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Each Card is a Mini Quest of 2 questions
Greek Mythology
Student Answer Sheet and Key Included
Card 2
Card 1
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.The first or elder gods were called?
1.Cronus and Rhea were parents of?
2. How many Titans were there?
2. The 12 major gods of the
Greeks were called?
Card 3
Card 4
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.Who was the leader of the Olympians and
god of the sky and lightning?
1.What is Hera’s position?
2. Zeus has two brothers.
Name one.
2. Who’s symbol is the trident?
Card 5
Card 6
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.Who is Dionysus and what
is his symbol?
1.Which god lives in the Underworld
rather than mount Olympus?
2. Who’s symbols are the owl
and the olive branch?
2. What Greek hero was invulnerable
except for his heel?
Card 7
Card 8
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.What Greek hero was a son of Zeus and
had to perform many labors for the gods?
1.Zeus had many powers.
What was his most famous?
2. Who was the hero of Homer's epic poem?
2. Who was the horse that carried
his lighting bolts?
Card 10
Card 9
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/zeus.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.How did Zeus rescue his
brothers and sisters?
1.What did Cronus do to his
first five Children ?
2. Zeus was raised in
the forest by?
2. Why didn’t Zeus get swallowed?
Card 11
Card 12
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/zeus.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.What special power did Zeus
get from the Cyclopes?
1.What was the Aegis?
2. Who was Typhon?
2. Who was Zeus married to before Hera?
Card 14
Card 13
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.The Roman equivalent of Zeus is ?
2. What special power did Poseidon
get from the Cyclopes?
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
1.Half-men half-horse creatures
were called ?
2. How was Chiron different than
other Centaurs?
Card 15
Card 16
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
1.Describe Cerberus.
1.Who was the sea monster that took
the shape of a giant whirlpool?
2. What was his job?
2. Ships that came in contact with
Charybdis wound up where?
Card 17
Card 18
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
1.What were Cyclopes ?
1.Describe the hydra.
2. Griffins were a combination of what
two animals?
2. What happened if you cut off the
head of a hydra?
Card 19
Card 20
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
1.Who turned Medusa into a Gorgon?
1.Who was the beautiful white horse
that could fly?
2. What happened if you looked into
Medusa’s eyes?
2. Why was the chimera especially
feared throughout Greek mythology?
Card 21
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_
of_greek_mythology.php
1.Flying creatures with the faces
of women were called ?
2. Creatures that were half-man and
half-goat were called?
Card 23
Card 22
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/hercules.php
1.What did the Greeks call Hercules?
2. Why did Hercules kill his
wife and children?
Card 24
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/hercules.php
Use the web address to answer the
two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/
ancient_greece/hercules.php
1.Who does Hercules have to serve
for ten years?
1.Hercules held up the
world for?
2. The tasks the king gave him are called?
2. Who was always trying to trick
Hercules and get him into trouble?
Key
Page 1
Card #
Answers
1.
1. The Titans
2. There were 12 Titans
2.
1. Zeus
2. The Olympians
3.
1. Zeus
2. Hades or Poseidon
4.
1. Queen of the gods
2. Poseidon
5.
1. Lord of wine and celebration. The grapevine is his symbol.
2. Athena
6.
1. Hades
2. Achilles
7.
1. Hercules
2. Odysseus
8.
1. His most famous power was his ability to throw lightning bolts.
2. Pegasus
Key
Page 2
Card #
Answers
9.
1. He gave his father a potion so he coughed up the other five children.
2. Nymphs
10.
1. He swallowed them to keep them prisoner in his stomach.
2. His mother took him to the woods to hide him.
11.
1. The ability to throw lightning bolts
2. A monster Zeus defeated and trapped under Mount Etna-sent by Mother Earth
12.
1. The Aegis is a powerful shield that belongs to Zeus.
2. He married Metis before Hera.
13.
1. Jupiter
2. The trident
14.
1. Centaurs
2. He was intelligent and skilled in training-not loud and vulgar.
15.
1. He was a three-headed dog.
2. He guarded the gates to the Underworld
16.
1. Charybdis
2. The ships wound up at the bottom of the ocean.
Key
Page 3
Card #
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Answers
1. one-eyed giants
2. lion and eagle
18.
1. A giant snake with nine heads
2. When you cut off a head several would grow back in its place.
19.
1. Athena
2. Anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes would turn to stone.
20.
1. Pegasus
2. It could breathe fire
21.
1. Harpies
2. Satyrs
22.
1. Heracles
2. He was tricked into thinking they were snakes.
23.
1. King Eurystheus
2. The Twelve Labors of Hercules
24.
1. Atlas
2. Hera
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