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Name:_______________________
Date:_______________________
Chapter 6: People
Ancient Greece
A
Oops! The people and importance in history are all mixed up. Use your textbook to match up the categories.
Person/Item
Accomplishment
Wrote epic poetry around 750 B.C. based on stories passed down from earlier generations.
Aristotle
Homer
Athenian leader in the mid 400s B.C. that is responsible for strengthening democracy and building the
Parthenon.
Pericles
Was brought to trial in 399 B.C. for asking others to question their beliefs. He was accused of
corrupting the youth of Athens and was sentenced to death.
Plato
Student of Plato that created a school known as the Lyceum. Classified animals into groups such as
mammals, fish, birds and reptiles.
Sirens
Student of Socrates that created a school called The Academy and wrote The Republic describing his
mistrust of democracy.
Athenian leader around 594 B.C. that brought democracy to the city-state of Athens.
Socrates
Solon
Group of singers shaped like birds with girl’s faces that lured sailors to jump out of their ships to their
death.
Hero of the Trojan War and creator of the Trojan Horse that helped to defeat the city of Troy.
Ulysses(Odysseus)
Name:_______________________
Date:_______________________
Chapter 6: People
Ancient Greece
B
Oops! The people and importance in history are all mixed up. Use your textbook to match up the categories.
Person
1.
Accomplishment
Which of the people above are probably not real people?
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2.
How did Pericles help to strengthen democracy?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Which two ancient Greek civilizations served as the beginnings of the Greek culture?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
Which god or goddess are you most like? Why?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.
How did the Trojan Horse trick work?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Name:_______________________
Date:_______________________
Chapter 6: People
Ancient Greece
answers
Oops! The people and importance in history are all mixed up. Use your textbook to match up the categories.
Accomplishment
Person
Aristotle
Student of Plato that created a school known as the Lyceum. Classified animals into groups such as
mammals, fish, birds and reptiles.
Wrote epic poetry around 750 B.C. based on stories passed down from earlier generations.
Homer
Pericles
Athenian leader in the mid 400s B.C. that is responsible for strengthening democracy and building the
Parthenon.
Plato
Student of Socrates that created a school called The Academy and wrote The Republic describing his
mistrust of democracy.
Sirens
Group of singers shaped like birds with girl’s faces that lured sailors to jump out of their ships to their
death.
Socrates
Was brought to trial in 399 B.C. for asking others to question their beliefs. He was accused of
corrupting the youth of Athens and was sentenced to death.
Athenian leader around 594 B.C. that brought democracy to the city-state of Athens.
Solon
Hero of the Trojan War and creator of the Trojan Horse that helped to defeat the city of Troy.
Ulysses(Odysseus)
1.
Which of the people above are probably not real people?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.
How did Pericles help to strengthen democracy?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.
Which two ancient Greek civilizations served as the beginnings of the Greek culture?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.
Which god or goddess are you most like? Why?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.
How did the Trojan Horse trick work?
________________________________________________________________________________________________________