Ch 8

Question 1

Cavalry

Answer 1

Part of an army where soldiers ride horses

Question 1

Comedy

Answer 1

A play or film with a humorous storyline

Question 2

Drama

Answer 2

A story presented in the form of a play

Question 3

Fable

Answer 3

Narrative meant to convey a moral lesson

Question 4

Oral Tradition

Answer 4

Passing stories through spoken communication

Question 5

Myth

Answer 5

Traditional story explaining beliefs or natural phenomena

Question 6

Ritual

Answer 6

Religious ceremony involving specific words or actions

Question 7

Socratic Method

Answer 7

Philosophical approach using questioning to seek truth

Question 8

The Greeks believed in

Answer 8

gods and goddesses

Question 9

The gods were believed to

Answer 9

have great powers, but look and act like human beings.

Question 10

The Greek people believed in

Answer 10

myths

Question 11

Greek myths expressed

Answer 11

religious beliefs
of the ancient Greeks

Question 12

To find out about the future, many Greek’s visited an

Answer 12

oracle.

Question 13

an _______ a sacred
shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god

Answer 13

oracle.

Question 14

Ancient Greeks believed that stories such as the

Answer 14

Iliad and The Odyssey

Question 15

who wrote the Iliad and The Odyssey

Answer 15

Homer,

Question 16

Iliad and The Odyssey were more than just stories to the Greeks they were ___

Answer 16

history

Question 17

It was originally
thought fables were created by a man named

Answer 17

aesop

Question 18

Temples such as the Parthenon, included a central room that housed

Answer 18

statues of
the gods

Question 19

The earliest Greek plays were

Answer 19

tragedies

Question 20

the Greeks wrote tragedies and

Answer 20

also wrote comedies

Question 21

Philosophy means _____ in greek

Answer 21

love of wisdom

Question 22

Socrates loved

Answer 22

philosophy

Question 23

Socrates loved philosophy and spent most of his time

Answer 23

teaching

Question 24

Socrates created a new way of questioning called the

Answer 24

socratic method.

Question 25

The Athenian government found Socrates guilty of trying to

Answer 25

rebel against the Athenian government

Question 26

what was Socrates punishment

Answer 26

he sentenced to death.

Question 27

Plato was a Greek philosopher. His teacher was

Answer 27

Socrates

Question 28

Plato wrote a plan for the perfect

Answer 28

society.

Question 29

Aristotle was a Greek philosopher. He studied

Answer 29

science, government, astronomy.

Question 30

Aristotle believed the best government was one that had features of a

Answer 30

monarchy, oligarchy and democracy.