Ancient Greece Quiz

What were the two major city-states in Ancient Greece?

• Rome and Carthage

• Athens and Sparta

• Alexandria and Thebes

• Troy and Mycenae

The Ancient Greeks started the ________, which is a big sporting competition that many countries around the world participate in every four years.

The Olympics were so important to the ancient Greeks that if they were at war with each other, they would take a break from the fighting to participate in the Olympics.

• True

• False

Which city-state had a strong military and focused on discipline and warfare?

• Rome

• Sparta

• Athens

• Thebes

Women were treated with more respect in ______ as compared to most other places during ancient times.

The Greek word for city-state is?

• metropolis
• acropolis
• police
• polis

The Greeks declared that everyone who was not a Greek was a?

• barbarian
• outsider
• alien
• foreigner

What is a barbarian?

• A highly educated and sophisticated person
• A peaceful and diplomatic individual
• A skilled and talented artisan
• A person who acts in a rough, uncivilized way.

What is a slave?

• A person who willingly works for another person without pay or freedom.
• A person who is paid to work for another person without freedom.
• A person who is owned by another person and is allowed to work for them without pay or freedom.
• A person who has no freedom and is owned by someone else.

The Spartans attacked the nearby polis of _______ and made the Messenians their slaves which were called ______.