2.3 Greek Culture - Q -

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AGE 2. The Time of Greeks and Romans

2.3 Greek Culture

group task

You may use the "theory lesson 2.3" or any other source of information.

Make a task division before you start.

You have the whole lesson to finish this.

Only one student hands in the answers. The mark is for the whole group.

Write down the group members' names (first + last name)

Culture

1. Take a look at the headings of lesson 2.3 in the the text slides.

Every heading tells you something about Greek culture. 

Which 6 (!) cultural subjects does this lesson teach you about?

science

climate

sports

entertainment

landscape

architecture

stories

religion

2. Every country has its own culture. What is typical for these country's culture?

3a. Read "Greek Games"
When did the first Olympic Games take place?

1. 776 BC
2. 776 AD
3. 677 BC
4. 567 AD

3b. We call the games Olympic Games because they were held at Olympia.
But why were they held there?

1. In Olympia there was a big temple for Zeus
2. Olympia was the home of the gods
3. Olympia was in a central location. Everybody could get there
4. In fact, the city was named after the Games that were held there every 4 years

3c. Why were the Olympic Games only held once every four years?

1. that was the will of the gods
2. not all citizens were able to travel to Olympia every year
3. it took the Olympians three years to organise the Games
4. because there were three other Pan-Hellenic games, so four in total

3d. By just reading the text, what would you say "Pan Hellenic" means?

1. Games in honour of the Greek god Pan
2. games for all the Greeks
3. greek paralympic games
4. Olympic Games, but not in Olympia

4a.
How much of Greek life was influenced by the gods, according to them?

1. they only interfered in wars, like the Trojan War
2. the gods influenced every part of daily life
3. the gods did not influence daily life at all
4. how much the gods influenced daily life depended on the offerings

4b.
If someone was pretty, what did this mean according to the Greeks?

1. If you were pretty, it showed the gods liked you.
2. If you were pretty, it showed the gods were jealous of you.
3. If you were pretty, it showed you liked the gods
4. If you were pretty, it showed the gods were in a good mood.

Zeus

Hera

Apollo

Hades

Poseidon

Ares

Athena

Hephaistos

The Greek gods.  Make the correct connections. You need to find information on internet.

God of the sea

God of war

king of the gods

goddess of wisdom

god of music + the sun

goddess 

of matrimony

god of metallurgy and fire

god of the under

world 

spear and shield

thunder

bolt

trident

sun

anvil

peacock

owl

three headed dog

A. __________kept the temple upright.

B. __________, band of sculpture along the temple. Used to show stories and  honour the gods.

C. ___________, the triangular at the  

top of the temple.

D. ___________ with  steps so that people could get up on the plateau.

5. Read "Greek architecture". You must also use internet to find information to do this task.

 First: drag the four words (left) to their correct place in the text (right). The green boxes with letters A, B, C, D represent the text lines A, B, C, D in the yellow box.  Second: drag the green boxes to the correct Roman numerals I, II, III, IV. 

A

B

C

D

Frieze

Pillars

Plateau

Tympanum

6. Read "Greek theatricals".

What two types of theatre plays did the Ancient Greeks have?

1. comedies and mythology
2. dramas and tragedies
3. comedies and horror
4. comedies and tragedies

7. Study the source. It is a panoramic
view of the theatre of Epidaurus.
This source shows that:

1. both comedies and tragedies were performed here
2. Greek architects used a mountain site for a theatre.
3. visitors could not see the stage very well if they were seated in the middle rows.
4. actors had to speak up otherwise they would not be heard.

comedies

tragedies

Then

Now

8. Today these two genres are still used, but the meaning has changed a little over time. Make the correct combinations.

plays that make people laugh

plays about people and the gods

plays that ridicule politics or philosophy

 plays that tell a sad story

9. The fact that Athenian citizens could disagree with
philosophers shows that:

1. citizens of Athens were not highly educated.
2. philosophers were seen as people who did not contribute to the polis.
3. there were great divisions between the Greeks in the poleis.
4. Athenian citizens could form their own opinion on subjects that mattered to them.

10. Read the two statements. Which one is correct?

statement 1: Hellenistic rulers wanted famous thinkers around them because Alexander the Great also had had a famous tutor.
statement 2: general truths are truths that only work if you believe in the gods

1. both are correct
2. both are wrong
3. only 1 is correct
4. only 2 is correct

name

year

achievement

11. Read Scholars and scientists.

Put the right name, the time they lived and what they accomplished underneath the right pictures.

Relation in triangles

Aristotle

275-194 BC

Pythagoras

Discovered buoyancy

Archimedes

287-212 BC

Eratosthenes

Modern logic

c. 530 BC

Calculated circum-ference  Earth

384-322 BC

12. Which Greek scholars thought about maths and medicine?

1. Archimedes and Pythagoras
2. Eratosthenes and Pythagoras
3. Hippocrates and Euripides
4. Pythagoras and Hippocrates

13. Watch the video.
(no head phones? Then mute and read subtitles).


Eratosthenes already knew 3 things before he began his experiment.
Which one did het NOT know?

1. He suspected the earth is round (a globe)
2. the sun's rays fall in parallel lines
3. Greeks before him had already divided a circle into degrees to calculate angles
4. gravity prevents people from falling off the earth

14. Watch the video.
(no head phones? Then mute and read subtitles).


What did Eratosthenes use to make his
calculation of the earth's circumference?

1. a lot of books
2. a stick and his brain
3. an early type of calculator
4. witness accounts from travellers

primary sources

secondary sources

15. In this lessons you have seen many illustrations, or "sources" about the Ancient Greeks.

Which sources are primary sources and which ones are secondary sources?

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congratulations