Ancient Greece Exam

One of the most famous ancient Greek poets who wrote the Iliad was...

• Homer.
• Athena.
• Sandburg. 
• Pericles

What does the word "Democracy" mean?

• "rule by the government"
• "rule by the many"
• "rule by the wealthy"
• "rule by the people"

Who was the leader of Athens after the defeat of the Persians and took Athens into a "Golden Age" of prosperity and achievement?

• Pericles
• Leonidas
• Themistocles
• Socrates

Because of Greece's mountains they had a lack of..

• Farmland
• Rain
• Sun
• Mountains

Which best describes the reason independent city-states developed in Greece.

• A. Settlements were isolated from each other by mountians and seas.
• B. Minoans took the best farmland on mainland Greece and other groups had to settle where they could.
• C. Language differences made it difficult for groups to communicate.
• D. Food shortages causes cities to become small.

In which field did Pythagoras make important contributions?

• A. literature
• B. architecture
• C. mathematics
• D. philosophy

300 Spartan soldiers held the Persian army to a stalemate for a whole week before the Persians eventually defeated them in what famous battle?

• Battle of the Greeks

• Battle of Thermopylae

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Battle of Pericles

Which of of the following wrote Greek Tragedies?

• Aeschylus

• Archimedes

• Socrates

• Euclid

Type of landform surrounded by water on three sides

• peninsula
• island
• plain
• marsh

Greek word for "city-state"

• Athens

• Sparta

• polis

• community