradition of ancient societies? Only choose those that are true but none that aren't!
Stories were passed on from generation to generation
Stories were a way for people to know where they came from, what their culture stood for.
Stories were often sung & not told
stories were in the form of poetry with regular rhythm and rhymes and patterns
This timeline system that we use today was created by the Christian Church of the Middle Ages.
T
F
What does the term "AD" mean in English? NOT what do the letters stand for.
Always trust in God
The year or our Lord
The Lord is God
The year that is after the previous one.
I showed you part of a video that was made way back in the 1980's. One part was of a man in Ireland & the other part was of 2 men in Turkey. Why did I show you these people?
because they were modern examples of storytellers like Homer probably was.
because, especially with the Turkish guys, you could actually see the singing of stories in action so to speak, like it would have been in ancient times.
because you can see how the audience would have been in ancient times, listening intently for even 2-3 hours.
all of these things are true.
