Classical Greece Silver Quiz

What significant event began in the fifth century BCE that involved the Greek city-states?

• The Peloponnesian War

• The Greco-Persian Wars

• The Macedonian Conquest

• The Golden Age of Athens

Which city-state led the Delian League during the conflicts with Sparta?

• Corinth

• Thebes

• Athens

• Sparta

Who is known as the Father of Modern Geometry?

• Pythagoras

• Aristotle

• Euclid

• Socrates

What did Pythagoras and his followers create around mathematics?

• A science

• A mysticism

• A democracy

• A philosophy

Which famous structure was constructed during the Age of Pericles?

• The Acropolis

• The Parthenon

• The Colosseum

• The Temple of Zeus

What type of government did Athens develop during the sixth century BCE?

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Democracy

• Dictatorship

Which quote relates to the influence of Greek culture on Rome?

• "Captive Greece took captive her fierce conqueror."

• "Reason is immortal, all else mortal."

• "There is geometry in the humming of the strings."

• "There is music in the spacing of the spheres."

What period is referred to as the Golden Age of Athens?

• The time of the Roman Empire

• The time when Athens fended off the Persians until the end of the Peloponnesian War

• The time of Alexander the Great

• The time of the Hellenistic Period

Which philosopher was a student of Socrates?

• Aristotle

• Pythagoras

• Diogenes

• Archimedes

Who was a famous historian that provided accounts of the Peloponnesian War?

• Herodotus
  

• Thucydides

• Xenophon

• Archimedes