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Greek Culture

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What war was fought between the Trojans and Greeks (Homer wrote about this war)?

a)

peloponnesian war

b)

persian war

c)

Trojan war

d)

salamis

2.
The Olympic games were held every ______ years. 
a)
2
b)
4
c)
6
d)

10

3.
Who wrote the illiad and the odyssey
a)

Aristotle

b)

Dante

c)

Socrates

d)

Homer

4.
What war between Sparta and Athens created alliances that pulled one Greek city-state after another into battle?
a)
Persian Wars
b)

The Battle of Marathon

c)
Peloponnesian War
d)
Battle of Alexandria
5.
What are paintings on wet plaster called?
a)
paintings
b)
frescoes
c)
arches
d)
abstract art
6.
What are the 2 main types of Greek drama?
a)
Comedy and romance
b)
 Adventure &  Comedy
c)
 Musical and realism
d)
Comedy and tragedy 
7.
Which of the following was the birthplace of democracy?
a)
Sparta
b)
Thebes
c)
Greece
d)
Athens
8.
What was the focus of Spartan society?
a)
Money
b)
Farming
c)
Military
d)
Religion
9.

Known for creating the Scientific Method he was also the teacher of Alexander the Great?

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Descartes

10.
At what age did children in Sparta begin training to defend their city?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
9
d)
11
11.
What does the word "Democracy" mean?
a)
"rule by the government"
b)
"rule by the many"
c)
"rule by the wealthy"
d)
"rule by the people"
12.
Who was the main rival of ancient Greece?
a)
The Persian Empire
b)
The Ottoman Empire
c)
The American Empire
d)
The Galactic Empire
13.
Which of the following was the most famous for a mathematical theorem named after him?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Archimedes
d)
Pythagoras
14.
Who was Pericles?
a)
A Prisoner
b)
An Athenian Leader and General
c)
An Athenian Professor
d)
A Basketball Player
15.

What is a polis or city-state?

a)

A small city inside of a state

b)

The capital of a state

c)

A place in Wyoming

d)

A city that is like its own small country

16.
Which was not true about the Olympics? 
a)
Men competed in the nude (naked)
b)
All wars stopped for the Olympics
c)
Women couldn’t watch the games
d)
The games were held in Sparta
17.

I sculpted this statue of Athena found within the Parthenon in Athens, Greece.

a)

Myron

b)

Polycletus

c)

Euclid

d)

Phidias

18.
Father of Medicine
a)
Socrates
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Archimedes
d)
Aristophanes
19.

Philosopher who wrote The Republic; taught Aristotle and created the first school.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Pericles

20.
 I was a great leader of an Empire; Phillip II was my father.  I united Greece and conquered the Persian Empire.
a)
Homer
b)
Plato
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Pythagoras
21.

What do we call the period when Alexander the Great created a Greek influenced Empire around the Mediterranean Sea?

a)

Hellenistic

b)

Renaissance

c)

Golden Age

d)

Bronze

22.

How did Socrates die?

a)

By drinking poison (hemlock juice).

b)

By hanging.

c)

By exile.

d)

Was beheaded

23.
What was the most common use for Greek pottery?
a)
Everyday use, like holding water, wine, or olive oil
b)
To decorate the government buildings
c)
To use as planters for herbs and small flowers
d)
Feed animals
24.
What continent is Greece located on?
a)
North America
b)
South American
c)
Europe
d)
Asia
25.

What type of capital is being shown?

a)

corinthian

b)

doric

c)

ionic

d)

obelisk

26.

What type of capital is being shown?

a)

corinthian

b)

ionic

c)

doric

d)

dunno

27.

What type of capital is being shown?

a)

corinthian

b)

ionic

c)

doric

d)

plano

28.
What is an agora?
a)
Temple for a god
b)
Fort on top of a hill for protection
c)
A market for trade
d)
King's palace
29.
Women and children were citizens but had no rights
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Although I'm a sculptor by trade, I spent moist of my time teaching. I like to ask students questions to help them figure things out without just telling them. I also believe in the absolute truth. I'll be executed for corrupting the youth of Athens. 
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
Alexander the Great
31.
What is this called?
a)
agora
b)
capital
c)
stoa
d)
corinthian colonnade
32.
What is the top of a column that the roof rest on called?
a)
Plinth
b)
Shaft
c)
Capital
33.
The greatest example of Doric order. It stands at the Acropolis in Athens.
a)
Teron
b)
Dedron
c)
Corinthian
d)
Parthenon
34.
Who sculpted the Disk Thrower?
a)
Phidias
b)
Myron
c)
Polycletus
d)
Rodin
35.

