Greece: Society and Culture Review Assignment

Please answer the following questions with complete sentences and pass them in before leaving class!

1. Briefly describe how a person practiced religion in Greece. /3

2. How was a prayer offered to the gods? /2

3. What was The Book of Orpheus /2

4. What did priests do in Ancient Greece? /2

5. What was the power of the oracles? /2

6. How did Greeks feel about dreams? /2

7. What was involved in the celebration of festivals in Greece? /4

8. Briefly describe the process of death to the afterlife with Hermes. /5

9. How was the body prepared for burial? /4

10. What group made up the body of citizens in Athens? /2

11. Define Metic. /2

12. Define barbarian according to the Greek standard. /3

13. What is a Spartiate? /2

14. Define perioikoi. /2

15. What were the conditions for slaves in Sparta? /3

16. How did the state of Sparta protect society from uprisings and travelers? /2

17. What happened seven to ten days after the birth of a baby boy in Greece? /2

18. For whom and when did education start in Athens? /2

19. What educational requirement was issued by the state? /2

20. What skills made one cultured? /2

21. How was physical fitness addressed in Greece? / 2

22. What was the Spartan goal of education? /2

23. What happened to males at the age of seven? /4

24. What happened at the age of eighteen? At thirty? /4

25. For what was the family of a bride responsible in Greece? /4

26. Why did guests throw nuts and sweetmeats at the bride and groom? /2

27. Describe the life of a woman in Ancient Greece. /8