All the photos on this post were taken by my brother Ern on his recent trip to Greece. I am using them with his permission. Thanks, Ern!
Emit has a new mission and needs your help. He’s in ancient Greece and it is your job to find out as much information as possible with him.
You need to gain as many points as you can, working in groups of no more than three students, and using a dictionary, your textbook and the internet sites suggested below the questions.
Write your answers in sentences in a WORD file and email it to me when you’ve finished, with the names of all participants in your group. Prizes will be given for the best efforts! Good luck!
TOTAL POINTS: 30
One-point questions
& What does the word “philosophy” mean?
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/philosophy (There are eight definitions given. Look for the one you find easiest to understand.)
& Where did the Greeks believe the gods and goddesses lived?
Read this site to discover the answer to this question.
& Name a famous landmark from ancient Athens.
Look at this picture (you can save it and colour it if you like) for ideas.
& What form of government did Athens create?
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/government/index.htm OR SEE YOUR TEXTBOOK!
& What was the word for the market place in Athens?
http://www.athensinfoguide.com/wtsagora.htm
This site has an interactive map and many details about ancient Athens (and modern tourism!).
& Name the two most famous city-states of ancient Greece.
http://history.howstuffworks.com/ancient-greece/ancient-greece2.htm
& What invention of Archimedes was used to lift water?
& Name three famous ancient Greek philosophers.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/index.htm
& What was Euclid famous for?
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Euclid.html
& How did Socrates teach?
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm
Two-point questions
& What happened to Socrates and why?
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/philosophy/socrates.htm
& Name one aspect of Athenian life that was not at all democratic!
http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/aegean/culture/classesofathens.html
& What does the word “Spartan” mean when used to describe lifestyle or upbringing in the modern day (e.g. in the sentence, “He lives a Spartan type of existence”)? How does this relate to ancient Sparta?
& What was the name of the war between Athens and Sparta in 431 to 404 BC? Who triumphed?
& Who was Homer? Name his two famous works.
& Aristophanes wrote a play called Lysistrata in which the women plot to stop their men from going to war. What was their plot?
& Describe what happened when the Spartan soldiers held the pass at Thermopylae against the Persians.
& Who was Sappho?
& What were Spartan slaves called and how were they treated?
& Draw a simple diagram with an accompanying formula to show Pythagoras’ theory about right-angle triangles.
