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WorksheetsWorld History - Chapter 4 Review
Total questions: 53
Worksheet time: 27mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The period between 461 B.C. and 429 B.C., when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of its power
a)
Age of Pericles
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Hellenistic Era
d)
Stoicism
2.
The school of thought developed by the philosopher Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens?
a)
Epicureanism
b)
Stoicism
c)
Ostracism
d)
Oracle
3.
Happiness can be achieved only when people gain inner peace by living in harmony with the will of God?
a)
Stoicism
b)
Epicureanism
c)
Ostracism
d)
Hellenistic Era
4.
A system of government in which the people participate directly in government decision through mass meetings?
a)
Direct Democracy
b)
Representative Democracy
c)
Hellenistic Era
d)
Ostracism
5.
The process for temporarily banning ambitious politicians from the city by popular vote?
a)
Ostracism
b)
Direct Democracy
c)
Age of Pericles
d)
Stoicism
6.
The age of Alexander the Great
a)
Hellenistic Era
b)
Age of Pericles
c)
Oracle
d)
Epicureanism
7.
A sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess?
a)
Oracle
b)
Ostracism
c)
Epicureanism
d)
Age of Pericles
8.
A form of drama that portrays a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force and having a protaganist who is brought to ruin or extreme sorrow
a)
Tragedies
b)
Comedies
c)
Philosophy
d)
Agora
9.
An organized system of thought from the Greek "Love of Wisdom"
a)
Philosophy
b)
Polis
c)
Stoicism
d)
Epicureanism
10.
The early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside?
a)
Polis
b)
Acropolis
c)
Agora
d)
Phalanx
11.
In early Greek city-states, a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings?
a)
Acropolis
b)
Polis
c)
Agora
d)
Oligarchy
12.
In early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market?
a)
Agora
b)
Acropolis
c)
Polis
d)
Tyrant
13.
A wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation?
a)
Phalanx
b)
Agora
c)
Polis
d)
Acropolis
14.
A ruler who seized power by force from the aristocrats, gained support from the newly rich and the poor, and maintained power by using hired soldiers and fighting tactics?
a)
Tyrant
b)
Ostracism
c)
General
d)
Democracy
15.
"Rule of Many"
a)
Democracy
b)
Autoracy
c)
Theocracy
d)
Monarchy
16.
"rule of the few"
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Democracy
d)
Theocracy
17.
One of the five men elected each year in ancient Sparta who were responsible for the education of your and the conduct of all citizens
a)
Ephors
b)
Socratic Method
c)
Epicureanism
d)
Stoicism
18.
The method of teaching used by the Greek philosopher Socrates
a)
Socratic Method
b)
Stoicism
c)
Philosophy
d)
Tragedies
19.
About what % of Greece is mountainous?
a)
60%
b)
70%
c)
80%
d)
90%
20.
The ________________ were a warrior people who prided themselves on their heroic deeds in battle?
a)
Minoan
b)
Mycenean
c)
Chaldeans
d)
Assyrians
21.
According to Homer, Mycenaean Greeks, led by _________________, King of Mycenaea, sacked the city of Troy, on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor around 1250 B.C.
a)
Agammemnon
b)
Oedipus Rex
c)
Oresteia
d)
Iliad
22.
The Greeks adopted the ____________ alphabet to give themselves a new system of writing.
a)
Phoenician
b)
English
c)
Hebrew
d)
Sumerian
23.
The ________________ is not so much the story of the war itself as it is the tale of the Greek hero Achilles and how the anger of Achilles led to disaster
a)
Iliad
b)
Odyssey
c)
Oedipus Rex
d)
Oresteia
24.
The _________________ recounts the journey of one of the Greek heroes after the fall of Troy and his ultimate return to his wife
a)
Odyssey
b)
Iliad
c)
Agammemnon
d)
Oedipus Rex
25.
