WorksheetsGreek Creation Myth
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
Before science, myths were used to
explain the unexplainable
entertain children
inform other countries of Greece's greatness
scare people
Myths are
fairytales
American legends
a series of questions
stories that try to answer important questions about the human condition
What, according to the Greeks, existed before everything else?
The Titans
Gaia
Uranus
Chaos
Who did Gaia have monstrous children with?
Uranus
Zeus
Cronus
Chaos
What kind of monsters did Uranus and Gaia create? (Select all that apply)
Lockness Monster
Cyclopes
Bigfoot
Hecatoncheires
What did Uranus do to the Cyclopes and Hecatoncheires?
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
Who helped Gaia enact her revenge on Uranus?
Prometheus
Cronus
Pontus
A unicorn
From a fear of being overthrown by his children (like he did to his father, Uranus), what does Cronus do to his children?
Eats them
Throws them into the sea
Imprisons them in Tartarus
Buries them
Which child does Cronus not eat?
Demeter
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
Hera
Zeus and the Olympians defeat Cronus and the Titans. Where does Zeus send the Titans who fought against him after their defeat?
The sea
Tartarus
Under Mount Olympus
Crete
