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Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 15mins
He wrote the Iliad around the 8th century B.C.
Homer
Arthur Evans
Henrich Schliemann
Odysseus
He was king of the island of Crete
Hector
Achilles
Agamemnon
Minos
Zeta ________ Theta ______
(a)
Explain how Achilles was immortal:
His mother dipped him in the river Styx
He was born to Zeus and Hera
He defeated Hercules
He carried the sword of Theseus
This city state was believed to be impenetrable and forced a ten year long war:
(a)
Half man and Half Bull, this creature lived on the island of Crete
(a)
Name the symbol
(a)
What did Athena give the people of Athens to win the contest against Poseidon?
a wooden horse
barrels of win
silver spear
olive branch
Name the greek symbol
(a)
Body of land surrounded on three sides by water
(a)
The main land of Greece is known as
Pelloponnesus
island
peninsula
Peloponnesus
The heart of any civilization is the:
resources
Government
Economy
military
The name used by the Romans to describe the Greeks
Greekans
Minoan
Graecoi
Mycenae
He judged the contest between the three goddesses to determine the fairest
(a)
A busy marketplace in the center of Athens made up of open-air buildings
agora
assembly
tyrant
villa
The center of religious life in Athens; a hill overlooking the city of Athens
myth
Acropolis
Agora
city-state
A myth is defined as:
a legend or traditional story; often about gods and goddesses
highest mountain in Greece
a legend or traditional story from Sumeria
A short story used to tell a tale about a person or event
Choose two heroes from the Battle for Troy that fought for the Greeks
Achilles
Odysseus
Hector
Paris
Choose two heroes that fought for the Trojans
Achilles
Odysseus
Hector
Paris
How did Theseus find his way to the center of the labyrinth?
He had the wings of Hermes to guide him
Arthur Evans gave him a ball of string
Ariadne gives him a ball of string
Achilles provided a light and map
The government of ancient Athens was called:
Demokratia
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Republic