Gate of Mycenae - Myth say founded by Perseus; he hired cyclops to build it, it is also known as ?

a)

Lion Gate

b)

Mycenae Lions

c)

Keystone

d)

Lion Growl

36.
What is the title of this image?
a)
Kouros boy
b)
Fisherman
c)
Charioteer of Delphi
d)
Bull Dance
37.

Found on the Acropolis; one of the few remaining structures.

a)

Erectheum

b)

Parthenon

c)

Porch of Maidens

d)

Panthenon

38.

Can be seen in the Louvre in Paris, name this artifact found headless and in many pieces?

a)

Nike of Somathrace

b)

Venus de Milo

c)

Goddess of Somathrace

d)

Hellenistic Nike

39.
Picture created by putting small pieces of tile or glass together held with mortar.
a)
fresco
b)
mural
c)
mosaic
d)
plaster
40.
Greek actor; known as the first famous actor.
a)
Theodore
b)
Thester
c)
Festas
d)
Thespis
41.
A type of play that finds humor with the Greek gods and goddesses.
a)
tragedy
b)
drama
c)
musical
d)
satyr
42.
Decorative band of relief sculpture that wraps around a structure.
a)
mosaic
b)
frieze
c)
fresco
d)
obelisk
43.
Name the holy mound where the Athenians built the Parthenon.
a)
Temple Mount
b)
Acropolis
c)
Olympia
d)
Mt. Vesuvius
44.
Favorite sport was chariot racing which was held in the ___________.
a)
Basilica
b)
Coliseum
c)
Theatre in the Round
d)

Hippodrome

45.
Some of the best sculptures were placed in the top part of the building façade called the ______. 
a)
pediment
b)
agora
c)
Corinthian
d)
capital
46.

This Spartan King took his army of 300 and held off the Persians massive army led by Xerxes giving the Greek City-States time to organize for battle.

a)

Pericles

b)

Leonidas

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Odysseus

47.

The body of water surrounding the Greek City-States.

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Persian Gulf

c)

Aegean Sea

d)

Indian Ocean

48.

These two developed a rivalry that dominated Greek politics for generations.

a)

Delos & Athens

b)

Athens & Corinth

c)

Sparta & Rhodes

d)

Sparta & Athens

49.

This 42' Zeus use to stand where ?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Olympia

d)

Corinth

50.

The Olympic contestants competed in the nude. What word derives from the word "nude" ?

a)

wrestling

b)

boxing

c)

gymnasium

d)

competition

51.

A line of columns is called a _______.

a)

agora

b)

stoa

c)

colonnade

d)

strigil

52.

One of the popular genres of the Greek plays.

a)

Romance

b)

Drama

c)

Action

d)

Tragedy

53.

One of the most popular plays from ancient Greece still being performed today.

a)

Romeo & Juliet

b)

Lysistrata

c)

Hamlet

d)

Othello

54.

Where the Greek actors stood

a)

skene

b)

Thespis

c)

orchestra

d)

Oedipus

55.

The Greek backdrop of a play where actors would stay until they walked to the orchestra for performance.

a)

strigil

b)

Achilles

c)

Circus Maximus

d)

Skene

56.

Type of theatre used for Greek plays.

a)

Colosseum

b)

Basilica

c)

Amphitheater

d)

Allegory

57.

This tool was used to scrape off the oil, dirt and sweat of an athlete which was saved and sold to consume.

a)

agora

b)

strigil

c)

stoa

d)

q-tip

58.

The Spear Bearer was sculpted by what Greek artist?

a)

Myron

b)

Picasso

c)

Polycleitus

d)

Phidias

59.

What catchy phrase is still used today deriving from the Greek voting customs.

a)

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts

b)

The Midas touch

c)

Leave no stone unturned

d)

Don't spill the beans

60.

The name of the combined city-states efforts to fight off northern invaders.

a)

Hellenistic League

b)

Delian League

c)

Acropolis

d)

Oligarchy

61.

Where would you find the Parthenon rebuilt as a tourist destination?

a)

San Diego California

b)

Paris France

c)

Nashville Tennessee

d)

Paestum Italy

62.

Someone who takes power illegally; not always a bad deal.

a)

Tyrant

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Aristocrat

d)

Salon

63.

Father of democracy; founded in Athens.

a)

Salon

b)

Phidias

c)

Socrates

d)

Cleisthenes

64.

In what structure would you have found this statue of Athena created by Phidias ?

a)

Acropolis

b)

Parthenon

c)

Taj Mahal

d)

Burj Khalifa

65.

264-146 BC wars fought between Rome and Carthage

a)

Peloponnesian Wars

b)

Imperium Wars

c)

Trojan Wars

d)

Punic Wars

66.

According to Freud: when a child desires the opposite sex parent over the other.

a)

Pythagoras Complex

b)

Hippocrates Complex

c)

Oedipus Complex

d)

Lysistrata Complex

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