Test: The Olympics

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By Allison Bayles

Multiple Choice

What is the approximate date of the first Olympics?

• c. 837 B.C.

• c. 967 B.C.

• c. 667 B.C.

• c. 776 B.C.

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Olympics?

• to test the physical skill of the strongest men in Greece

• a sacred festival of sacrifices for God

• to test the mental skill of the wisest men in Greece

• a sacred festival of sacrifices and athletic games for the gods

Multiple Choice

What would warring tribes stop during the very sacred Olympics?

• sleeping

• tribal feasting

• tribal fighting

• fasting

Multiple Choice

Who was allowed to participate in the Olympics?

• anyone brave enough to compete

• any man or woman who was strong enough to complete the trial competitions

• only pure-blooded Greeks

• only men ages fourteen through twenty-two

Multiple Choice

What happened on the first and fifth days of the Olympics?

• sacred grove cutting and boxing

• chariot races and final parade

• awards to athletes and chariot races

• parade of athletes and awards to winners

Multiple Choice

What happened on the second, third, and fourth days of the Olympics?

• parades

• fishing or food

• duels to the death

• athletic competitions

Multiple Choice

What did the winner of an event at the Olympics receive at the ceremony?

• a necklace of precious roses

• a crown of tin

• a golden crown

• a crown of olive branches

Multiple Choice

Where was the largest Minoan palace built?

• Knossos

• Mycenae

• Sparta

• Athens

Multiple Choice

Whose capture provoked the Trojan War?

• Agamemnon

• Helen of Troy, wife of the king of Sparta

• Cassandra, the prophetess

• Athena

Multiple Choice

How long did the Olympics last each time they were held?

• seventy days

• twenty days

• two days

• five days

Multiple Choice

From what did the 'Phoenicians, from get their name?

• They lived in a land with red soil

• They were bloodthirsty conquerors

• Their skin was redder than any other culture

• They produced a reddish-purple dye

Multiple Choice

Review Question: What is the approximate date that Israel divided into Two Kingdoms?

• 1109 B.C.

• 931 B.C.

• 881 B.C.

• 1091 B.C.

Multiple Choice

RWhen is it believed that Homer lived?

• c. 900 B.C.

• c. 700 B.C.

• c. 800 B.C.

• c. 600 B.C.

Multiple Choice

Review Question: Choose the correct date for the event - Phoenician Civilization and the Alphabet

• 509 B.C.

• 1200 B.C. - 1000 B.C.

• 2200 B.C. - 1450 B.C.

• 1250 B.C.

Multiple Choice

Review Question: Choose the correct date for the event - Trojan War

• 753 B.C.

• 1250 B.C.

• 509 B.C.

• 064 A.D.

Multiple Choice

Review Question: Choose the correct date for the event - Mycenaan Culture

• 509 B.C.

• 2200 B.C. - 1450 B.C.

• 1450 B.C. - 1200 B.C.

• 753 B.C.