Ancient Greece Study Guide

Who was the king of the Greek gods?

• Apollo

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Hera

What were boys in Athens taught?

• How to weave and sew

• How to play the lyre

• How to conquer lands

• How to bake cookies

What were girls in Athens taught?

• How to weave and sew

• How to play the lyre

• How to conquer lands

• How to bake cookies

What was Greece?

• Lawyers of ancient time

• conquerors

• bakers

• collections of city-states

What was Alexander the Great famous for?

• playing the lyre

• weave and sew

• conquering many lands

• baking cookies

What happened right after the Battle of Marathon?

• a messenger ran 26 miles to deliver news of battle

• many lands were conquered

• the Olympics

• Plato was born

Who was a great Greek thinker and teacher?

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Plato

• Hera

Athens was the place where...

• democracy began

• they taught their young boys to be soldiers

• Zeus lives

• cookies originated from

In the first Olympics, what was the one event?

• relay race

• foot race

• high jump

• underwater basket weaving

What were Spartan boys trained to be?

• musicians

• soldiers

• weavers

• bakers