Name _________________________Hour _______

Part I: The Ancient Greeks. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zxytpv4, read through the

information presented, and answer the questions below.

1. What did the Greeks call themselves during this time period?
_________________
Hellenes
40000 yrs
2. How long have people been living in Greece for? ________________

3. What were the lifestyles of the earliest Greek settlers?

_______________________________
builders traders soldiers
4. Around 1100 BC, Greece entered a “Dark Age”. Why was it called this?
_________________________________________________________
writtenlanguage Art disappeared
5. What were some of the achievements of “Classical Greece” starting in
480 BC? _________________________________________________
built temples scientific discoveries democracy
6. Why was the Parthenon built and where is it? ____________________
temple for
athena
_________________________________________________________

7. Read through the six descriptions of the Greek cities shown on the map. List a fact you found
interesting for each in the chart below.

City Interesting Fact(s)

Olympia
Home of Olympics
Sparta
Srs soldiers they spent entire lives trainingfake
Knossos
Oldest city in greece
Athens kers artist
greece's writers lived here
Delphi
Holiest place in
Corinth
greece
largest in
mystifegortant
cite Ancients's
8. Greece was divided up into small “_____________________” which ruled itself and had their
own governments, laws, and army.

9. Who was the only powerful ruler to ever control all of Greece? _________________________
Alexander the great
a. Where was he from? ___________________
Macedonia
Part II: The Olympic Games. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z36j7ty, read through the
information presented, and answer the questions below.

10. The Olympic Games began over ______________ ago

in Olympia. Every four years, around _________ came
from all over the Greek world to watch and take part.

11. What did winners receive? ______________________

____________________________________________

12. Why were any/all wars called off during the duration
of the Olympic games? _________________________
____________________________________________

13. Who were the Olympics dedicated to? _____________

14. What was the main event of the Olympics? _________

____________________________________________

15. Read through the six descriptions of the different sporting events at the Olympics. List a fact
you found interesting for each in the chart below.

Event Interesting Fact(s)

Running

Long Jump

Discus

Wrestling / Boxing

Javelin

Horse Racing

16. Who WAS and WASN’T allowed to attend the Olympic games? ________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

17. What could happen to married women if they were caught sneaking in? _________________
___________________________________________________________________________

18. Women could, however, still own ______________ in the chariot races.

19. What was the “Heraia”? Provide some details about the event. ________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Part III: Living in an Ancient Greek Family. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zc8yb9q, read
through the information presented, and answer the questions below.

20. What was the climate like in Ancient Greece? ____________________

climate
warmdry
21. What were some elements of Ancient Greek cities?
________________________________________________
farmingfishing trade
22. List five typical features of Ancient Greek homes:

a.courtyard

b.wood

c. mudbricks

d.wooden shutters

e.garden

23. Read through the five descriptions of individual Greek family members. List a fact you found
interesting for each in the chart below.

Member Interesting Fact(s)

aman'sworians
Men
couldn'tleave
Women 1 p SRE
wentoutalone
wereaccompaniedbyaslavermanecompanion
ifthey

Boys wenttoschool

Girls

Slaves

24. What would a person of your gender typically wear?

____________________________________________________
a chiton with a nimaton
____________________________________________________

25. How did women achieve pale skin? Why was this method bad?
____________________________________________________
theyputwhiteleadontheirface whichis poisonous
____________________________________________________

26. What kind of toys did children typically play with? small
____________
pottery
____________________________________________________
figures dollsmade ofragswoodwaxorclay Playedw
____________________________________________________
ballsmade
from tieduprags or blownuppig'sbladder
____________________________________________________

27. What did people typically eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner?
___________________________________________________________________________
BreakfastFruitw breaddippedin wine LunchBreadandcheeseDinnerPorridgemade
___________________________________________________________________________
frombarley wcheese fishvegetableseggsandfruit
Part IV: Ancient Greek Gods and Heroes. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgt7mp3, read
through the information presented, and answer the questions below.

28. How were Greek gods similar to and different from humans? __________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

29. Where did the Greeks believe the gods lived? ______________________________________

30. Read through the six descriptions of the different gods and goddesses. List a fact you found
interesting for each in the chart below.

