How We Know About the Greeks: teacher key

Ancient Greece, grade 9 edition, written for 9th grade. Dates, digs and old stories do not always agree. See how historians check what the Greeks did and what they left behind.

Read the book. Print this page for the key.

Questions and answers

1. Do we know the Games began in 776 BCE?
   • Yes, for certain
   • No one knows (answer)
   • They began in 1896
2. How were Greek statues finished?
   • They were left rough
   • They were covered in gold
   • They were painted (answer)
3. Who said what Socrates taught?
   • Mostly his students, such as Plato (answer)
   • Socrates in books
   • Alexander
4. How many people took part in democracy in Athens?
   • About 4 million
   • Everyone
   • About 40,000 (answer)
5. What does Archimedes' own surviving book never mention?
   • The sea
   • The golden crown (answer)
   • Gears
6. What did the Antikythera find surprise researchers about?
   • Its gears (answer)
   • Its color
   • Its smell

Words

• evidence: proof
• Parthenon: Athena's temple
• metopes: carved square panels
• dialogues: written conversations
• citadel: fortified hill