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Social Studies Skills
The Greek World
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Interpreting Charts
LEARN THE SKILL
Charts come in many varieties. A simple table can show relationships
among things. Other charts show structures and forms of organization.
Interpreting charts accurately is a skill you will use often in your
education and in your work life.
Chaos
Tartarus
Gaea
Uranus
+ Gaea
Cyclope
Mountains
Eros
Pontus
Hecatonchires
Zeus
Hestia + Hera
Erebus
Cyclope
Cronus
+ Rhea
Coeus
+ Rhea
Demeter
+ Zeus
Leto
+ Zeus
Poseidon
Oceanus
+ Terthys
Apollo Artemis
Iapetus
Persephone
Athena
Hebe
Ares
Atlas
Hephaestus
Epimetheus
Prometheus
Maia
+ Zeus
Hermes
Dione
+ Zeus
Aphrodite
PRACTICE THE SKILL
The chart shows the relationship of the Greek gods. Study it and answer
the questions that follow. The + symbol indicates marriage.
1. Greek mythology says that before there were gods, there was a great void. What
was this vacancy called?
2. What was the relationship between Apollo and Artemis?
APPLY THE SKILL
1. What do Apollo and Aphrodite have in common?
2. According to the chart, who were the grandchildren of Cronus and Rhea?
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Answer Key
Chapter Review
MAKE A COMPARISON
1. Both are short ancient Greek poems.
REVIEWING VOCABULARY, TERMS,
AND PEOPLE
They both are about the sun and mention
Greek gods. They are different in that the
first explains the daily rising and setting
of the sun. The second describes a
frightening and unusual event that
seems to have no explanation.
2. Answers will vary. The sun helped farmers’
crops grow; it provided people with light
all day; it told people when to get up and
when to sleep; it helped to keep people
and their dwellings warm.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
COMPREHENSION AND
CRITICAL THINKING
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
History and Geography
MAP ACTIVITY
1. Colors will vary.
2. Colors will vary. Cities that will be
satraps
roads
Spartans
Athenians
mind
Euclid
REVIEWING THEMES
highlighted are Grancias, Issus, and
Gaugamela.
3. Indus River; colors will vary
4. Colors will vary.
1. Cyrus let the people he conquered keep
their own customs because he hoped that
this would make it less likely for them
to rebel.
2. Alexander was called Alexander the Great
because his efforts to build an empire
made him one of the greatest conquerors
in history.
3. Spartan women owned much of the land
in Sparta; ran their households when
their husbands were gone; and received
physical training in running, jumping,
wrestling, and throwing javelins. They
even sometimes competed with men in
sporting events. Athenian women received
little or no education, and most received
training only in household tasks like
weaving and sewing.
4. The Greek designers took such care in
designing their buildings because they
wanted their buildings to reflect the
greatness of their cities.
ANALYZING MAPS
1.
2.
3.
4.
b
d
a
e
c
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Gaugamela
approximately 3,000 miles
Alexander’s armies were tired and
exhausted. They didn’t want to go any
farther. Because Alexander and his armies
turned around, his quest for a much larger
empire ended. Had he and his armies
gone farther, his empire might have been
much larger.
Social Studies Skills
PRACTICE THE SKILL
1. Chaos
2. They were siblings.
APPLY THE SKILL
1. Zeus was their father.
2. Persephone, Athena, Hebe, Ares, and
Hephaestus
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