Ancient Greece Quiz

Who is considered the Father of Medicine?

• Pythagoras

• Thales

• Hippocrates

• Solon

Which city-state was ruled by two kings and had a council of elders as the most powerful body?

• Kos

• Miletus

• Sparta

• Athens

Who is known for coming up with the Pythagorean theorem and the doctrine of musica universalis?

• Solon

• Thales

• Pythagoras

• Hippocrates

What system of government did most city-states become after the rule of tyrants?

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Which city-state had a military-centered society and emphasized the importance of discipline and strength through self-denial?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Miletus

• Kos

Who is regarded as the first female Olympic champion, winning the four-horse chariot race in 396 and 392 B.C.?

• Aspasia

• Cynisca

• Hipparchia

• Sappho

Which noble took over after Solon and made even greater reforms, including dividing large estates among farmers who had no lands?

• Isagoras

• Cleomenes I

• Peisistratus

• Cleisthenes

Who is considered the master mathematician, astronomer, statesman, and pre-Socratic philosopher who believed that nature was derived from the unity of everything based on one ultimate substance, water?

• Pythagoras

• Thales

• Hippocrates

• Solon

Which city-state was founded by the descendants of the Mycenaeans and is known for being the birthplace of theater and democracy?

• Kos

• Miletus

• Sparta

• Athens

Who is known for breaking from mythology and using a more naturalistic approach to studying the world through observation and thought?

• Solon

• Hippocrates

• Thales

• Pythagoras