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WorksheetsWH1.5 Ancient Greece
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 35mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Greek word for 'city-state' is...
a)
county
b)
town
c)
borough
d)
polis
2.
What type of government is run by the richest and most powerful citizens?
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Theocracy
3.
The ruler of all the Greek gods was...
a)
Poseidon.
b)
Ares.
c)
Zeus.
d)
Athena.
4.
How is the influence of ancient greece seen in today's world?
a)
the clothes that they wore
b)
buildings and architecture
c)
everybody walks everywhere
d)
communities are isolated
5.
Who was NOT a Greek philosopher?
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Plato
6.
How did colonies affect ancient Greek culture?
a)
a. They led the Greeks to adopt Asian culture
b)
b. they caused village cultures to develop in different ways
c)
c. they spread the culture to a wide area
d)
d. they forced settlers to lose their culture and rights as Greeks.
7.
Which Greek philosopher had the method of asking questions?
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristole
c)
Plato
d)
Alexander
8.
Who formed the delian league
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Thebes
d)
Delphi
9.
Which term describes the blending of Greek culture with Persian, Indian, & Egyptian influences?
a)
classical
b)
arabesque
c)
Hellenism
d)
Gothic
10.
Herodotus and Thucydides are known for what type of writing?
a)
poetry
b)
history
c)
drama
d)
philosophy
11.
Which of the following was caused the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Struggles between Greece and Persia
b)
Struggles between Athens and Sparta
c)
Struggles between Greece and Macedonia
d)
Struggles between Greece, Persia and Macedonia.
12.
Which is the best description of the land of Greece?
a)
arable
b)
mountainous
c)
river valleys
d)
plateau
13.
Which was a result of the Peloponnesian Wars?
a)
Sparta became the leading city-state
b)
The Greek Golden Age began
c)
Greece was taken over by Persia
d)
The Greek city-states were weakened and left vulnerable to attack
14.
___________ was the Macedonian king who was planning to conquer Persia, but was murdered before he was able to accomplish this task.
a)
Aeschylus
b)
Philip II
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Homer
15.
Homer's The Illiad is about:
a)
Alexander the Great
b)
the Oracle at Delphi
c)
Odysseus
d)
The Trojan War
16.
On which peninsula is Greece located?
a)
Iberian
b)
Balkan
c)
Floridian
d)
Italian
17.
Which of these is not a physical feature of Greece?
a)
rugged mountains
b)
deep valleys
c)
great rivers
d)
many islands
18.
Which of these describes the religious beliefs of the ancient Greeks?
a)
They didn't have gods or goddesses.
b)
A single, all-powered God ruled everything.
c)
Gods and goddesses lived on Crete.
d)
Gods and goddesses acted like humans.
19.
Why did the Greeks have small, independent communities?
a)
They all spoke different languages.
b)
They all had different religions.
c)
The geography caused it.
d)
It was a desert there.
20.
What allowed Greeks to interact with other people and cultures?
a)
religion
b)
trade
c)
art
d)
sports
21.
What was the war between Athens and Sparta called?
a)
Trojan War
b)
Persian War
c)
Battle of Salamis
d)
Peloponesian War
22.
Who was NOT a Greek philosopher?
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Plato
23.
Who spread Greek ideas by building an empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa?
a)
Pericles
b)
Archimedes
c)
Socrates
d)
Alexander
24.
What is the time period when a new civilization developed from a blend of Greek and Asian cultures called?
a)
Hellenistic Age
b)
Delian Age
c)
Peloponesian Age
d)
Golden Age
25.
Who was the father of Democracy and also led Athens during its 'Golden Age'?
a)
Pericles
b)
Alexander the Great
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Homer
26.
This man, most likely, took an oath which was created by...
a)
Homer
b)
Herodotus
c)
Hippocrates
d)
Dr. Frankenstein
27.
Who is considered the 'Father of History'?
a)
Mr. Lewis
b)
Thyucides
c)
Herodotus
d)
Hippocrates
28.
Who wrote this?
a)
Homer
b)
Virgil
c)
Sophocles
d)
Archimedes
29.
Who was this building constructed for?
a)
Aphroditie
b)
Athena
c)
Pericles
d)
Phdias
30.
What type of column is this?
a)
Doric
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
31.
What type of column is this?
a)
Doric
b)
Corinthian
c)
Ionic
32.
What type of column is this?
a)
Doric
b)
Corinthian
c)
Ionic
33.
Who was the king of the gods?
a)
Zeus
b)
Apollo
c)
Hades
d)
Jupiter
34.
Which major battle took place in 490 BC?
a)
Battle of Troy
b)
Battle of Marathon
c)
Battle of Thermopylae
d)
Battle of Salamis
35.
In which region was Sparta located?
a)
Macedon
b)
Thessaly
c)
Central Greece
d)
Peloponnese
36.
What is a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country?
a)
empire
b)
city-state
c)
colony
d)
region
37.
On which continent is Greece located?
a)
Asia
b)
Africa
c)
Europe
d)
Eurasia
38.
What is the type of government in which the power is in the hands of a relatively small group of people?
a)
democracy
b)
tyranny
c)
oligarchy
d)
monarchy
39.
Which Greek philosopher had the method of asking questions?
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristole
c)
Plato
d)
Alexander
40.
Who formed the delian league
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Thebes
d)
Delphi
41.
Who spread Greek ideas by building an empire in Europe, Asia, and Africa?
a)
Pericles
b)
Archimedes
c)
Socrates
d)
Alexander
42.
How did Alexander the Great spread Greek culture?
a)
his writings
b)
through word of mouth
c)
by being the model of the perfect human
d)
through conquest
43.
Which leader conquered the Greek citystates?
a)
the Persian Xerxes
b)
the Hebrew David
c)
the Roman Justinian
d)
the Macedonian Phillip II
44.
Who invented this?
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Plato
c)
Euclid
d)
Hippocrates
45.
Who wrote the Republic and was a student of Socrates?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Aeschylus
d)
Thucydides
46.
All citizens meet to debate and vote on government matters.
a)
Representative Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Tyrant
d)
Direct Democracy
47.
Why did Athens and Sparta become allies (join forces) during the Persian Wars?
a)
Both city-states shared a similar form of government
b)
Persia was the largest empire and had a large military force which threatened Greece.
c)
They were united before
d)
Spartans loved Athenian culture
48.
Greek Philosopher that taught Alexander the Great, and wrote the book Politics that divided governments into a monarchy rule by one person, oligarchy rule by a few powerful or wealthy people, or a democracy rule by many.
a)
Hipporcates
b)
Aritstotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Plato
49.
Alexander the Great is from
a)
Greece
b)
Macedonia
c)
Sparta
d)
Persia
50.
The Persian Empire fought against Greece during the _______________________________, a series of battles that included the Battle of Thermopylae and Marathon.
a)
Greek Wars
b)
Peloponnesian War
c)
Persian Wars
d)
Spartan Wars
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