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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A fortified area, usually on a hill, and can be used to worship gods and goddesses
a)
agora
b)
acropolis
c)
polis
d)
legacy
2.
All citizens share in running the government
a)
oligarchy
b)
tyranny
c)
democracy
d)
monarchy
3.
Which polis consistently had an oligarchy?
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
4.
Women from Athens spent their days doing what?
a)
practicing sports
b)
household chores
5.
Women in Sparta spent their days doing what?
a)
practicing sports
b)
household chores
6.
What is Aristotle known for?
a)
lever and value of pi
b)
Alexander the Great's teacher and political philosophy
c)
equation to find the missing side of a triangle
d)
The Academy
7.
What is Socrates known for?
a)
lever and value of pi
b)
The Academy
c)
equation to find the missing side of a triangle
d)
Socratic questioning
8.
The Greeks were
a)
monotheistic
b)
polytheistic
9.
What type of Greek drama ended unhappily because the main character fails to overcome a difficulty?
a)
myth
b)
fable
c)
comedy
d)
tragedy
10.
Where were Philip II and Alexander the Great from?
a)
Thebes
b)
Athens
c)
Sparta
d)
Macedonia
11.
What did Alexander the Great accomplish?
a)
conquered and united the Greek city-states
b)
kept the Greek city-states independent
c)
conquered large areas of Africa and Central/Southern Asia (Persia)
d)
organized the Delian League
12.
What were the first two cultures to develop in Greece?
a)
Minoans and Mycenaens
b)
Minoans and Macedonians
c)
Mycenaens and Mesopotamians
d)
Egyptians and Sumerians
13.
Which was attributed to the Greek gods?
a)
Natural Disasters
b)
Seasons
c)
Daily Events
d)
All of These
14.
A tyrant is ______
a)
A criminal
b)
A leader that is kind
c)
A leader who rules by force
d)
A rich ruler
15.
What was the focus of society in the city-state Athens?
a)
beauty
b)
warfare
c)
education
d)
monotheism
16.
What was the focus of society in the city-state of Sparta?
a)
beauty
b)
warfare
c)
education
d)
monotheism
17.
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.
18.
Open area which was both a market and place where people could meet and debate issues
a)
polis
b)
agora
c)
democracy
d)
hoplite
19.
Why was Socrates arrested, put on trial, and sentenced to death?
a)
Socrates taught the poor how to read
b)
Socrates publicly questioned the power of the gods.
20.
Which two geographical features made Greece isolated?
a)
deserts and mountains
b)
rivers and volcanos
c)
mountains and rivers
d)
mountains and seas
21.
The Greek city-states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War. What was a major effect of the war?
a)
Sparta was able to conquer Thebes.
b)
Macedonia was able to conquer Greece.
c)
Athens was able to enter a golden age.
d)
Thebes
22.
What does it mean to say that Alexander conquered by using kindness?
a)
He let towns that surrendered to his army keep their own leaders
b)
He convinced people to vote for him to make him their only leader
c)
He gave people gifts of gold and jewels in order to become their leader
d)
He offered lessons for people in the religion he wanted them to practice
23.
What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?
a)
Alexander's son Philip took over
b)
Greece conquered Macedonia
c)
Alexander's empire fell apart
d)
Sparta won the Peloponnesian War
24.
Who was the Spartan king at Thermopylae ?
a)
Jesse
b)
Leonidas
c)
The Terracotta army
d)
Kleomenes
25.
What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?
a)
Rome & Alexandria
b)
Corinth & Olympia
c)
Thebes & Argos
d)
Sparta & Athens
26.
The invasion of what army helped bring the city-states of Athens and Sparta together (united them)?
a)
Egyptian
b)
Byzantium
c)
Persian
d)
Mongolian
27.
Athens is credited with the development of _________________, a form of government where the people choose how they are ruled.
a)
Monotheism
b)
Anarchy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Direct Democracy
28.
Which describes a time of great cultural growth, mainly taking place in Athens?
a)
Bronze Age
b)
Golden Age
c)
Stone Age
d)
Middle Ages
29.
What important military tactic did the Greeks use to beat the Persians?
a)
Philosophy
b)
Phalanx
c)
Hammer & anvil
d)
Run & shoot
30.
Which of the following best explains what caused the end of the Golden Age of Greece?
a)
They started to allow women to become citizens.
b)
Their apples all became rotten.
c)
Peloponnesian War, a war between Greek city-states
d)
All of the above
31.
True or False: Athens & Sparta women both held the same social class.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Which city-state provided more rights for women?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
33.
Which city-state relied on a group called the helots to work on the land?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
34.
Which city-state sent their boys to the agōgē at the age of seven?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
35.
Which city-state required that their citizens serve in the military?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
36.
Which city-state used democracy as their main form of government?
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Both
37.
The ruler of all the Greek gods was...
a)
Poseidon.
b)
Ares.
c)
Zeus.
d)
Athena.
38.
According to the ancient Greeks, the gods and goddesses lived...
a)
in Athens.
b)
on Mount Olympus.
c)
in Sparta.
d)
in Turkey.
39.
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"
40.
Greek has many _________that are like mini countries.
a)
counties
b)
city-states
c)
provinces
d)
parishes
41.
What philosopher was put on trial for corrupting the Athenian youth and was put to death?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Socrates
d)
Homer
42.
Government where one seizes control
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Tyranny
d)
Democracy
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