Rome and Greece Quizizz

Which of the following features of democracy occurred in Athens?

• Equal opportunities to advance in society and serve the public

• One ruler making the decisions for all citizens

• Multiple ruling elites making the decisions for all citizens

• Unfair treatment of the poor

Before democracy, Athenians had a government where a few noble ruling families made collective decisions for the citizens of Athens, called a...

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Monarchy

• Meritocracy

Which of the following themes best explains Pandora’s box?

• War is something humans will always deal with

• Gods give great advice to the humans they interact with

• Humans should be curious, but sometimes curiosity can lead to unforeseen events

• Humans should continue to experiment with the unknown and ignore the consequences

What is a characteristic of the Greek gods in Greek mythology?

• They all have qualities that humans want to aspire to and respect

• They always do the wrong thing and cause chaos

• They have human-like qualities and emotions that humans can relate to

• They never interfere with humans on earth

Based on the map, what can you infer about the geography of ancient Greece?

• Greece is very flat and has little elevation

• Greece has a very dry climate with little rainfall

• Greece has hills and mountains, with varying amounts of elevation

• Greece has many waterfalls and grasslands

Which of the following best describes the city-states of Athens and Sparta?

• Sparta’s government was an oligarchy and valued military conquests, while Athens’s government was a democracy and valued scholarly pursuits

• Sparta’s government was an oligarchy and valued education, while Athens’s government was a democracy and valued military conquests

• Sparta’s government was a democracy and valued architecture, while Athens’s government was a democracy and valued scholarly pursuits

• Sparta’s government was a democracy and valued education, while Athens’s government was an oligarchy and valued military conquests

Much of Sparta’s history was written by scholars in Athens because Spartans did not keep written records. How might this affect historians trying to study Sparta’s history?

• Sparta’s history is accurate because Athenians loved and admired Sparta

• Sparta’s history is accurate because Athenian scholars were philosophers

• Sparta’s history may not be accurate because Athenians were enemies of Sparta, and may have not recorded the truth about their rivals

• Sparta’s history may not be accurate because Athenian scholars did not understand the language of Spartans

Look at the achievements of ancient Greeks on the left. Which category of achievements does it belong to?

• Philosophy

• Warfare

• Epic poem

• Architecture

Which of the following statements best describes the Hellenistic period under Alexander the Great?

• Alexander the Great conquered so many different places that they would start to attack each other

• As Alexander the Great conquered new places, he spread Greek culture to these new places, and their cultures blended and gained different qualities from each other

• Alexander the Great was considered evil, so his people did not accept him as ruler

• As Alexander the Great conquered new places, he placed strict rules on his new citizens

How did the following achievements help the Roman Empire?

• Roman engineering of roads and aqueducts led to the breakup of the Roman Empire

• Roman engineering of roads and aqueducts used up too many resources that led to the breakdown of the Roman empire

• Roman engineering of roads helped move army troops quickly from one place to another, and the aqueducts provided citizens of the empire with fresh water

• Roman engineering of roads provided citizens of the empire with fresh water, and the aqueducts helped move army troops quickly from one place to another