Greece

Question 1

Hermes

Answer 1

God of travel, business, weights, and sports

Symbol: travelers hat

Question 2

Artemis

Answer 2

Goddess of hunting, archery and childbirth

Symbols: bow and arrows, and wild animals

Question 3

Ares

Answer 3

God of war

Symbols: armor and helmet

Question 4

Hephaestus

Answer 4

God of fire, volcanoes, blacksmiths and craftworkers.

Symbols: twisted foot

Question 5

Dionysus

Answer 5

God of high spirits, strong emotion, and wine

Symbols: wine cup and vines

Question 6

Zeus

Answer 6

God of all God and goddesses.

Symbols: thunderbolt and throne

Question 7

Hera

Answer 7

Goddesses of motherhood and marriage

Symbols: high crown and scepters

Question 8

Athena

Answer 8

Goddess of battle and wisdom

Symbols: owl, suit of armor, and aegis

Question 9

Apollo

Answer 9

God of the sun, truth, music, poetry, dance, and healing

Symbols: bow and peace

Question 10

Demeter

Answer 10

Goddess of fertility and agriculture

Symbols: sheaves of grain

Question 11

Poseidon

Answer 11

God of the sea and horses

Symbols: horse, chariot, trident, and fish

Question 12

Who wrote the odyssey and the lliad?

Answer 12

Homer

Question 13

Who were the sirens and what did they do to the sailors?

Answer 13

They were bird women who lured sailors by their music

Question 14

What did Odysseus tell the Cyclopes his name was and how did this allow them to escape?

Answer 14

They told the Cyclopes his name is nobody. And they blinded him with a burning sharp stick.

Question 15

Who was Pericles and what famous poet was he in a relationship with?

Answer 15

He was a Greek statesman and was in a relationship with aspasia.

Question 16

How did Penelope delay marrying her suitors and how long did her trickery last?

Answer 16

She told them she could not marry them until she finished sewing a piece of fabric. Her trickery lasted a while before the maids told on her.

Question 17

What great power did King Midas posess.

Answer 17

He had the golden touch.

Question 18

Who gave Midas his touch

Answer 18

Dionysus

Question 19

Who was Sappho and why do we know so little about her today?

Answer 19

She was a famous poet but most of her pieces were destroyed but some small pieces were left today

Question 20

What are the four types of government found by studying Greek history?

Answer 20

Monarchy- when ruling is in the hands of one person.
Oligarchy- when the ruling is in the hands of a few people.
Tyranny- when government is seized by an individual.
Democracy- when the government is in the hands of all people

Question 21

Who led the first Persian invasion and which one did he loose.

Answer 21

Darius and he lost eretria.

Question 22

Who led the second Persian invasion?

Answer 22

Darius son xerxes.

Question 23

What were the three major Persian battles and their outcomes.?

Answer 23

Battle at Thermopylae Persians lost to Athenians
Battle of marathon Athenians and the Plataeans won
Battle at Salamis Athens beat Sparta

Question 24

Who fought one another in the pelopenisian War?

Answer 24

Sparta and Athens

Question 25

Aphrodite

Answer 25

Goddess of love and beauty

Symbol: dove