NAME: ____________________________________________________________ 6th Grade
ANCIENT GREECE WEBQUEST
Hi 6th grade! Today we are going to get a brief introduction to Ancient Greece, our next major
culture.
Go to: http://www.mythologyteacher.com/GreekIntro.html
Answer the questions as best as you can about this
new culture! I’m not expecting it to be perfect, I just
want to see what you can find!
GREEK INTRO
1. At roughly what time period was the golden age of
ancient Greece?
2. Who was an ancient Greek writer of fables?
3. Who was a Greek mathematician?
4. Why should Americans study ancient Greece?
GREEK CITY-STATES
5. How is a city-state more than just a city?
6. What were the Greek City-States?
THE LIFE OF A GREEK GIRL
7. How were women oppressed in ancient Greece?
8. What would happen if a family did not have a male heir?
9. At what age did most girls get married?
10. When was murder completely legal in ancient Greece?
THE LIFE OF A GREEK BOY
11. What is a Greek adage about their newborn children?
12. Boys were sent to do what at the age of eighteen?
13. What does the word gymnos mean?
14. How long were men subject to the military draft?
15. What was the most dangerous Greek sport?
16. What is the “bible of the Greeks”?
GREEK RELIGION
17. According to the Greek moral code, what two crimes were capital offenses?
18. Which god or goddess was most honored in Athens?
19. Whom did kings consult to learn their future?
GREEK DEMOCRACY
20. How did citizens vote sometimes vote in Athens?
21. What groups were excluded from Athenian citizenship?
22. What type of democracy did Athens have?
GREEK OLYMPICS
23. When did the first Olympics occur?
24. Were the Olympics the only games held in ancient Greece?
GREEK SLAVERY
25. Most Greek households had how many slaves?
GREEK THEATER
26. How many spectators could be seated in the theatron?
27. What amplified the voices of Greek actors?