WorksheetsAncient Athens/Greece
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a peninsula
a)
Mountains
b)
Land surrounded by water on 1 side
c)
Land Surrounded by water on 3 sides
d)
Land surrounded by water on 6 sides
2.
A Geographical feature of Athens was....
a)
Desert
b)
Ice
c)
Mountains
d)
Grassland
3.
Farming was hard in Greece because
a)
there was too much water
b)
there was not enough water
c)
the land was very rocky and mountainous
d)
the climate did not allow for seasonable growth
4.
A democracy is defined as....
a)
Being ruled by a king or queen
b)
Being ruled by a dicator
c)
Being ruled by the people
d)
Being ruled by only 3 people
5.
In Athens only the _________ were allowed to vote
a)
women
b)
children
c)
slaves
d)
men
6.
In Athens there was about __________ percent of the population that could vote
a)
50%
b)
100%
c)
12%
d)
3%
7.
Because of Greece's proximity to the Mediterranean Sea many people became....
a)
Sailors
b)
Mountain climbers
c)
divers
d)
surfers
8.
Who was Pericles?
a)
A Prisoner
b)
An Athenian Leader and General
c)
An Athenian Professor
d)
A Basketball Player
9.
At what type of event was Pericles' famous speech?
a)
An Election
b)
A Funeral
c)
A Debate
d)
A Basketball Game
10.
In what ways was Ancient Athens MORE democratic than current democracies?
a)
Each citizen directly voted
b)
The people elected others to vote for them
c)
It was not
d)
All people were allowed to vote
11.
In Ancient Athens, what was ostracism?
a)
A Political Party
b)
Being Exiled From Office
c)
Suicide
d)
Their Form of Government
12.
What was the "ASSEMBLY"?
a)
Where all citizens could debate issues and vote
b)
Where 500 people supervised the running of the government
c)
Where elected representatives voted on issues
d)
Where they would put people on trial for crimes
13.
The land cover of Greece is best described as
a)
Flat land with lots of fertile farming plains
b)
Heavily forested with plentiful trees
c)
A frozen tundra
d)
A rocky & mountainous land with steep terrain
14.
Most of Greece is located on a/an
a)
Island
b)
Isthmus
c)
Peninsula
d)
Continent of its own
15.
The Minoans lived in/on
a)
The Greek mainland
b)
The island of Crete
c)
The Peloponnesian Peninsula
d)
Asia Minor
16.
The Mycenaeans lived in/on
a)
Asia Minor
b)
The Balkan Peninsula
c)
The island of Crete
d)
The Peloponnesian Peninsula
17.
Cause: The rocky soil in Greece made most farming difficult
Effect: ________
Effect: ________
a)
Led to the development of isolated city-states
b)
Focused on growing different kinds of crops
c)
Travelled by sea instead of over land
d)
Mountains provided protection from outsiders
18.
Cause: Mountains and rocky terrain made travel difficult
Effect: ________
Effect: ________
a)
Led to the development of isolated city-states
b)
Focused on growing different kinds of crops
c)
Travelled by sea instead of over land
d)
Greeks became fishermen and sailors instead of farmers
19.
Which of the following people would be allowed to vote?
a)
A 22 year old man
b)
A 40 year old mother of 4
c)
A 30 year old man who had moved from Sparta when he was young
d)
A 25 year old slave
20.
Participating in government was seen as a
a)
right
b)
responsibility
c)
right and responsibility
d)
freedom
21.
How did geography influence Greece?
a)
Mountains hindered communication, unification, caused growth of independent city-states
b)
Sea ports encouraged trade
c)
poor farmland led to few crops encouraged them to colonize
d)
All of the other Answers are the influences of geography on Greece
22.
Who would be qualified to be a citizen in Athens?
a)
An adult male slave; who works in the king's palace
b)
An adult woman homemaker; who takes care of the children.
c)
An adult male farmer; who is free and owns his own land.
d)
An adult male Spartan; who is visiting his cousin in Athens.
23.
Use the bullets below:
-limited citizenship
-used with small number of people
-citizens decide the laws, pick the leaders, and debate
-voting is done by a majority of hands or broken pieces of pottery
What type of government is represented above?
-limited citizenship
-used with small number of people
-citizens decide the laws, pick the leaders, and debate
-voting is done by a majority of hands or broken pieces of pottery
What type of government is represented above?
a)
monarchy
b)
theocracy
c)
direct democracy
d)
representative democracy (republic)
24.
Which answer explains why Greek city-states developed so differently and independent from each other?
a)
They were all located in major river valleys
b)
They were all isolated by geographic features.
c)
They were all told to be different by Socrates
d)
They were all conquered by the Persian Empire.
25.
"the birthplace of democracy"
What city-state is represented above?
What city-state is represented above?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Babylon
d)
Harappa
26.
The public square where meetings took place in Greek city-states was called the
a)
Agora
b)
Phalanx
c)
Parthenon
d)
Assembly
27.
Greece is a peninsula which means
a)
a mountain range with a river running through it.
b)
land surrounded by water on 3 sides
c)
an area with major rivers running through it
d)
a very mountainous region
28.
Which type of government is run by the people?
a)
oligarchy
b)
aristocracy
c)
monarchy
d)
democracy
29.
In ancient Greece, the main political
unit was the___________.
unit was the___________.
a)
a village..
b)
b polis.
c)
c agora.
d)
d Peloponnesus
30.
Because traveling by land in Greece was difficult, the Greeks
a)
became expert shipbuilders and seafarers
b)
learned how to climb mountains.
c)
gave up trying to travel.
d)
took up farming.
31.
How did the Greek mountains affect communication?
a)
a. They made farmers stop speaking.
b)
b. They promoted road building.
c)
c. They isolated communities into independent city-states.
d)
d. They led people to write letters.
32.
What does the word "Democracy" mean?
a)
"rule by the government"
b)
"rule by the many"
c)
"rule by the wealthy"
d)
"rule by the people"
33.
True or False?
The ancient Greeks were excellent sailors.
The ancient Greeks were excellent sailors.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
The Greek word for 'city-state' is...
a)
county
b)
town
c)
borough
d)
polis
35.
Which of the following is NOT a physical feature of Greece?
a)
Mountians
b)
lots of coastline
c)
peninsulas and islands
d)
vast open plains
36.
This city-state was known for developing democracy.
a)
Sparta
b)
Troy
c)
Ithaca
d)
Athens
37.
Will I ACE this test tomorrow??????
a)
YES
b)
HECK YES
c)
HECK HECK YES
d)
DUHHH MR. ALLEN
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