God/Goddess Interesting Fact(s)

Hades

Aphrodite

Hera

Zeus

Athena

Poseidon

31. What did people do when they needed help from the gods? How
did they please the gods?
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

32. Who was the Greeks’ favorite hero? ________________________

a. Who was he and what did he accomplish? ______________

_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________

33. Who/what was Medusa? __________________________

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________

34. What did Greeks believer happened to the dead? ______________

______________________________________________________

35. Why did Greeks place a coin in the mouth of a dead person at funerals? _________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Part V: Ancient Greek Culture. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zgpdjxs, read through the
information presented, and answer the questions below.

36. What was the trademark fashion item of Ancient Greece?

____________________________
red blackpottery
37. What were the Ancient Greeks known for building? __________________
____________________________________________________________

38. Who were some of the famous writers of Ancient Greece?

___________________, ___________________, ___________________

39. What were the three major types of Ancient Greek plays? Describe them.
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________

a. How could audiences make the plays successes or failures?

______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

b. Actors in Ancient Greece were all ______.

40. How did the Greeks use math in making their

great buildings? _________________________
_______________________________________
_______________________________________

41. What materials did the Greeks use to build their

temples and statues? _____________________
________________________________________

42. What were the three main designs of columns

in Greek architecture? ____________________
_______________________________________

43. What was the process involved in the Greeks making their famous
clay pots in Corinth and Athens? ___________________________
______________________________________________________
______________________________________________________

44. Every four years, Athens held the ___________________________.

There were competitions for ___________________, ___________
____________, and ________________.

45. Who was Dionysia? _____________________________________

46. What awards did the judges give out at the plays in Athens?
______________________________________________________

47. What is a lyre? _________________________________________

Part VI: Ancient Greeks at War. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zckr4wx, read through the
information presented, and answer the questions below.

48. Greece’s city-states were always squabbling and often went to war.
_______________ and ______________ fought a long war called the
Athens
Ifonnesian
__________________________________
war from 431 to 404 BC.

49. Who were the Greeks’ most common enemy and what region do they
hail from today? Persians
_________________________________________
modern
biggestEnemy day Iran
50. What was the ultimate outcome of the war between the Greeks and
the Persians? ___________________________________________
thePersianEmpire in 330Be
led Alexan
by L g
fated
_______________________________________________________

51. Describe a “hoplite”. ______________________________________

a footsoldierfoughtwt a longspear
_______________________________________________________
roundshield for
large protection
52. What was the “phalanx”? __________________________________
theirshields
together withjusttheir s Yo In
_______________________________________________________
p
53. Read through the six descriptions of the Hoplites’ weapons and arm. List a fact you found
interesting for each in the chart below.

Member Interesting Fact(s)

Spear doubleendedspearwascalled a dorm

Armor

Greaves

Helmet

Shield

Sword

54. What was life like for a Spartan boy training to become a soldier? ______________________
for23yearsBoyswereonlyallowedonetunicandwalkedeverThe the
___________________________________________________________________________ Inid
III
___________________________________________________________________________

55. What famous phrase did Spartan mothers tell their sons before they left for battle?
“__________________________________________________________________________”
comebackwithyourshield or on it
56. What happened at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC? _____________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

57. Describe the Greek warships called “triremes”. _____________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Part VII: Ancient Greeks Changing the World. Visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z8q8wmn, read
through the information presented, and answer the questions below.

58. Even after 3,000 years, we’re still using ancient Greek ideas in
______________, __________________, and ____________.

59. Our _________________________ is based on the Greek one.

60. In the dictionary, hundreds of _____________ come from the

Greek language.

61. How did these Greek ideas spread so far? ________________

___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________

62. What does the word “democracy” mean? _________________

___________________________________________________

63. What’s one new thing you learned about Greek democracy?
___________________________________________________

64. How did the modern marathon race get its name? ___________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________

65. l___________________ studied plants, animals, and rocks. __________________ wrote a

history of the Greeks. ___________________ and _____________ were philosophers.

66. Read through the six descriptions of the famous Greeks presented. List a fact you found
interesting for each in the chart below.

Person Interesting Fact(s)

Socrates

Aeschylus

Metrodora

Alexander

Pamphile

Archimedes

a. Which of them do you believe is the greatest Greek? Why? _____________________

______________________________________________________________________

Any time left over? Play the “It’s Greek to Me!” game to learn about Greek influence on our
language at http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/athens_games/game.htm.