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WorksheetsGoing Greek
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is another name for a Greek city-state?
a)
polis
b)
Hellenes
c)
chiton
d)
an oracle
2.
What did the ancient Greeks call themselves as people?
a)
Polis
b)
Hellenes
c)
Chiton
d)
Oracle
3.
What are the first five letters of the Greek alphabet in order?
a)
Delta, Epsilon, Gamma, Beta, Alpha
b)
Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epsilon, Gamma
c)
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon
d)
Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Epsilon, Delta
4.
What was the most frequently word item of clothing in ancient Greece
a)
A Chiton
b)
A Toga
c)
A Polis
d)
An oracle
5.
Which polis had a near-perfect location that ensured its success as a great seaport and commercial center?
a)
Athens
b)
Corinth
c)
Argos
d)
Megara
6.
Which polis had a thriving textile industry, colonized all over the eastern Mediterranean, and founded by Byzantium at the entrance to the Black Sea?
a)
Corinth
b)
Megara
c)
Athens
d)
Argos
7.
Which polis was where democracy flourished and sculptors, mathematicians, philosophers, playwrights, and commons citizens lived in freedom and participated in state decisions.?
a)
Corinth
b)
Athens
c)
Argos
d)
Megara
8.
Which polis had a poor climate and location, but became renowned for its musicians, poets, sculptors, and open-air theaters?
a)
Corinth
b)
Megara
c)
Athens
d)
Argos
9.
Which city-state had a military tradition of great bravery and human physical endurance, but to attain its goals harshly trained its boys in "boot camps" from the age of seven?
a)
Athens
b)
Cortinth
c)
Sparta
d)
Argos
10.
What does polytheistic mean?
a)
believing in many gods
b)
believing in one god
11.
What does monotheistic mean?
a)
believing in many gods
b)
believing in one god
12.
What do we call an ancient Greek priestess who claimed to see the future?
a)
A Chiton
b)
A Polis
c)
A Hellenes
d)
An Oracle
13.
Which of these were two famous sayings that all Greeks tried to live by.
a)
Know thyself
b)
Try, Try, Try Again
c)
Nothing in excess
d)
Practice makes perfect
14.
Where did the 12 major Greek gods and goddesses live?
a)
Athens
b)
Mt. Olympus
c)
Sparta
d)
Argos
15.
Who was the ruling god to Mt. Olympus?
a)
Hera
b)
Zeus
c)
Apollo
d)
Athena
16.
What did "arete" mean in ancient Greece?
a)
know thyself
b)
nothing to excess
c)
personal excellence
d)
practice makes perfect
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