GENERAL KNOWLEDGE EASTER MIDTERM QUIZ

The king of all the gods is ___

• Zeus

• Hera

• Apollo

• Hermes

Who is the goddess of marriage and queen of the gods?

• Athena

• Hera

• Aphrodite

• Artemis

Which god is the son of Zeus and Leto, and the twin brother of Artemis?

• Apollo

• Hermes

• Dionysus

• Hades

Who is the messenger of the gods in Greek mythology?

• Hermes

• Apollo

• Dionysus

• Hades

A commander in the army at age 16 and a ruler at age 20.

• Eratosthenes

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Alexander

___________ gained power in the ancient world during the reign of King Phillip II.

• Mespotamia
• Macedonia
• Greece

The soldiers in Alexander the Great’s army who rode horses into battle were the

• cavalry
• cavity
• circumference
• Stoicism

Who fought each other in the Persian Wars?

• the Romans and the Greeks

• Macedonia and the Assyrians

• Sparta and Athens

• The Greeks and the Persians

What was the deciding battle during the first invasion of Greece by the Persians?

• Battle of Marathon

• Battle of Salamis

• Battle of Athens

• Battle of Thermophylae

Who were Daris I and Xerxes?

• generals in the Spartan army

• Emperors of Persia

• Greatest of the Greek warriors

• Leaders of the city of Athens