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The Greece Spot Wiki Webquest
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The Greeks Everyday Life Section
1. Give 3 descriptors of an average Greek Home.
2. The Greek people often mixed two types of liquids to drink at supper, what were
these 2 liquids?
3. Describe a chiton using 4 points.
4. What are the 2 common crops.
5. Why was milk not used from cows?
6. During which months were fields ploughed and seeding done?
The Growth of City-States Section
1. What are 4 things the different city-states of Greece had in common?
2. Why were Greeks more loyal to their city-state than to Greece as a whole?
3. What did the city-states have to help people feel secure?
4. The people had to serve the government, the army, and also pay _______.
5. In Sparta there was a different political system than in Athens. Describe Sparta’s
System in full.
6. Who had more individual freedom, an Athenian or a Spartan?
Introduction to Ancient Greece and Rome Section
1. Why are Greece and Rome considered “ancient”?
2. Greece had a strong influence in which 5 areas of our lives now?
3. Who were the first people in the area of Greece and did they trade or farm?
4. Did this first group of people build with wood or just stone?
5. Why were the palaces and areas of Crete destroyed?
6. The second group of people that moved into the Greece area were the __________.
7. What did poor soldiers use for shields? How about the richer soldiers?
8. The Mycenaean Greeks attacked what city in modern day Turkey?
9. Why did the Mycenaean world collapse in 1100 BCE?
10. Did the Mycenaeans control the island of Crete or the mainland area of Greece?
11. True or False: The Dorian people used bronze weapons?
There are no written records of the Dark Ages?
Cremation was used to deal with the dead.
Population increased Dramatically.
12. Why is the “Dark Ages” called the “Dark Ages”?
13. Tell why the Archaic period was so much better than the Dark Ages using 3 points.
14. What happened when the population increased so quickly again?
Greek gods and goddesses Section
1. True or False:
Most humans had a “friend” god/goddess and an “enemy” god/goddess?
Each family had it’s own deity.
Chaos is the name of Zeus’s brother.
Sometimes even cakes and milk were used as offerings to gods.
Athena protected the home.
Hermes was a messenger god.
Poseidon gave horses to men.
Artemis was a huntress.
Hermes, Ares, Aphrodite, Athena, Artemis and Apollo are all brothers and sisters.
2. Who was the greatest Olympian of all the gods?
3. Who is the goddess of reason, wisdom and purity?
4. There are 2 gods that were “not widely worshipped”. Who are they?
5. Why did Zeus have a headache? 
Life in Athens Section
1. What was the high hill in Athens called and what was on it? (2 part question)
2. Athens was the largest city because it had fertile farms, a big navy, and what 3 natural
resources?
3. Who made up the “Strategy” group and where were they chosen from?
4. How old do you have to be to be in the military service?
5. The Athenian men were mainly free except they had these 2 duties: __________
6. Describe the Agora in past and then later on.
7.  what is in the background of the Agora picture?
8. How many pillars are on the front (short side) of the Parthenon? Count the corner
pillars too.
9. Look at the picture of Ancient Athens. Isn’t it a great picture they found?
The Peloponnesian Wars Section
1. In 431 BCE the Athenians began to build something. What did they build and WHY
did they build them?
2. The Athenians were safe, except what happened in 430 BCE?
3. A man named Alcibiades returned to Athens to help them get back on their feet and be
prepared so they would not lose if another war broke out. He convinced the Athenians to
attack what area?
4. What did the soldiers use to get over high walls? What were one positive and one
negative thing about this war tower?
5. What two city-states were mainly at war during the Peloponnesian Wars?
6. What country does Syracuse belong to?
Famous Greeks and What they Gave to Us Section
1. Why is Alexander the Great considered to be so “Great”? (think)
2. Who is the person who was captured by the city of Thebes and was there taught war
strategies that he took back to Greece with him? What was the one weapon he
created that became a standard weapon for the Greek army? (2 part questions)
3. Why is Aristotle so well known today?
4. Who wrote Iliad and what was it about? (think)
5. Socrates was the founder of what? Also, he was assassinated for not having the same
beliefs as the majority of the Greek people. What was it that he did not believe in
that the others did?
Greek Activities: Gymnasiums and the Olympic Games
1. What were three uses of the Gymnasium in Ancient Greece besides exercising?
2. True or False:
The Olympic Games were for people from all over Greece.
Women could only watch the games, but not participate.
The most violent game was a combination of boxing and javelin throwing.
There were 6 main events.
The games first started in 677BCE and were a 5 day religious festival for Athena.
The games were like a fair because there were merchants and entertainers.
In chariot racing you were allowed to kill the other persons horse.
3. How many people could the Colosseum hold and what were 5 things that were held
there?
Life in Sparta Section
1. True or False
The craftsmen made the war weapons.
The main activity for men was fighting and training.
Children were given to the state at age 6 and educated for another 24 years before
he could become a citizen.
Foreign travel was encouraged so Spartans could share crops.
Spartan women raised children for the purpose of serving the state.
Even male babies could be left to die if they were not perfect.
Spartan women had more freedom than women in other city-states.
Sparta traded with others although they could provide for its own city-state easily.
People exercised in the nude to build stamina (which is like determination)
2. Drake has two spelling errors in the sentence: “ Besides the citizens there were 2
other groups….”. Figure out what the two other groups were by deciphering his spelling.
3. The ideal Spartan had to be able to ………. (5 things).
4. Songs and stories for children were about the state of Sparta.
One more section, then you are done  Make sure you are complete, even when doing
point form. This really should be an easy 100% for everyone. I will put it as a test mark
too, so make sure you get the 100%.
The Persian Wars Section
1. Which 2 Greek city-states gave support to Ionia when Persia was attacking them?
2. At the Battle of Marathon, who was at war and who won?
3. What is the origin of the word “Marathon”?
4. During the second invasion, what was the unique idea thought of by the Persians?
5. Look on the map, on what sea are most of the Persian and Greek ships battling on?
6. Who was Leonidas and why is he famous?
7. What happened to Athens and the Acropolis at the end of the second invasion?
8. Why is the Greek war ship better than the Persian war ship? 3 reasons.
9. Why did the Greeks win the Battle of Salamis?
10. What did the Greek city-states do to ensure they would survive more attacks from
Persia?
11. What was your one favorite area of learning on the webquest that you learned the
most in?