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6th Grade Ancient Greece

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Almost 80% of Greece is covered with _______________.
a)
farmland
b)
islands
c)
mountains
d)
water
2.
One valuable natural resource that Greece had was _____________.
a)
diamonds
b)
gold
c)
silver
d)
stone
3.
The goddess who protected Athens was _______________.
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Athena
c)
Demeter
d)
Hera
4.
The Iliad is about the _________________.
a)
tortoise and the hare
b)
journey that Odysseus made
c)
the attack on Troy by the Greeks
d)
unjust suffering of Prometheus
5.
Many Greek fables were written down by __________________.
a)
Achilles
b)
Aesop
c)
Homer
d)
Zeus
6.
The basic unit of government in Greece was the _____________.
a)
city-state
b)
county
c)
metropolis
d)
nation
7.
The center of city life in Greece was the ____________________.
a)
acropolis
b)
agora
c)
isthmus
d)
peninsula
8.
A leader who made political reforms in Athens was ____________________.
a)
Plutarch
b)
Homer
c)
Solon
d)
Zeus
9.
Boys in Athens got an education to prepare them to become __________.
a)
good citizens
b)
kind fathers
c)
military leaders
d)
smart businessmen
10.
The lowest group in Spartan society was made up of _____________.
a)
boys
b)
helots
c)
soldiers
d)
women
11.
What is the purpose of this map?
a)
to show the battles of the Persian Wars
b)
to show patterns of Greek trade
c)
to show areas conquered by the Greeks
d)
to show the climate zones of Greece
12.
On which continents did the Greeks trade?
a)
Asia, Africa, and Europe
b)
North America, Africa and Europe
c)
Australia, Asia, and Africa
d)
South America, Asia, and Africa
13.
What major waterways did the Greeks use for trade?
a)
Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean
b)
Mediterranean Sea and Caspian Sea
c)
Mediterranean Sea and Black Sea
d)
North Sea and Black Sea
14.
What North African city was in  a region of Greek influence?
a)
Cyrene
b)
Egypt
c)
Phoenicia
d)
Sparta
15.
What cities were
located on Sicily?
a)
Corinth and Athens
b)
Gela and Syracuse
c)
Cyrene and Al Mina
d)
Olbia and Phasis
16.
What are Plato and Aristotle doing in this image?
a)
praying
b)
talking
c)
arguing
d)
eating