Ancient Greece

A description of education in ancient Greece includes that ___

• boys began school at age 6 and continued until at least age 14

• boys from poorer families and also girls attended school

• students used the Greek alphabet as they wrote on wax-coated tablets

Greek myths___

• tell stories about Greek gods and goddesses or human heroes

• were passed down by storytellers

• remained unchanged from the original versions

Greek plays___

• were performed as a literary art form during religious festivals

• were mostly about the gods and heroes

• included the comedy and the tragedy

Achievements in math and science in ancient Greece include that___.

• Archimedes advanced the development of pulleys

• Hippocrates contributed to the study of astronomy

• Pythagoras studied geometry and developed a theorem about the area of the triangles

A description of athletic games in ancient Greece includes at athletes____

• began practicing as schoolboys

• competed in events such as sprints, wresting, discus throwing, and chariot races

• who won were crowned with garlands of laurel leaves

How is the influence of ancient Greece seen in today's world?

• the clothes that they wore

• buildings and architecture

• everybody walks everywhere

• communities are isolated

This militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.

• Athens

• Delphi

• Corinth

• Sparta

This city-state which favored democracy and a well-rounded education.

• Sparta

• Athens

• Delphi

• Corinth

In Athens, boys…

• went to school to learn reading, writing, arithmetic, music, and physical education

• studied warfare and were placed in the army. They could retire at age 60.

• became farmers and grew food for the wealthy.

• were taught astronomy, geometry, and science.

Who could participate in the Athenian democracy?

• All adult male citizens and slaves

• All free men and women

• All free, adult male citizens

• Anyone who lived in Athens