Ancient Greece - from the British Museum Name ____________________________________________ Period ______ Date _______/________/_________ Open Internet Explorer, type: http://www.ancientgreece.co.uk/ in the address space and press Enter. Use the links on the left to locate answers to the following questions. Click on the map of Greece to return to the main menu. Short answers are OK. The Acropolis 1. What was the purpose of the Acropolis? _________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Describe the most famous building in the Athenian Acropolis ________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ - Click on "Explore", then "To the Acropolis" Choose two buildings on the model and give the name and a description of each: building 1: ___________________________________________________________________________________ building 2: ___________________________________________________________________________________ Athens 3. Athens was the first city-state to develop what type of government? ____________________________________ 4. What part in their government did Athenians have to take? ___________________________________________ 5. Who could not participate in government? ________________________________________________________ Daily Life 6. How was life in ancient Greece different for men and women? _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What jobs did slaves have in ancient Greece? _____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. How was daily life in Sparta different than in other city-states? _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Festivals & Games 9. Why were festivals held? _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What types of competitions did they have at the festivals? __________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Geography 11. Describe the physical features and location of Greece: _____________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ - Click on "Explore", read the box, then click "continue". Click the drop-down; select the "Myth Map". Explain the importance of the following places to Greek myths: (use the "Zoom" and "Move" buttons) Troy: ________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mount Olympos (this is how you'd spell it if you were Greek!): _________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Gods & Goddesses 12. Who was king of all the gods and goddesses, and what was his nickname? _____________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. How did the ancient Greeks honor their gods and goddesses? _______________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ - Click on "Explore" and choose three gods and/or goddesses. Explain their role in Greek life. God/Goddess _________________________________________________________________________________ God/Goddess _________________________________________________________________________________ God/Goddess _________________________________________________________________________________ Knowledge & Learning Click on "Explore" and explain the achievements of these famous Greeks: Aristotle: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Euclid: ______________________________________________________________________________________ Homer: ______________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Sokrates: ____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Thucydides: __________________________________________________________________________________ Sparta 14. Why was Sparta very powerful? _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. What objects have archeologists found in ancient Sparta? ___________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Time 16. When and by whom does democracy get introduced to Athens? ______________________________________ 17. How old was Alexander when he was made King of Macedonia? _____________________________________ 18. How old was Alexander when he died? __________________________________________________________ 19. When was the battle of Marathon and who won it? ________________________________________________ 20. When did Thucydides write the history of the Peloponnesian War? ____________________________________ 21. When and why was Sokrates put to death? _______________________________________________________ War 22. Who were the Persian was fought between, and when did they happen? ________________________________ 23. What was the effect of the Persian Wars on Greece? (list at least 3) ___________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Now go back and complete the challenge activities
