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WorksheetsChapter 7: The Ancient Greeks
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The __________ civilization was the first to arise in ancient Greece.
a)
Phoenician
b)
Dorian
c)
Minoan
d)
Mycenaean
2.
Which of these were the Mycenaeans skilled in?
a)
leather goods
b)
making tools like swords and shields
c)
metal work
d)
all of the above
3.
Greek city-states were run by their
a)
politicians
b)
citizens
c)
soldiers
d)
kings
4.
Under the Greek definition of citizen, who qualified for citizenship?
a)
free, native-born men who owned land
b)
any man, whether he owned land or not
c)
wealthy men or women who owned slaves
d)
foreign-born or native born men, who may or may not be landowners
5.
What did Sparta use to control its citizens?
a)
helots
b)
the military
c)
the government
d)
forced physical fitness
6.
Spartan girls were trained in...
a)
cooking and sewing
b)
art and music
c)
sewing and sword-fighting
d)
running, wrestling, and javelin throwing
7.
Athens boys went to school and Spartan boys served in the military.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
In 431 B.C. Sparta and other city-states joined forces against Athens to fight the...
a)
Peloponnesian War
b)
Spartan War
c)
Persian War
d)
Greek Civil War
9.
Sparta was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Who won the Battle at Marathon?
a)
Greeks
b)
Persians
11.
Who won the Battle of Thermopylae?
a)
Greeks
b)
Persians
12.
Who won the Battle of Salamis?
a)
Greeks
b)
Persians
13.
Who won the Battle of Plataea?
a)
Greeks
b)
Persians
14.
What was the result of the Persian wars?
a)
The Persians controlled Greece
b)
The Persians stopped trying to conquer Greece
c)
Greece ruled the Persian's lands
d)
Both civilizations suffered such loss that neither prospered anymore
15.
An enslaved person in Sparta is a
a)
helot
b)
colony
c)
agora
d)
tyrant
16.
An agora is a...
a)
gathering place
b)
storyteller
c)
religion
17.
A settlement in a new territory is a...
a)
colony
b)
agora
c)
democracy
d)
satrap
18.
A bard is a...
a)
phalanx
b)
storyteller
c)
god or goddess
d)
Oligarchy
19.
A formation of soldiers is a...
a)
democracy
b)
formula
c)
phalanx
d)
helot
20.
An absolute ruler is a...
a)
satrap
b)
phalanx
c)
tyrant
21.
A government ruled by the people is a...
a)
oligarchy
b)
democracy
c)
dictatorship
22.
Zoroastrianism is a...
a)
religion
b)
ruler
c)
a province
d)
an enslaved person
23.
A government in which a small group of people has control is...
a)
democracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
dictatorship
24.
A province in ancient Persia is called a...
a)
phalanx
b)
colony
c)
satrapy
25.
A person who searches for wisdom is a...
a)
philosopher
b)
polis
c)
satrap
26.
A Greek city-state is a...
a)
agora
b)
polis
c)
ephor
27.
Land nearly surrounded by water is a...
a)
island
b)
peninsula
c)
harbor
d)
cove
28.
The governor of a Persian province was called a...
a)
satrap
b)
ephor
c)
direct democracy
29.
An ephor is...
a)
an elected council member in Sparta's government
b)
an animal similar to Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh
c)
a direct democracy
d)
another name for a satrap
30.
The type of government where citizens participate first-hand in the decision-making process is a...
a)
direct democracy
b)
representative democracy
c)
oligarchy
31.
The type of government where citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf is...
a)
direct democracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
representative government
d)
dictatorship
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