Social Studies Test

Match each figure to their role in the Trojan War.

• King of Sparta and husband of Helen

• Menelaus

• Prince who took Helen from her husband

• Paris

• "The most beautiful woman in the world"

• Helen

• Greek hero; only weakness was his heel

• Achilles

The Greeks used a giant wooden ______ to sneak soldiers into Troy.

The Iliad, written by Homer, focuses on:

• The anger of Achilles

• Odysseus’ journey home

• The founding of Athens

• The rise of Sparta

Match the Minoan feature to its description.

• Ruler the civilization was named after

• Crete

• Island where Minoan civilization began

• King Minos

• Athletic activity shown in Minoan art

• Frescoes

• Colorful wall paintings

• Bull Jumping

The Minoans were known for being:

• Warriors

• Farmers

• Nomads

• Seafarers and traders

Minoan religion was:

• Christian

• Monotheistic

• Polytheistic and nature-based

• Based on ancestor worship

Which writing system came after Linear A?

• Cuneiform

• Linear B

• Hieroglyphics

• Phoenician Alphabet

Match the form of government to its description.

• Rule by a small, wealthy elite

• Monarchy

• Rule by one ruler such as a king

• Aristocracy

• Government by the people

• Democracy

• Rule by landholding nobles

• Oligarchy

Match each person or event with its description.

• Spartan king who died at Thermopylae

• Herodotus

• Persian king who led the second invasion

• Leonidas

• Known as the “Father of History”

• Darius I

• Persian king who led the first invasion

• Xerxes 

What is a polis?

• King’s palace

• Temple

• City-state built on two levels

• Type of government