The Ancient Greek Civilizations

Conquest: Was Alexander the Great taking over parts of India a conquest?

Yes

Messenger: If the students gave his parents a letter from his teacher, does that mean he was a messenger?

Yes

Invader: Was Alexander the Great a famous invader of the Persian Empire?

Yes

Spartan: If someone lives a Spartan life, does that mean they live a comfortable and luxurious life?

No

Democracy: Is democracy a way of ruling that gives all of the power to the king?

No

Contribution: Is the silk a contribution of the ancient Great Civilization?

No

Marathon: Is a marathon a contribution from ancient Greek civilization?

Yes

Philosopher: Is a philosopher a person who studies life, knowledge, and the truth?

Yes

Architecture: Is the Parthenon an example of ancient Greek architecture?

Yes

City-State: Is a city-state a large country with many towns and cities all under one government?

No

Channel: Is a channel a large strip of land between two bodies of water?

No

Independently: If you do something independently, does that mean you do it without help?

Yes

Marvelous: If a performance is excellent or wonderful might you also call it marvelous?

Yes

Prefer: If you prefer something does that mean you don’t like it at all?

No

Tame: If you train a horse to obey you does that mean you tame the horse?

Yes

In Ancient Greek religion, I am the king of all the gods and goddesses on Mount Olympus

Zeus

According to a Greek legend, the Greek city-state of Athens was names after me after I offered the Athenians the gift of the olive tree

Athena

I received my name because I conquered so many areas during my lifetime

Alexander the Great

This is a place where a runner ran many miles during a famous battle. Now there is a race named after it.

Marathon

Did the ancient Greeks believe that Mount Olympus was the home of the most powerful gods and goddesses?

Yes

Were the Olympic Games a bunch of contests that ancient Greek philosophers like plato competed in?

No

Were Sparta and Athens city-states in ancient Greece?

Yes

Was democracy one of Sparta’s contributions to us today?

No

Did Alexander the Great succeed in conquering many lands?

Yes

Are the Olympic Games today exactly the same as the Olympic Games help in ancient Greece?

No

Did the Persians win the battle of Marathon and the battle of Thermopylae?

No

Did the famous and wise philosopher Socrates believe in buying lots of stuff and being alone?

No

Did Alexander the Great work very hard to become strong and powerful?

Yes

What is one contribution that the ancient Greeks gave to the rest of the world?

Democracy, philosophers, architure, olympic games

How were Sparta and Athens different?

Sparta cared about war, Athens cared about independent thinking.