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Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This is when one person rules over an empire or kingdom.
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Tyrant
2.
This is a political unit consisting of a city and its surrounding countryside.
a)
City-state
b)
Empire
c)
Crete
d)
Aegean Sea
3.
What is an aristocrat?
a)
Rich land owner or noble
b)
Most influential of all Greek philosophers
c)
Age marked by great acheivements
d)
Poor land owner or helot
4.
The most influential of all the Greek philosophers was.
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Zeus
5.
When people rule themselves, this is called _________________.
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Democracy
c)
Peninsula
d)
Homer
6.
The Greek philosopher ______ wrote the ____, which described the Trojan War.
a)
Homer/Illiad
b)
Spartan/Myths
c)
Athens/peninsula
d)
Zeus/Minoan
7.
The ________________ War was fought between Athens and Sparta.
a)
Spartucus
b)
Iraq
c)
Peloponnesian
d)
Trojan
8.
Approximately how much of Greece was able to be farmed?
a)
10%
b)
15%
c)
20%
d)
30%
9.
The Parthenon was built to honor the Greek Goddess ________.
a)
Zues
b)
Athena
c)
Athens
d)
Crete
10.
The home of the gods is _____________?
a)
Marathon
b)
Olympia
c)
Mt. Olympics
d)
Mt. Olympus
11.
A monarch is the...
a)
Ruler of a kingdom or empire
b)
The ruler of the U.S.
c)
A rich land owner or noble
d)
A poor slave or helot
12.
He is remembered for how he taught, not what he taught
a)
Homer
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Plato
13.
Athens is know for what?
a)
Great Warriors
b)
Spartans
c)
The Olympics
d)
Democracy
14.
Which class of people held all the power and made all the rules in the Greek city-states?
a)
Outsiders
b)
Slaves
c)
Citizens
d)
Helots
15.
On which continent will you find the country of Greece?
a)
North America
b)
Asia
c)
Europe
d)
North Carolina
16.
What is not required for a citizen of Athens?
a)
Fight in a war
b)
Be over 18
c)
Be male
d)
Have a father who was a citizen
17.
Who fought at the battle of Thermopylae?
a)
Athens & Sparta
b)
Sparta & Persia
c)
Sparta & Rome
d)
Persia & Crete
18.
The Minoans were the first Greek culture but..
a)
Did not eat seafood
b)
Did not travel on the sea
c)
Did not speak Greek
d)
Were the second to land on the moon
19.
The Mycenaean's were the..
a)
First true Greeks
b)
Mighty Spartan Warriors
c)
First to land on the moon
d)
First true Egyptians
20.
This Greek god is the ruler of the underworld.
a)
Hera
b)
Apollo
c)
Hades
d)
Zues
21.
Apollo was the god of..
a)
The sun and music
b)
War and violence
c)
The underworld
d)
Fire and metalworking
22.
The god of the sea is _______ and the god of the gods is _________.
a)
Zeus/Poseidon
b)
Hara/Hermes
c)
Poseidon/Hades
d)
Poseidon/Zeus
23.
These people came from the North and conquered Greece?
a)
Minoans
b)
Dorians
c)
Egyptians
d)
Athenians
24.
The mainland of Greece is a...
a)
Large Island
b)
A Peninsula
c)
Flat Plain
d)
Delta
25.
What sea lies to the South of Greece?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Persian Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea
d)
Aegean Sea
26.
Who fought against the Troy during the Trojan War?
a)
Minoans
b)
Mycenaeans
c)
Spartans
d)
Persians
27.
Life in the city typically focused around what?
a)
The Agora
b)
The castle
c)
Pyramids
d)
Trojan Horse
28.
This Mycenaean warrior, and his men, hid in the Trojan Horse and slaughtered the Trojans.
a)
Homer
b)
Achilles
c)
King Tut
d)
Socrates
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