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Ancient Greece
Daily Life
Web Quest
HOW MANY QUESTIONS DID YOU ANSWER?
Directions: Answer the following questions and use complete sentences where needed.
This Web quest allows you to tailor learning about Ancient Greece according to your
interests. Because of this the scoring is as follows:
Complete all 50 questions = 4
Complete 30 questions = 3
Complete only 25 = 2
Complete 24 or less = 1
The website for the web quest is linked on the class website, shaywood.weebly.com
Each of the sections below are sections on the Web quest website that you can select to
read more information about.
Happy Web Questing!
Geography/Maps
1. Why was it so hard to travel or walk around Greece?
2. The Greeks were able to set up cities of the coasts of what countries?
Minoans
3. What island did the Minoans live on?
4. What is a popular Minoan sport?
5. Describe a Minotaur.
Mycenaeans
6. What are Mycenaeans best known for?
7. What was a difference between the Minoan kings and Mycenaean kings?
8. What is the time period when Mycenaeans were in charge often called?
Dorians
9. When did the Dorians come into the Greek peninsula?
10. What made the Dorian weapons better than those of the people that lived on the Greek
peninsula?
11. How long did the Dorians rule once they took over?
Greek Warriors
12. What city-state had the best army?
13. What city-state had the best navy?
14. How long did a war between Sparta and Athens once last?
Greek Olympics
15. Where were the Olympics games held?
16. What happened it two city-states were at war with each other at the time of the Olympic games?
Dance
17. Who never danced together?
18. How many dances were there?
Wedding Customs
19. How old were girls when they were married? How old were the men?
20. What is a dowry?
21. What did it mean when the bride bit the apple that the groom gave her?
22. What was different about weddings in Sparta?
Greek Theatre
23. What machines were used on stage and why?
24. How many plays did Sophocles write?
25. What three types of plays did the Greeks invent?
26. Why are actors today sometime called “thespians”?
Greek Men
27. What were men responsible for?
Greek Women
28. What were women responsible for?
29. Name one thing a Spartan woman could do that other Greek women could not do?
Greek Kids
30. What did a wreath at the door mean?
31. Who taught children until age 6?
32. Name one thing kids enjoyed for play?
Greek Slaves
33. Was there any way to earn freedom as a slave?
34. Describe one way the Greeks found new slaves.
Pets and Toys
35. What kind of toys would Greek children play with?
36. What kind of animals were kept as pets?
Houses
37. What were houses usually built around?
38. Why was the courtyard so important for women in particular?
39. Where did men and women live in Sparta?
Food
40. What did the Greek often grow?
41. What did the Greeks do to honor Hestia, goddess of hearth and home?
Clothing
42. What is an agora?
43. What different fabrics were used for winter and summer clothing?
44. How was perfume made?
Hair Styles
45. What kinds of things did women put into their hair?
46. What happened at barber shops aside from men getting their hair cut and beards trimmed?
Education/ School
47. List three things that boys from Athens were taught in school.
48. At what age did boys finish their schooling?
49. Where and what did girls in Athens learn?
50. What was the most important thing to learn in school in Sparta?