Friday, October 31, 2014

GREECE LESSON 5 REVIEW (10/31)




ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1.  Which empire conquered Greece after the civil war they were involved in. 
2.  Who was the Macedonian King?
3.  Which philosopher did he study under?
4.  How did Alexander feel about Greek culture?
5.  What is 2nd largest city in Egypt?
6.  What did Alexander the Great do as he conquered new lands?


ANSWERS:
1.  Macedonia
2.  Alexander the Great
3.  Aristotle
4.  He loved it
5.  Alexandria
6.  Spread Greek culture around

Thursday, October 30, 2014

GREECE LESSON 4 REVIEW (10/30)




ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1.  What are the four gifts (legacy) given to the world by Greece?
2.  Who was the blind poet that wrote many poems and stories about the Greek gods?
3.  In what year did the Olympics begin?
4.  The Olympics started as a festival for whom?
5.  Who wasn't allowed to compete in the ancient Olympic games?
6.  What began as a way to honor the god of pleasure?
7.  What two types of theater would be performed in ancient Greece?
8.  Who was the famous philosopher killed for asking too many questions?
9.  Who was Socrates' student who started the first university?
10.  Who won the Peloponnesian war?
11.  Why was Sparta able to defeat Athens?


ANSWERS:

1 . Greek religion, Olympics, Theater, Philosophy
2 . Homer
3.  776 BC
4.  Zeus
5.  Women
6.  Theater
7.  Comedy or Tragedy
8.  Socrates
9.  Plato
10.  Sparta
11.  Disease spread through Athens

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

GREECE LESSON 3 REVIEW (10/29)




ANSWERS AT BOTTOM

1. Which empire did Athens and Sparta team up against?
2. Who ran from Marathon to Athens to tell of the Greeks' victory?
3. What did he shout and then what happened?
4. What did they do in his honor?
5. What was the lawmaking body in Athens called?
6. The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to whom?
7. How tall is Athena in the Nashville Parthenon?
8. Who sculpted her?
9. Who is she holding in her right hand?
10. Who was the general that ruled Athens that everyone loved?
11. What did he start that we still use today?

ANSWERS:

1. Persia
2. Pheidippides
3. "Victory, Victory" and then he died
4. Started the marathon in the Olympics which is the distance he ran
5. Assembly
6. Athena
7. 42 feet
8. Alan Lequire
9. Nike
10. Pericles
11. Juries

Tuesday, October 28, 2014

GREECE LESSON 2 REVIEW (10/28)




ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. What were Greek city-states called?
2. What were the two most powerful Greek city-states?
3. What is one word to describe life in Sparta?
4. What were Greek slaves called?
5. What did Spartan boys have to do?
6. What happened to Spartan babies who were found to be weak?
7. What is one word to describe life in Athens?
8. Name one or two freedoms the people of Athens had.
9. What was the marketplace in Athens called?
10. What is the hilltop fortress where the Parthenon sat?
11. What 3 types of government did Athens try?
12. Which one worked for them?


ANSWERS:
1. Polis
2. Sparta and Athens
3. Harsh
4. Helots
5. Go to military school
6. Left on a mountainside to die
7. Peaceful
8. Express ideas, Job of choice, Trading, Voting (men over 18)
9. Agora
10. Acropolis
11. Monarchy, Oligarchy, Democracy
12. Democracy

Friday, October 24, 2014

GREECE LESSON 1 REVIEW (10/24)




ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. What is Ancient Greece sometimes called?
2. What are the 2 main peninsulas on the country of Greece?
3. What are the 2 main islands that belong to Greece?
4. What is the highest mountain in Greece?
5. What did the ancient Greeks believe about that mountain?
6. How is the farming in Greece?
7. What was the boat invented by the Greeks with several layers of oarsmen?
8. What did the Greeks set up all around the Med. Sea?
9. What other civilization set up colonies around the Med. Sea?
10. What did the Phoenicians give to the Greeks that was very important?

ANSWERS:
1. Aegean World
2. Attica and Peloponnesus
3. Crete and Rhodes
4. Mt. Olympus
5. The gods lived there
6. Not good, too much rugged land
7. Trireme
8. Colonies
9. Phoenicia
10. Alphabet

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

INDIA LESSON 6 REVIEW (10/21)






ANSWERS AT BOTTOM:

1. Which country took over India after setting up trading companies there?
2. Who led the rebellion against the British?
3. What were Ghandi's 3 goals for India?
4. What was his 2-step plan to get rid of the British?
5. What country was formed when the Muslims moved out of India?
6. What was the movement called to focus on feeding all of India's people?
7. What country was formed when a civil war broke out in Pakistan?



ANSWERS....
1. Britain
2. Mohandas Ghandi
3. Get rid of the British, Peace between Muslims and Hindus, stop mistreatment of Untouchables
4. Boycott British goods, Civil disobedience
5. Pakistan
6. Green Revolution
7. Bangladesh