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WorksheetsUnit 8 Ancient Greece
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The hill above a Greek city, on which temples were built
a)
polis
b)
parthenon
c)
agora
d)
acropolis
2.
Greek marketplace or open area where people could meet and debate issues.
a)
acropolis
b)
Parthenon
c)
agora
d)
polis
3.
The most famous temple on the acropolis built in the honor of the goddess Athena
a)
Wisdom
b)
Polis
c)
Parthenon
d)
Acropolis
4.
Who were aristocrats?
a)
Artists
b)
Nobles
c)
Kings
d)
Non citizens
5.
Who were helots?
a)
Spartan slaves and captive workers
b)
Non citizens who lived in Sparta
c)
Aristocrats
d)
Warriors
6.
What are trirememes?
a)
Spartan Warships
b)
Athenian Warships
7.
What was a comedy?
a)
A light amusing play with a tragic ending
b)
A serious play with an unhappy ending
c)
A light amusing play with a happy ending
8.
What was a tragedy?
a)
A light amusing play with a tragic ending
b)
A serious play with an unhappy ending
c)
A light amusing play with a happy ending
d)
A serious play with a happy ending
9.
Traditional stories about gods or heroes?
a)
legends
b)
history
c)
myths
d)
prayers
10.
Comes from the greek word "master builder"
a)
masterbuilder
b)
architect
c)
Phidias
d)
sculptor
11.
Person who speaks with the gods?
a)
Iliad
b)
Priest
c)
Oracle
12.
Someone who takes power by force? (seizes power)
a)
monarch
b)
king
c)
tyrant
d)
oligarch
13.
Government in which ruling power is in the hands of a single person? (usually a king)
a)
oligarchy
b)
tyranny
c)
monarchy
d)
democracy
14.
Government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Tyranny
15.
Government in which absolute ruling power is held by a person who is not a lawful king? (seizes power)
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Tyranny
c)
Democracy
d)
Monarchy
16.
Government in which power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives
a)
Tyranny
b)
Democracy
c)
Monarchy
d)
Oligarchy
17.
Government in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters.
a)
Direct democracy
b)
Representative democracy
18.
Government in which people elect leaders to make laws
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Representative Democracy
19.
(Athens) Group of 500 citizens chosen to form a council that were responsible for running the day to day business of the government
a)
Assembly of 500
b)
Council of 500
c)
Council of Elders
20.
(Athens) Consisted of all the citizens in Athens and would meet every 10 days to debate issues Had the most power.
a)
Council of 500
b)
Council of Elders
c)
Assembly
21.
In the assembly of Athens, how many people had to be present to vote on laws?
a)
60
b)
600
c)
6000
d)
10000
22.
(Sparta) A small group of Spartans who made all of the important governing decisions (an oligarchy). Held the most power in Sparta.
a)
Council of 500
b)
Assembly
c)
Council of Elders
23.
Could the Assembly in Sparta debate? Yes or No?
a)
Yes
b)
No
24.
What type of government did Athens have?
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Tyranny
25.
What type of government did Sparta have?
a)
Democracy
b)
Oligarchy (It was a military state)
c)
Tyranny
26.
What part of American democracy comes from Greece?
a)
Pillars
b)
Olive oil
c)
Juries of citizens
d)
Trade
27.
Which form of government in a greek city state came first?
a)
democracy
b)
monarchy
c)
oligarchy
d)
tyranny
28.
What order governments form in ancient Greece?
a)
Monarchy-Oligarchy-Tyranny-Democracy
b)
Monarchy-Tyranny-Oligarchy-Democracy
29.
How were oligarchs thrown out of power?
a)
by army leaders who partnered with the poor
b)
by kings who were powerful
c)
by presidents
30.
When were the first Olympics held?
a)
2017AD
b)
1000 BC
c)
776 BC
31.
Who was the first Olympics in the honor of ?
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Zeus
d)
Poseidon
32.
What was the first event and who were allowed to participate?
a)
javelin throw; men
b)
foot race; men
c)
swimming; women
33.
What was the theatre in honor of?
a)
Zeus
b)
Hera
c)
Dionysus
d)
Athena
34.
Who performed in the early theatre?
a)
only men and boys
b)
only women and girls
c)
both women and men
d)
Only kids
35.
At what age did Spartan boys leave home? What kind of education did they get?
a)
age 14; military training
b)
age 7; military training
c)
age 7; reading, writing and arithmetic.
d)
age14; reading
36.
Who was the father of history?
a)
Thucydides
b)
Socrates
c)
Herodotus
d)
Plato
37.
Who is considered the modern father of medicine? He was the first to observe people and write down their symptoms.
a)
Themistocles
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Plato
d)
Galileo Galillei
38.
What philosopher collected information on plants and animals and began to classify or group them?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
39.
What were the three main seas surrounding Greece?
a)
Mediterranean,Ionian, and Agaean
b)
Persian, Mediterranean, Aegean
40.
What age were Spartan boys taken from their parents and what were they trained to be?
a)
age 5; philosophers
b)
age 7; soldiers
41.
Column Style?
a)
Doric
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
42.
Column Style?
a)
Doric
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
43.
Column Style?
a)
Doric
b)
Ionic
c)
Corinthian
44.
What is the earliest known people of Ancient Greece?
a)
Minoans
b)
Mycenaeans
c)
Hellenes
d)
Dorians
45.
What were the Minoans known for?
a)
Sea pirating and creating the olive press
b)
Ship building and growing olives
46.
What sport came from the Minoans?
a)
Foot racing
b)
Bull leaping
47.
What crop made the Greeks rich?
a)
wheat
b)
olives
c)
rice
d)
gold
48.
When the Minoan civilization collapsed, who did they think conquered them?
a)
Minoans
b)
Athens
c)
Mycenaeans
49.
What famous war happened during the Mycenaean time?
a)
Iliad and the Odyssey
b)
The Persian war
c)
The Trojan War
d)
The Mycenaean War
50.
What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?
a)
It prospered
b)
It was conquered
c)
It fell apart
d)
It became free
51.
Who wrote Iliad and the Odyssey?
a)
Homer
b)
Herodotus
52.
Who was the teacher of Plato who died by drinking Hemlock poison.
a)
ARistotle
b)
Socrates
c)
Alexander
53.
Student of Socrates who rejected the idea for democracy for government. Teacher of Aristotle.
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Plato
d)
Alexander
54.
Student of Plato, classified plants and animals, taught Alexander the great
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Alexander the Great
55.
Student of Aristotle. He spread Greek culture and never lost a battle. Founded more than 12 cities called Alexandria
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Pericles
56.
Who was Pericles?
a)
The person under which Athens had the Golden Age
b)
The person under which Greek culture didn't flourish
c)
Guided Athens for less than 20 years
d)
A person who was lenient on his enemy
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