6th Grade Lesson Review of Ancient Greece

​Ancient Greece

By Chip Krolik

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Fill in the missing parts of the map of Greece

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Mt Olympus

Ionian Sea

isthmus

Mt Seleya

Sparta

Crete

Peloponnesus

Athens

Aegean Sea

Mediterranean Sea

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Greece is surrounded by 3 sides of water. On the east is the ​

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On the west is the ​

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and in the South is the ​ ​ ​

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Poll

After this review about ancient Greece, I feel --- about what I know about its geography and early history

• very confident

• good

• ok

• I don't know any of this

• other

Multiple Choice

What is known about the earliest people in Greece, the Minoans, and how do we know what their life was like?

• They were mountain herders on the mainland; most details come from Roman histories.

• They were seafaring traders centered on Crete; archaeologists study palaces, frescoes, and artifacts to learn about them.

• They were desert nomads who followed herds across North Africa; knowledge comes from oral songs recorded in the Middle Ages.

• They were Viking settlers from northern Europe; we know from Norse sagas about their voyages.

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What geographic landforms and features can be found in Greece?

• Broad deserts, large rain forests, and few coastlines

• High mountains and rugged peninsulas with many islands and surrounding seas

• Flat, endless plains with few hills and no islands

• Large inland lakes and vast swamps dominating most of the land

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Who fought each other in the Persian Wars?

• Sparta and Athens

• The Romans and the Greeks

• The Greeks and the Persians

• The Egyptians and the Spartans

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What happened to the Greeks in the Persian Wars?

• The Greeks united to resist Persia and eventually won key victories like Salamis, preserving their independence.

• Persia conquered all of Greece and forced every city-state to pay tribute for centuries.

• The wars ended with a permanent alliance between Persia and Athens that gave Persia control of the Aegean Sea.

• Sparta remained neutral while Athens fought alone and lost the war.

Multiple Choice

Which statement correctly compares the city-states of Sparta and Athens?

• Sparta valued strict military discipline while Athens emphasized education, arts, and democratic participation.

• Sparta was famous for ocean trade and theater, while Athens focused only on farming and soldiers.

• Both Sparta and Athens banned public debate and used the same form of monarchy.

• Athens trained boys to be soldiers from age seven, while Sparta required every citizen to study philosophy full-time.

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How did the Greek alphabet develop?

• It was invented entirely from scratch by Athenian poets during the Persian Wars.

• It was adapted from the Phoenician writing system, with Greeks adding vowel letters.

• It was borrowed from Roman Latin and later changed into symbols.

• It came from Egyptian hieroglyphs without any changes.

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Who won the battle of Thermopylae?

• Persia

• Athens

• Sparta

• France

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The Persian Empire was the ________ empire in the world at the time.

• weakest

• largest

• smallest

• oldest

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Who were Darius I and Xerxes?

• Generals for Sparta

• Leaders of Athens

• Kings of Persia

• Kings of Sparta

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Which Greek historian is responsible for calling the Greek alphabet “phoinikeia grammata,” or Phoenician letters?

• Archimedes

• Herodotus

• Peloponnesus

• Aristotle

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Use the map to help answer this question. The geography and physical environment of Greece influenced the formation of ______.

• city-states

• the Persian Empire

• democracy

• citizens

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Use the map to help answer this question. Greece is a(n) ______.

• island

• archipelago

• oligarchy

• city-state

• none of these

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Greece is surrounded by 3 sides of water. On the east is the ​

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On the west is the ​

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and in the South is the ​ ​ ​

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What is the Antikythera mechanism?

• the "latest analogue computer"

• The “the first analogue computer”

• an old wheel

• a new artifact

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Which statements are TRUE about the Antikythera Mechanism

• It was found off the coast of Scotland

• It is an advanced analogue computer

• it could calculate sun and moon times, planets and eclipses

• It is composed of a bunch of gears

• It is five thousand years old