Ancient+Greece

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﻿ Ancient Greece ====== Activity One: Athens: - Boys between the ages of 18 and 20 spent two years training as soldiers. -Girls did not go to school. Sparta: -After a battle, Spartan Soldiers would hang their armour in trees to thank the Gods for victory. -Spartan boys were kept hungry and had to steal food to survive. This taught them to be sneaky which was a useful skill in battle. Mount Olympus: -Artemis was the goddess of the moon, hunting anf children. -Aphrodite was the Goddess of love and beauty. Activity Three: Video Answers Democracy -Women weren't allowed to vote -Athen was where the 1st democary started -Democry is a greek word that means government by the people Olympic Games -The first olympic game was held at ancient Olympia -The olympic games were held in Zeus's honor -They had olympic torch just like today's olympics Theatre -Plays were held in open-air thetres -Theatres were found in all greek towns -At the centre of the theatres stood an altar of Dionysus Religion -Religion was taught through Myths -They worshipped nature spirit, river, springs -They worship god and goddeses from Mount Olympus -They ask oracles for advice from the gods Birth Place of Western Civilization -It's people created the world's first democratic government -They created the 1st olympic games -They made important contribution to architecture, art, literature, science and mathematics City States Ephesus, Thebes, Athens, Corinth, Sparta, Rhodes and Troy -A country made out of 1 city -Each has it's own system of government, laws and Militaries -They worshipped the same gods and goddeses