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WorksheetsStudies Weekly - Greek Civilization
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Pericles once said, "Our city is open to the world." What did he mean by this?
a)
Athens was on the edge of the continent so it was unsafe.
b)
Athenians preferred to sell goods to other civilizations.
c)
Athens welcomed people from all over the world in order to learn from them.
d)
Athens was not well protected because it didn't have a strong military.
2.
The democratic government of the ancient Greeks influenced the development of government in the United States. What type of democracy do we have here in the US?
a)
representative
b)
direct
c)
indirect
d)
absolute
3.
For whom was the Parthenon built as a tribute?
a)
Xerxes
b)
Hercules
c)
Hades
d)
Athena
4.
Which term means the same thing as the ancient Greek "agora?"
a)
market
b)
house
c)
temple
d)
university
5.
In ancient Greece, boys would use a stylus to write things in school/"gymnasia." In what other cultures were stylus used?
a)
India & China
b)
Mesopotamia & Egypt
c)
China & Egypt
d)
Mesopotamia & India
6.
What event marked the end of "The Golden Age" of Athens?
a)
Persian War
b)
the death of Alexander
c)
the burning down of Athens
d)
Peloponnesian War
7.
Which of the following famous Greeks developed the mathematical theorem that determines the missing side of a right triangle? (We did this in class!)
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Socrates
c)
Archimedes
d)
Hippocrates
8.
Who was Socrates' most famous student?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Plato
c)
Alexander
d)
Homer
9.
What was the name of the epic poem written about the Trojan War?
a)
The Odyssey
b)
The Trick
c)
The Trojan Horse
d)
The Iliad
10.
Which of the following Greek root words means "to write?"
a)
-logy
b)
-graph
c)
tele-
d)
-sophy
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