The Olympics: Part 3

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By Allison Bayles

Multiple Choice

Where is Olympia in relation to Mount Olympus?

• Olympia is in Thessaly in central Greece, while Mt.

  Olympus is on the west coast.

• Olympia is in Peloponnesus in southern Greece, while Mt.

  Olympus is in the northeast.

• Mount Olympus is in Peloponnesus in southern Greece, while Olympia is in the northeast.

Multiple Choice

What were the approximate dates of the Phoenician Civilization?

• c. 1000 B.C. - 800 B.C.

• c. 1600 B.C. - 1400 B.C.

• c. 1400 B.C. - 1200 B.C.

• c. 1200 B.C. - 1000 B.C.

Multiple Choice

Where did the Phoenicians live?

• Greece

• Canaan

• Egypt

• Persia

Multiple Choice

What were the Phoenicians known as in the Bible?

• Moabites

• Amorites

• Philistines

• Canaanites

Multiple Choice

How did the name 'Phoenicians, from phoinos, develop?

• They lived in a land with red soil

• They were bloodthirsty conquerors

• Their skin was redder than any other culture

• They produced a reddish-purple dye

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Why were the Phoenicians known as the greatest seafarers of the ancient world?

• They built very advanced ships

• They never lost a ship at sea

• No one could stop their naval ships when at war

• They were the only ones to sail on large bodies of water

Multiple Choice

What were the predominant occupations of the Phoenicians?

• herdsmen and shepherds

• miners and stonecutters

• trading and transporting goods by sea

• priests and priestesses

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How many vowels did the Phoenicians' alphabet have? How many consonants?

• 30 vowels and 30 consonants

• 13 vowels and 3 consonants

• 20 vowels and 2 consonants

• 0 vowels and 22 consonants

Reorder

Reorder the following

• Minoan Culture

• Mycenaean Civilization

• Trojan War

• The Phoenicians and the Alphabet

• Israel Divided into Two Kingdoms

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Who was the divinity - god or goddess - who hated Heracles and always sought to harm him?

• Hera

• Athena

• Persephone

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Guess what horrible acts Heracles committed while in his madness.

• he drank all the town's water

• he shaved the king

• he killed his wife and three sons

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Which is Hades?

• god of strife

• god of gods

• god of light

• god of death

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Which Apollo?

• god of messages

• god of fire

• god of frenzy

• god of music

Categorize

Options (11)

LONG JUMP

DISCUS THROWING

STADIUM SPRINT

JAVELIN THROWING

WRESTLING

SWIMMING

HORSEBACK RIDING

PISTOL SHOOTING

CROSS COUNTRY

RUNNING

FENCING

Organize these options into the right categories

Ancient

Modern

Match

Match the following

Minoan Culture

Mycenaen Culture

Mycenaen Gate

King Mino's Palace

• Minoan Culture

• Mycenaen Culture

• Mycenaen Gate

• King Mino's Palace

Match

Match the following

Laocoön

Aphrodite/Venus

Corinth

Troy

• Laocoön

• Aphrodite/Venus

• Corinth

• Troy

Multiple Choice

What is the approximate date of the first Olympics?

• c. 837 B.C.

• c. 967 B.C.

• c. 667 B.C.

• c. 776 B.C.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Olympics?

• to test the physical skill of the strongest men in Greece

• a sacred festival of sacrifices for God

• to test the mental skill of the wisest men in Greece

• a sacred festival of sacrifices and athletic games for the gods

Multiple Choice

What would warring tribes stop during the very sacred Olympics?

• sleeping

• tribal feasting

• tribal fighting

• fasting

Multiple Choice

Who was allowed to participate in the Olympics?

• anyone brave enough to compete

• any man or woman who was strong enough to complete the trial competitions

• only pure-blooded Greeks

• only men ages fourteen through twenty-two

Multiple Choice

What happened on the first and fifth days of the Olympics?

• sacred grove cutting and boxing

• chariot races and final parade

• awards to athletes and chariot races

• parade of athletes and awards to winners

Multiple Choice

What happened on the second, third, and fourth days of the Olympics?

• parades

• fishing or food

• duels to the death

• athletic competitions

Multiple Choice

What did the winner of an event at the Olympics receive at the ceremony?

• a necklace of precious roses

• a crown of tin

• a golden crown

• a crown of olive branches