WorksheetsGreek Legacies
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the building in Athens that represents the Greek legacies in architecture including, pitched roofs, columns, rectangular bases, & balance & symmetry?
a)
Acropolis
b)
Parthenon
c)
Polis
d)
Oracle
2.
The Greek column that has the spiral scrolls at the top is called what?
a)
Corinthian
b)
Doric
c)
Ionic
d)
Roman
3.
Myron created a famous Greek statue showing off the human body and the idea of balance and symmetry in the Greek art. What is the name of this statue?
a)
Athena
b)
Discus Thrower
c)
Pieta
d)
Zeus
4.
Who is the Greek artist and architect famous for the gold and ivory statues of Athena and Zeus found in the Parthenon and Temple of Olympia?
a)
Myron
b)
Pericles
c)
Phidias
d)
Spartacus
5.
This devise was used by the ancient Greeks to locate and predict the positions of the sun, moon and stars.
a)
Astrolabe
b)
Latitude & Longitude
c)
Pulley
d)
Screw
6.
The Greeks invented lines of latitude and longitude for what purpose?
a)
To determine time of day.
b)
To determine location on earth.
c)
To determine the size of earth.
d)
To determine location of the moon and stars.
7.
The Egyptians used ramps to move stones to the top of the pyramids. What would the Greeks have used instead?
a)
Astrolabe
b)
Crane
c)
Screw Press
d)
Lever
8.
Archimedes invented this inclined plane with an internal screw to do what?
a)
Drill holes
b)
Lift heavy objects
c)
Pump water out
d)
Pull heavy objects
9.
What is the Greek city-state that was famous for educating its people in a variety of subjects?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
10.
What is the subject invented by the Greeks that uses logic and reason to solve problems rather than blaming the gods for everything?
a)
History
b)
Geometry
c)
Philosophy
11.
Who is the famous philosopher who taught by asking questions?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
d)
Hippocrates
12.
Who is the philosopher who built a school for higher education called "The Academy?"
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
13.
Who is the philosopher who also became the "father of biology" due to his classification of plants and animals?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
14.
The mathematician Pythagoras came up with a theory about what?
a)
negative numbers
b)
positive numbers
c)
evolution
d)
right triangles
15.
Who is considered the "father of geometry" because of his comprehensive book called The Elements?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Euclid
c)
Pythagoras
d)
Hippocrates
16.
Who is the doctor that believed in the idea that illness came from nature and that it wasn't caused by the gods?
a)
Herodotus
b)
Euclid
c)
Pythagoras
d)
Hippocrates
17.
The Greeks also invented the subject of history. Which historian wrote of the 7 Ancient Wonders of the World by traveling and writing his observations?
a)
Herodotus
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Thucydides
d)
Socrates
18.
The Greeks invented theater which they divided into two categories. Name them.
a)
comedy & drama
b)
comedy & horror
c)
comedy & tragedy
d)
drama & tragedy
19.
The Greek dramas also took place in a special scientifically and architecturally designed theater called what?
a)
amphitheater
b)
stadium
c)
concert hall
d)
music center
20.
Homer was a Greek poet who told epic poems to entertain the people. One was about the legendary Trojan War fought between the Greeks and the Trojans. Name this poem.
a)
Iliad
b)
Odyssey
21.
Greek myths have become part of our everyday life. Name the tendon above our heel named after a famous Greek warrior during the Trojan War.
a)
Achilles' Tendon
b)
Trojan's Tendon
c)
Odysseus' Tendon
d)
Hartong's Tendon
22.
Greek myths become part of our vocabulary as well. For example, a Herculean task is a term that can be used to describe what?
a)
something special
b)
something awful
c)
something nearly impossible
d)
something deadly
23.
Aesop was a slave in ancient Greece who told stories to children using animals to teach about character. Which of the following is an example of an Aesop Fable?
a)
The Lion King
b)
Peter Rabbit
c)
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
d)
The Three Little Pigs
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