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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 36mins
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Class
Date
1.
Which of these best describes the Athenian Democracy?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Tyranny
d)
Representative Democracy
2.
All men could be citizens in which city-state?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
d)
Neither
3.
Ostracism in Athenian Democracy involved...
a)
The right of a strong leader to make decisions independently.
b)
The age requirement of 30 years old to serve on the Council.
c)
A system of government in which one person reigns, usually a king or queen. The authority, or crown, in a monarchy is generally inherited.
d)
In ancient Athens, the exile of a member if the Assembly voted that he was too powerful.
4.
Direct Democracy and Representative Democracy are different in this way.
a)
A direct democracy has a small group of people voting, while in a representative democracy all people vote directly for their leaders.
b)
Direct democracy is when all citizens have a direct vote and representative democracy has an elected official who votes for the people.
c)
Representative democracy has fewer rulers than a direct democracy.
5.
After the Peloponnesian War....
a)
Athens decline as a superpower was evident.
b)
The Athenian empire became stronger.
c)
The Spartans lost most of their men and resources.
d)
Athens and Sparta created a strong alliance.
6.
The geography of ancient Greece made it necessary for the people to ...
a)
Grow all of their own food in the mountains.
b)
Become a strong seafaring culture.
c)
Build a wall over 13,000 miles long to keep out invaders.
d)
Grow rice on terraces.
7.
Why was the purpose for forming the Delian League?
a)
To raise money for the growth of the Athens polis.
b)
To fend off attacks from the Romans.
c)
To support education in Sparta.
d)
To fend off attacks from the Persians.
8.
This epic poet wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey.
a)
Aristotle
b)
Alexander the Great
c)
Archimedes
d)
Homer
9.
In the polis of Athens, who made the decisions and who made up the largest percentage of the population?
a)
All citizens made the decisions and slaves made up the the largest percentage of the population.
b)
Women made the decisions, but there was higher population of men than women.
c)
All men made the decisions, and slaves made up the majority of the population.
d)
All men made the decisions, but women made up the largest majority of the population.
10.
Phillip II of Macedon was Alexander the Great's father and left a legacy of...
a)
The defeat of the Persian Empire
b)
Conquering Egypt and Rome
c)
The unification of ancient Greek city-states.
d)
The expansion of the empire for nearly 500,00 square miles.
11.
Alexander the Great encouraged cultural diffusion by following the customs of the Persians and
a)
Marrying an Indus River princess.
b)
Adopting Egyptian children.
c)
Refusing to follow the customs of other cultures.
d)
Marrying Roxana, a Persian king's daughter.
12.
Hellenism refers to...
a)
The ancient Greek culture.
b)
The ancient Roman culture.
c)
Volcanoes and mountains.
d)
The Greek goddess of victory.
13.
To ostracize someone means to...
a)
Invite others into your home.
b)
Exclude someone from a group or society.
c)
To assist someone when they need assistance.
d)
To marry someone from another culture.
14.
How did life differ in Athens and Sparta?
a)
Athens was filled with the arts and learning, while Sparta was centered around military training and strength.
b)
women were in leadership roles in Athens, but in Sparta only men could hold leadership positions.
c)
Religion was most important in Sparta, while Athens prided itself on sports.
d)
All people voted in Athens, but in Sparta only men voted.
15.
Which Greek philosopher and scientist was Alexander the Great's teacher?
a)
Hippocrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
d)
Socrates
16.
Alexander the Great's most enduring legacy is...
a)
He limited the expansion of the Greek Empire.
b)
He spread Hellenistic culture throughout the then-known world from Macedon, through Greece, down to Egypt, across Persia, to India.
c)
He had many towns named after him called "greats."
d)
He was the cruelest ruler known in in all history.
17.
Which Greek philosopher used the principle of physics to create the inventions of the lever and pulley?
a)
Archimedes
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
d)
Aristotle
18.
Greek religion was polytheistic and
a)
ended with Alexander the Great.
b)
remained only in the city-states of ancient Greece.
c)
spread far and wide with the conquests of Alexander the Great.
d)
ended with the fall of the Greek Empire.
19.
Two important city-states of ancient Greece are?
a)
Agora and Parthenon
b)
Nile and Tigris
c)
Athens and Sparta
d)
Columbia and Corinthian
20.
Ancient Greece was surrounded by these bodies of water...
a)
The Mediterranean, Greenland Sea and Sargasso Sea
b)
The Weddell and the Tasman
c)
The Huang He (Yellow River) and the Nile
d)
Ionian Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Sea of Crete, the Thracian Sea and the Aegean Sea.
21.
Men and women were taught to read and write in which city-state(s)?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
d)
Neither
22.
A polis is also known as a
a)
city-state
b)
council
c)
assembly
d)
column
23.
Which best describes the time period know as the Hellenistic Era (Age)?
a)
The period of flourishing arts and culture in ancient Greece and domination in Sparta and Athens.
b)
The establishment of the Greek Empire with Minoans and the Mycenae.
c)
The time before Alexander the Great's influence.
d)
The period of conquest in the Persian Empire the rise of Roman dominance.
24.
The study of the physical features of the earth and its atmosphere, and of human activity as it affects and is affected by these, including the distribution of populations and resources, land use, and industries is called...
a)
geology
b)
geometry
c)
geography
d)
gemology
25.
The first Olympics were staged in this city.
a)
Argos
b)
Sparta
c)
Delphi
d)
Olympia
26.
This culture emerged after the rule of Alexander the Great.
a)
Persian
b)
Hellenistic
c)
Peloponnesian
d)
Minoan
27.
A government in which the power lies in the hands of just a few.
a)
oligarchy
b)
democracy
c)
constitutional
d)
republic
28.
The Parthenon was built on the ____________in the city of Athens.
a)
temple
b)
acropolis
c)
Mediterranean
d)
polis
29.
An agora is...
a)
a marketplace
b)
a valley
c)
a temple
d)
an oracle
30.
Women were allowed to vote in ancient Greece?
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Which word does not fit?
a)
knight
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
d)
Zeus
32.
Democracy means government:
a)
By a few people
b)
By a king
c)
By a council
d)
by the people
33.
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.
a)
a myth
b)
a hand-written text
c)
an article
d)
a novel
34.
The many gods and goddesses that formed the beliefs and religion of the Greeks is an example of
a)
monotheism
b)
polytheism
c)
philosophy
d)
stoicism
35.
The war that went on and on between Athens and Sparta.
a)
The Persian Wars
b)
The Hellenistic Age
c)
The Peloponnesian War
d)
The Crimean War
36.
Which of these is a reason that the Greeks developed small, independent city-states (polis)?
a)
Rugged mountains divided up the country
b)
The kings wanted these small independent states.
c)
A democracy called for small city-states.
d)
Alexander the Great wanted to keep other cultures from influencing ancient Greece.
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