Webquest Task Cards
24 Task cards Each Card is a Mini Quest of 2 questions Greek Mythology Student Answer Sheet and Key Included
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Card 1 Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.The first or elder gods were called?
1.Cronus and Rhea were parents of?
2. How many Titans were there?
2. The 12 major gods of the Greeks were called?
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Card 4
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.Who was the leader of the Olympians and god of the sky and lightning?
1.What is Hera’s position?
2. Zeus has two brothers. Name one.
2. Who’s symbol is the trident?
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Card 6
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.Who is Dionysus and what is his symbol?
1.Which god lives in the Underworld rather than mount Olympus?
2. Who’s symbols are the owl and the olive branch?
2. What Greek hero was invulnerable except for his heel?
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Card 8
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.What Greek hero was a son of Zeus and had to perform many labors for the gods?
1.Zeus had many powers. What was his most famous?
2. Who was the hero of Homer's epic poem?
2. Who was the horse that carried his lighting bolts?
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Card 9 Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.How did Zeus rescue his brothers and sisters?
1.What did Cronus do to his first five Children ?
2. Zeus was raised in the forest by?
2. Why didn’t Zeus get swallowed?
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Card 12
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.What special power did Zeus get from the Cyclopes?
1.What was the Aegis?
2. Who was Typhon?
2. Who was Zeus married to before Hera?
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Card 13 Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php 1.The Roman equivalent of Zeus is ? 2. What special power did Poseidon get from the Cyclopes?
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php 1.Half-men half-horse creatures were called ? 2. How was Chiron different than other Centaurs?
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Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
1.Describe Cerberus.
1.Who was the sea monster that took the shape of a giant whirlpool?
2. What was his job?
2. Ships that came in contact with Charybdis wound up where?
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Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
1.What were Cyclopes ?
1.Describe the hydra.
2. Griffins were a combination of what two animals?
2. What happened if you cut off the head of a hydra?
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Card 20
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
1.Who turned Medusa into a Gorgon?
1.Who was the beautiful white horse that could fly?
2. What happened if you looked into Medusa’s eyes?
2. Why was the chimera especially feared throughout Greek mythology?
Card 21 Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php 1.Flying creatures with the faces of women were called ? 2. Creatures that were half-man and half-goat were called?
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Card 22 Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/hercules.php 1.What did the Greeks call Hercules? 2. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
Card 24
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/hercules.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/hercules.php
1.Who does Hercules have to serve for ten years?
1.Hercules held up the world for?
2. The tasks the king gave him are called?
2. Who was always trying to trick Hercules and get him into trouble?
Key Page 1 Card #
Answers
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1. The Titans 2. There were 12 Titans
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1. Zeus 2. The Olympians
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1. Zeus 2. Hades or Poseidon
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1. Queen of the gods 2. Poseidon
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1. Lord of wine and celebration. The grapevine is his symbol. 2. Athena
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1. Hades 2. Achilles
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1. Hercules 2. Odysseus
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1. His most famous power was his ability to throw lightning bolts. 2. Pegasus
Key Page 2 Card #
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1. He gave his father a potion so he coughed up the other five children. 2. Nymphs
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1. He swallowed them to keep them prisoner in his stomach. 2. His mother took him to the woods to hide him.
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1. The ability to throw lightning bolts 2. A monster Zeus defeated and trapped under Mount Etna-sent by Mother Earth
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1. The Aegis is a powerful shield that belongs to Zeus. 2. He married Metis before Hera.
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1. Jupiter 2. The trident
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1. Centaurs 2. He was intelligent and skilled in training-not loud and vulgar.
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1. He was a three-headed dog. 2. He guarded the gates to the Underworld
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1. Charybdis 2. The ships wound up at the bottom of the ocean.
Key Page 3 Card # 17.
Answers 1. one-eyed giants 2. lion and eagle
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1. A giant snake with nine heads 2. When you cut off a head several would grow back in its place.
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1. Athena 2. Anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes would turn to stone.
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1. Pegasus 2. It could breathe fire
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1. Harpies 2. Satyrs
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1. Heracles 2. He was tricked into thinking they were snakes.
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1. King Eurystheus 2. The Twelve Labors of Hercules
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1. Atlas 2. Hera
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Card 1 Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.The first or elder gods were called?
1.Cronus and Rhea were parents of?
