WorksheetsGolden Age of Athens
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 28mins
You can tell this type of column because it is the most simple of Greek column styles. (a)
You can tell which type of Greek column this is because it is the most elaborate. (a)
Let's take a trip to ancient Greece! Can you tell me who Athena was the goddess of?
Was she the goddess of love and beauty?
Or was she the goddess of war and wisdom?
Maybe she was the goddess of the sun, poetry, and music?
Or was she the goddess of the moon and the hunt?
Do you know which mountain in Greece was so awesome that it got to be the namesake of the twelve most important gods and goddesses?
Was it Mount Vesuvius?
Or maybe Mount Etna?
Could it be Mount Kythnos?
Or is it Mount Olympus?
Imagine you're a time-traveling historian, visiting ancient Greece. You notice three distinct styles of columns. Can you arrange them from the simplest to the most complex?
Ionic, Doric, Corinthian
Corinthian, Doric, Ionic
Doric, Ionic, Corinthian
Ionic, Corinthian, Doric
Imagine you're a time traveler visiting ancient Greece. Where would you find yourself watching a Greek play?
Cozied up in a small theater inside the private home of a wealthy Greek.
At the acropolis, surrounded by the majestic statues of gods and goddesses.
In an open-air theater built into the side of a hill, under the vast sky.
In the bustling marketplace, amidst a gathering of townsfolk.
Can you guess what Philosophy is the love of?
Is it the love of talking?
Could it be the love of thinking?
Or is it the love of wisdom?
Maybe it's the love of books?
Imagine you're a time traveler, and you've just met Socrates. What action of his do you think landed him in hot water?
Did he try to shake up the Athenian government by starting a revolution?
Did he ditch his belief in the gods and goddesses and convert to Christianity?
Did he point fingers at Athenian leaders, accusing them of leading the youth astray?
Or did he stir the pot by encouraging people to question everything they thought they knew?
Let's take a trip back in time! Can you tell me what the Panathenaic Games were?
A grand festival that honored the mighty goddess Athena. Sounds fun, right?
An event held every four years to pay tribute to Zeus. Quite a long wait, isn't it?
A drama competition that lasted for days at a time. Imagine the suspense!
Athletic events where only women could participate. Girl power, huh?
Of the main design elements of a Greek temple which is the top triangle?
Pediment
Columns
frieze
metopes
The style of these are Doric, Ionic or Corinthian.
Pediment
Columns
frieze
metopes
What did the Greeks call the statues that decorated their temples?
Pediment
Columns
frieze
metopes
Imagine you've time-traveled back to the period after the Persian Wars. Athens is buzzing with peace, prosperity, and innovation. What is this exciting era known as?
The Periclean Age
The Golden Age
The Great Age
The Hellenistic Age
Let's take a trip back in time! The Greeks were masters of philosophy, sculpture, architecture, and what else? Can you guess?
Theater
Painting
Electronics
Transportation
Who do you think was the mastermind behind the grand reconstruction of Athens during its Golden Age? Hint: It's not Socrates!
Socrates
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Phidias
Pop quiz time! Can you guess which temple, dedicated to the goddess Athena, was rebuilt during this period?
Parthenon
Pantheon
Oracle of Delphi
Agora
Pop quiz time! Can you guess who taught his students to think by asking them questions? Hint: He's a famous philosopher!
Plato
Socrates
Pericles
Aristotle
What type of Greek column is shown above?
Doric
Ionic
Corinthian
Tuscan
