Greek Culture Chapter 8

They believed in the same ______ - traditional stories about gods and heroes.

• Myths

• Legends

• Fables

• Tales

The Greeks believed in ______ gods and ______ goddesses.

• many

• few

• no

• one

The gods have great ______, but they looked and acted like ______.

• powers

• humans

• weaknesses

• animals

• mortals

______ most important gods and goddesses lived on Mount ______, Greece's highest mountain.

• 12 Olympus

• 10 Everest

• 15 Kilimanjaro

• 8 Fuji

______ was the god of sun and poetry.

• Apollo

• Zeus

• Hades

• Poseidon

______ was goddess of love.

• Aphrodite

• Athena

• Hera

• Artemis

Two fierce gods, ______ was god of war and ______ god of seas and earthquakes.

• Ares and Poseidon

• Zeus and Hades

• Apollo and Hermes

• Dionysus and Hephaestus

They believed their spirits went to a gloomy world beneath the earth ruled by a god named ______.

• Hades

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Apollo

Greeks worshipped the god in temples and at home. They ______ and ______ gifts. This was in hope that they would grant good fortune.

• prayed

• offered

• ignored

• took

• neglected

Beginning in 776 B.C, the ______ ______ took place every four years. The first modern ______ took place in ______ in ______.

• Olympics

• Super Bowl

• Commonwealth Games

• World Cup

• Olympic Games