Groundbreaking Greeks Quiz

Who first spoke Greek?

• Mycenaeans

• Romans

• Egyptians

• Persians

What materials did the Minoans use for their palaces?

• Stone and wood

• Glass and steel

• Plastic and metal

• Brick and concrete

Who was known as the 'father of medicine'?

• Hippocrates

• Plato

• Socrates

• Pythagoras

What did Pythagoras develop to help calculate?

• The longest side of a right triangle

• The area of a circle

• The volume of a cube

• The height of a pyramid

What was a key characteristic of the Archaic period in Greece?

• Re-emergence of society, government, and art

• Decline of trade

• Invention of the wheel

• Discovery of America

Who are some of the greatest philosophers mentioned?

• Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

• Pythagoras, Archimedes, and Euclid

• Homer, Hesiod, and Sappho

• Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

Where were the first Olympic Games held?

• Athens

• Sparta

• Olympia

• Corinth

What is an acropolis?

• A temple in Athens

• A fortified area on a hill

• A type of Greek pottery

• A Greek philosopher

What is a city state?

• A large empire ruled by a monarch

• A city and surrounding area with its own government

• A collection of religious stories

• A central fortified area of a city