Spartan men enrolled in the army for regular military service at age ____________
a)
18
b)
19
c)
20
d)
21
26.
___________ codified the laws, adding harsh penalties, including slavery for debtors
a)
Draco
b)
Solon
c)
Pesistratus
27.
______________ canceled all land debts and freed people who had fallen into slavery for debts.
a)
Solon
b)
Draco
c)
Pesistratus
d)
Agamemmnon
28.
____________ aided Athenian trade as a way of pleasing merchants
a)
Pesistratus
b)
Draco
c)
Solon
d)
Alexander
29.
Who was accused of corrupting the youth of Athens?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
30.
Plato explained his ideas about government in a work entitled ______________
a)
The Republic
b)
Oresteia
c)
Oedipus Rex
d)
Element
31.
For his _________________, Aristotle looked at the constitutions of 158 states and found 3 good forms of government.
a)
Politics
b)
The Republic
c)
Oedipus Rex
d)
Peloponnesian War
32.
In what play, are evil acts shown to breed more evil acts and suffering?
a)
Oedipus Rex
b)
Oresteia
c)
Politics
d)
Element
33.
In what Greek play, did the chief character kill his father and marry his mother?
a)
Oedipus Rex
b)
Oresteia
c)
Element
d)
Draco
34.
Who was the first real historian of Western Civilization?
a)
Herodotus
b)
Thucydides
c)
Pisistratus
d)
Socrates
35.
_______________ was an Athenian general who fought in the Great Peloponnesian War and later wrote the story?
a)
Thucydides
b)
Herodotus
c)
Solon
d)
Draco
36.
__________________ exemplifies the principles of classical architecture.
a)
Pantheon
b)
Parthenon
c)
Aqueducts
d)
Colosseum
37.
Who was the Chief Greek God?
a)
Zeus
b)
Athena
c)
Apollo
d)
Artemis
38.
Who was the Goddess of Wisdom?
a)
Zeus
b)
Athena
c)
Apollo
d)
Artemis
39.
Who was the God of the Sun?
a)
Zeus
b)
Athena
c)
Apollo
d)
Artemis
40.
The sister of Apollo?
a)
Apollo
b)
Athena
c)
Artemis
d)
Zeus
41.
Who was the God of War?
a)
Ares
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Poseidon
d)
Zeus
42.
Who was the Goddess of Love?
a)
Ares
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Poseidon
d)
Zeus
43.
Who was the God of the Seas?
a)
Ares
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Poseidon
d)
Athena
44.
Most people in Athens owned at least how many slaves?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
45.
_________________ were expected to remain at home, out of sight in special quarters, unless attending funerals or festivals.
a)
Women
b)
Men
c)
Slaves
d)
Criminals
46.
Who longed to unite all of Greece under Macedonia?
a)
Philip II
b)
Darius
c)
Julius Caesar
d)
Solon
47.
Alexander the Great was only ____________ years old when he became King of Macedonia
a)
18
b)
19
c)
20
d)
21
48.
How old was Alexander the Great when he died?
a)
29
b)
30
c)
31
d)
32
49.
Who wrote the epic poem Argonautica which tells the story of Jason's search for the Golden Fleece?
a)
Apollonius
b)
Theocritus
c)
Aristarchus
d)
Euclid
50.
Who wrote short poems that expressed a love of nature and an appreciation of its beauty?
a)
Theocritus
b)
Aristarchus
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Euclid
51.
_________________ developed the theory that the sun is at the center of the universe.
a)
Theocritus
b)
Aristarchus
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Euclid
52.
___________________ determined that the Earth was round and calculated Earth's circumference at 24,675 miles an estimate that was within 185 miles of the actual figure
a)
Theocritus
b)
Aristarchus
c)
Eratosthenes
d)
Euclid
53.
______________ wrote the textbook Elements.
a)
Euclid
b)
Aristarchus
c)
Theocritus
d)
Eratosthenes
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