2. How many Titans were there?
2. The 12 major gods of the Greeks were called?
Card 3
Card 4
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.Who was the leader of the Olympians and god of the sky and lightning?
1.What is Hera’s position?
2. Zeus has two brothers. Name one.
2. Who’s symbol is the trident?
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Card 6
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
1.Who is Dionysus and what is his symbol?
1.Which god lives in the Underworld rather than mount Olympus?
2. Who’s symbols are the owl and the olive branch?
2. What Greek hero was invulnerable except for his heel?
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Card 8
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greek_mythology.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.What Greek hero was a son of Zeus and had to perform many labors for the gods?
1.Zeus had many powers. What was his most famous?
2. Who was the hero of Homer's epic poem?
2. Who was the horse that carried his lighting bolts?
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Card 9 Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.How did Zeus rescue his brothers and sisters?
1.What did Cronus do to his first five Children ?
2. Zeus was raised in the forest by?
2. Why didn’t Zeus get swallowed?
Card 11
Card 12
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
Use the web address to answer the two questions.
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php
1.What special power did Zeus get from the Cyclopes?
1.What was the Aegis?
2. Who was Typhon?
2. Who was Zeus married to before Hera?
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Card 13 Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/zeus.php 1.The Roman equivalent of Zeus is ? 2. What special power did Poseidon get from the Cyclopes?
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php 1.Half-men half-horse creatures were called ? 2. How was Chiron different than other Centaurs?
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Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
1.Describe Cerberus.
1.Who was the sea monster that took the shape of a giant whirlpool?
2. What was his job?
2. Ships that came in contact with Charybdis wound up where?
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Card 18
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
1.What were Cyclopes ?
1.Describe the hydra.
2. Griffins were a combination of what two animals?
2. What happened if you cut off the head of a hydra?
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Card 20
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php
1.Who turned Medusa into a Gorgon?
1.Who was the beautiful white horse that could fly?
2. What happened if you looked into Medusa’s eyes?
2. Why was the chimera especially feared throughout Greek mythology?
Card 21 Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/monsters_and_creatures_ of_greek_mythology.php 1.Flying creatures with the faces of women were called ? 2. Creatures that were half-man and half-goat were called?
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Card 22 Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/hercules.php 1.What did the Greeks call Hercules? 2. Why did Hercules kill his wife and children?
Card 24
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/hercules.php
Use the web address to answer the two questions. http://www.ducksters.com/history/ ancient_greece/hercules.php
1.Who does Hercules have to serve for ten years?
1.Hercules held up the world for?
2. The tasks the king gave him are called?
2. Who was always trying to trick Hercules and get him into trouble?
Key Page 1 Card #
Answers
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1. The Titans 2. There were 12 Titans
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1. Zeus 2. The Olympians
3.
1. Zeus 2. Hades or Poseidon
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1. Queen of the gods 2. Poseidon
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1. Lord of wine and celebration. The grapevine is his symbol. 2. Athena
6.
1. Hades 2. Achilles
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1. Hercules 2. Odysseus
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1. His most famous power was his ability to throw lightning bolts. 2. Pegasus
Key Page 2 Card #
Answers
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1. He gave his father a potion so he coughed up the other five children. 2. Nymphs
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1. He swallowed them to keep them prisoner in his stomach. 2. His mother took him to the woods to hide him.
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1. The ability to throw lightning bolts 2. A monster Zeus defeated and trapped under Mount Etna-sent by Mother Earth
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1. The Aegis is a powerful shield that belongs to Zeus. 2. He married Metis before Hera.
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1. Jupiter 2. The trident
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1. Centaurs 2. He was intelligent and skilled in training-not loud and vulgar.
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1. He was a three-headed dog. 2. He guarded the gates to the Underworld
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1. Charybdis 2. The ships wound up at the bottom of the ocean.
Key Page 3 Card # 17.
Answers 1. one-eyed giants 2. lion and eagle
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1. A giant snake with nine heads 2. When you cut off a head several would grow back in its place.
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1. Athena 2. Anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes would turn to stone.
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1. Pegasus 2. It could breathe fire
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1. Harpies 2. Satyrs
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1. Heracles 2. He was tricked into thinking they were snakes.
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1. King Eurystheus 2. The Twelve Labors of Hercules
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1. Atlas 2. Hera
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