Name_____________
Date______________
Hour_____________
Greek History and Culture Internet Activity
Answer the questions below using the following link: http://www.ancientgreece.com/
People
1. Aeschylus founded the Greek _____________________.
2. What did Aeschylus introduce into the Greek theatre?
3. Where did Aeschylus visit?
4. How many of Aeschylus’ plays have survived?
5. Name five of Euripides’ plays.
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
6. How old was Sophocles when he died?
7. What did Sophocles add to the Greek theatre?
8. Where was Alexander the Great born?
9. Who was Alexander’s father?
10. Where was Archimedes born?
11. Where did Archimedes receive his schooling?
12. How did Archimedes die?
Wars
13. Who was the Trojan War between?
Olympics
14. What was the big event of the second day of the Greek Olympics?
15. What five events made up the pentathlon?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
Art and Architecture
16. What are the three orders of Greek architecture?
a)
b)
c)
17. When was the Parthenon built?
18. Where is the Temple of Apollo located?
Geography
19. Who destroyed Sparta?
20. What river is Sparta located near?
Mythology
21. __________________ was the god of love.
22. _________________ generated the solid mass of earth.
23. The _________________ was the weapon of Poseidon.
24. ______________’s oracle was at Delphi.
25. List the three birds of Aphrodite.
a)
b)
c)
Answer the questions below using the following link:
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/
Environment
1. No part of Greece is more than ____________ miles from the sea.
2. Greece is in the middle of a ______________ zone.
Art
3. List the four forms of Greek art.
a)
b)
c)
d)
Philosophy
4. List the three famous men of Greek philosophy.
a)
b)
c)
5. The three kinds of philosophies that started in Plato’s school were:
a)
b)
c)
Clothing
6. Men usually wore a ______________, a knee length t-shirt.
7. Men wore __________________ sandals.
8. Greek women wore ______________________________________________.
Government
9. Aristotle divided Greek governments into:
a)
b)
c)
d)
Economy
10. Economy means ______________________________in Greek.
11. Finally some Greeks were _____________________, who raided whatever they
could.
Literature
12. The six forms of Greek literature are:
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
f)
Food
13. The Greeks never ate meat unless it was ______________________________.
14. The ____________________ would not eat beans.
15. The Greeks mainly ate the Mediterranean triad:
a)
b)
c)