Year 3

What did the Ancient Greeks believe in?

In this lesson, we will explore the religious beliefs of the Ancient Greeks.

Year 3

What did the Ancient Greeks believe in?

In this lesson, we will explore the religious beliefs of the Ancient Greeks.

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Key learning points

  1. The major Greek gods.
  2. How Athens got its name.
  3. What Greeks believe happened when people died.

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5 Questions

Q1.
The statesman Solon was appointed ruler of which Greek city-state?
Correct answer: Athens
Corinth
Sparta
Q2.
What did Solon propose in his new constitution?
Correct answer: To cancel everybody's debt and allow people to own the land they worked.
To double everybody's debt.
Q3.
Who led a democratic reform movement in Athens between 508 BCE - 507 BCE?
Aristotle
Correct answer: Cleisthenes
Peisistratos
Q4.
Who was considered a citizen in Ancient Athens? Tick one.
Everybody who lived in Athens
Correct answer: Men who completed their military training
Slaves
Women
Q5.
Which Athenian democratic institution met around 40 times a year?
Boule
Dikasteria
Correct answer: Ekklesia

5 Questions

Q1.
Ancient Greeks used myths as a way of understanding the world. True or false?
False
Correct answer: True
Q2.
The 12 Olympians lived in a castle above which mountain?
Mount Blanc
Mount Everest
Correct answer: Mount Olympus
Q3.
Who was the king of the gods?
Apollo
Hades
Poseidon
Correct answer: Zeus
Q4.
Which god carried a trident?
Apollo
Hades
Correct answer: Poseidon
Zeus
Q5.
Which city was Athena the patron of?
Correct answer: Athens
Corinth
Olympia
Sparta