The Culture of Ancient Greece and Alexander the Great Review

______ are traditional stories about gods and heroes.

Myths are traditional stories about gods and heroes.

The 12 most important gods and goddess lived on Mount __________.

The 12 most important gods and goddess lived on Mount Olympus.

Aphrodite is the goddess of ______ and beauty.

Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty.

To find out about the future, many Greeks visited an ______, which is a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.

To find out about the future, many Greeks visited an oracle, which is a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess.

Based on the Mythology video, Pandora’s box, the last creature that came out of the box was a girl with wings that said to trust in her. Her name was ___________.

Based on the Mythology video, Pandora’s box, the last creature that came out of the box was a girl with wings that said to trust in her. Her name was Hope.

An ______ is a long poem about heroic deeds.

An epic is a long poem about heroic deeds.

__________ was a poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Homer was a poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The Iliad is a story about the Trojan War. To capture the city of Troy, the Greeks built a Trojan ______ and hid inside it to attack at night.

The Iliad is a story about the Trojan War. To capture the city of Troy, the Greeks built a Trojan horse and hid inside it to attack at night.

A slave named _______ wrote many fables during Ancient Greek times. One of them was the Tortoise and the Hare.

A slave named Aesop wrote many fables during Ancient Greek times. One of them was the Tortoise and the Hare.

What is a fable?

A fable is a short tale that teaches a lesson. In most fables, there are animals that talk and act like real people.

________ wrote the plays Oedipus and Antigone.

Sophocles wrote the plays Oedipus and Antigone.

Greek columns were first made out of wood, but were later made out of _____________.

Greek columns were first made out of wood, but were later made out of marble.

The word philosophy comes from the Greek word for “love of ______”

The word philosophy comes from the Greek word for “love of wisdom”

______ was a philosopher who used the Socratic Method of teaching- asking questions to make people think about their actions, thoughts, and feelings.

Socrates was a philosopher who used the Socratic Method of teaching- asking questions to make people think about their actions, thoughts, and feelings.

______ was Plato’s student who even tutored Alexander the Great. He wrote 200 books on philosophy and science.

Aristotle was Plato’s student who even tutored Alexander the Great. He wrote 200 books on philosophy and science.

Herodotus was known as the “father of _____.”

Herodotus was known as the “father of history.”

Thucydides was a Greek historian who wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War, which is about the conflict between Athens and ________.

Thucydides was a Greek historian who wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War, which is about the conflict between Athens and Sparta.

Philip II was the king of _____ who needed to unite with Greece to defeat the Persian Empire.

Philip II was the king of Macedonia who needed to unite with Greece to defeat the Persian Empire.

Alexander’s legacy was the spread of ______ culture throughout southwest Asia and northern Africa.

Alexander’s legacy was the spread of Greek culture throughout southwest Asia and northern Africa.

During the Hellenistic Era, mathematicians made major contributions. Write one math concept that the Ancient Greeks came up with.

- Geometry : how points, lines, angles relate to one another - studied spheres, cylinders, pi -used geometry to invent the catapult

In the late 200s B.C., _________, a city-state in Italy, conquered the Italian peninsula, and began expanding into Greece.

In the late 200s B.C., Rome, a city-state in Italy, conquered the Italian peninsula, and began expanding into Greece.