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Greece People

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
GREEK WHO WROTE FABLES
a)
HOMER
b)
AESOP
c)
PYTHAGORAS
d)
ARCHIMEDES
2.
WHO CONQUERED ALL OF THE GREEK CITY STATES
a)
HOMER
b)
AESOP
c)
ALEXANDER
d)
PHILLIP II
3.
WHO CONQUERED THE PERSIAN EMPIRE
a)
PHILLIP II
b)
ALEXANDER
c)
PERICLES
d)
HOMER
4.
WHAT IS A SHORT STORY WITH A MORAL CALLED
a)
EPIC
b)
FABLE
c)
MYTH
d)
GILGAMESH
5.
WHICH GREEK FOUND THE SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLE OF THE LEVER
a)
EUCLID
b)
HOMER
c)
ARCHIMEDES
d)
HIPPOCRATES
6.
WHICH GREEK PHILOSOPHER TAUGHT ALEXANDER THE GREAT
a)
PLATO
b)
SOCRATES
c)
ARISTOTLE
d)
WOODYARD
7.
WHICH PHILOSOPHER HATED DEMOCRACY AND HAD THE SCHOOL CALLED THE ACADEMY
a)
SOCRATES
b)
PLATO
c)
ARISTOTLE
d)
WB
8.
WHAT WAS ARISTOTLE'S SCHOOL CALLED
a)
ACADEMY
b)
PHMS
c)
LYCEUM
d)
YMCA
9.
WHO STARTED THE GOLDEN AGE OF ATHENS
a)
HOMER
b)
ALEXANDER
c)
PHILLIP II
d)
PERICLES
10.
WHICH CITY STATE STARTED DEMOCRACY
a)
SPARTA
b)
CORINTH
c)
ATHENS
d)
LEXINGTON
11.
WHO IS THE FATHER OF MODERN MEDICINE
a)
HOMER
b)
EUCLID
c)
HIPPOCRATES
d)
AESOP
12.
WHICH GREEK MATH GUY WOULD YOU WANT TO TUTOR YOU IN GEOMETRY
a)
ARCHIMEDES
b)
HIPPOCRATES
c)
EUCLID
d)
HOMER
13.
WHICH GOD WAS DRAMA DONE TO PLEASE
a)
ZEUS
b)
ATHENA
c)
DINOYSUS
d)
DEMETER
14.

WHICH was done to honor Zeus

a)

olympics

b)

Drama

c)

Sculptures

15.
WHAT IS THE LOST CITY THAT PLATO WROTE ABOUT
a)
LEXINGTON
b)
ATHENS
c)
CORINTH
d)
ATLANTIS
16.
WHICH OF THESE GOVERNMENTS DO CITIZENS VOTE IN
a)
DEMOCRACY
b)
REPUBLIC
c)
BOTH OF THESE
d)
NONE OF THESE
17.
WHICH OF THESE IS THE USA'S GOVERNMENT
a)
DEMOCRACY
b)
REPUBLIC
c)
OLIGARCHY
d)
THEOCRACY
18.
WHICH OF THESE IS A RELIGIOUS BASED GOVERNMENT
a)
DEMOCRACY
b)
REPUBLIC
c)
THEOCRACY
d)
OLIGARCHY
19.
ATHENA'S TEMPLE
a)
PARTHENON
b)
ACROPOLIS
c)
ATHENS
d)
HANGING GARDENS
20.
Greek who wrote Iliad and Odyssey
a)
HOMER
b)
AESOP
c)
PHILLIP II
d)
EUCLID
21.
which Greek city state had direct democracy
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Corinth
d)
Lexington
22.

Who said...A squared plus b squared equals c squared

a)

Archimedes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Hippocrates

23.

This Macedonian/Greek general conquered the Persian Empire and spread Greek Culture throughout Asia

a)

Phillip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Patton

d)

Julius Caesar

24.

Alexander's spreading of Greek culture is called...

a)

Helenistic

b)

Golden Age

c)

Classical

d)

None of these

25.

.

a)

Ionic

b)

Corinthian

c)

Doric

26.

.

a)

Ionic

b)

Doric

c)

Corinthian

27.

.

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

28.

Enemy of the Greek city states in wars that led to the first marathon

a)

Sparta

b)

Persia

c)

Assyria

d)

Rome

29.

Greek city states grew up independent of each other with their own culture....what caused this

a)

Peninsulas

b)

Maountains

c)

Both of these

30.

Which Greek city state had the first democracy

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

31.

Athens had a...

a)

Direct democracy

b)

Representative democracy

32.

which empire is this?

a)

Alexander's

b)

Persian

c)

Assyrian

33.

which empire is this

a)

Alexander's

b)

Persian

c)

Assyrian

34.

story with a lesson called a moral

a)

fable

b)

epic

c)

poem

35.

Which god were Greek plays done to please?

a)

Zeus

b)

Athena

c)

Dionysus

36.

Which Geek philosopher created the scientific method

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

37.

Which leader conquered all of the Greek city states

a)

Alexander

b)

Pericles

c)

Phillip II

38.

Who was a pharaoh of Egypt and also conquered the Persian Empire

a)

Pericles

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alexander

d)

Phillip II

39.

Which leader spread Greek culture in Asia by building Greek cities wherever he conquered

a)

Phillip II

b)

Alexander

c)

Caesar

40.

Who would Greek people go see to get answers to questions they had about the future...like Oedipus!

a)

Pericles

b)

The Oracle of Delphi

c)

The Scribe of Atlantis

d)

The Agora of Zeus

41.

The type(s) of Greek plays

a)

comedy

b)

tragedy

c)

both of these

42.

Greek philosopher who wrote about Atlantis

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

43.

PHMS has which types of columns?

a)

doric

b)

ionic

c)

corinthian

44.

Who would have said this, "why was I given the death penalty when all I did was have Greek youngsters question the government?"

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

45.

the book written by Plato was

a)

Iliad

b)

Odyssey

c)

Tortoise and the Hare

d)

Republic

46.

Greece based their alphabet off of which of these civilizations

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Egypt

c)

Phoenicia

47.

This Greek historian wrote about the Persian Wars and is known as the Father of History...

a)

Alexander

b)

Herodotus

c)

Homer

d)

Aesop

48.

What happened to Alexander's empire after he died?

a)

it expanded

b)

it fell apart

c)

It stayed the same

49.

How did Alexander the Great unify the Greeks after his dad conquered them?

a)

He beat and killed them

b)

He attacked the Greeks arch enemy, Persia

c)

He fed them

d)

He paid them

50.

Whose temple is this?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hera

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

51.

What is the hill that the Parthenon stands on called?

a)

Agora

b)

Acropolis

c)

Caravan

d)

epic

52.

What was the trading center below the acropolis called in a Greek City State?

a)

Acropolis

b)

Agora

c)

Publix

53.

Father of geometry

a)

Archimedes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Euclid

54.

what do these symbolize

a)

Greek sculptures

b)

Greek Architecture

c)

Greek Drama

55.

Most of the kids are reading about a Greek philosopher who...

a)

wrote the Republic

b)

wrote about Atlantis

c)

had the Academy school

d)

all of these

56.

what civilization conquered the Greek City states

a)

persia

b)

macedonia

c)

assyria

d)

USA

57.

what book was about the Trojan war

a)

Iliad

b)

Odyssey

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

Fables

58.

who wrote about the travels of a Greek soldier after the Trojan War

a)

Homer in Iliad

b)

Homer in the Odyssey

c)

Aesop in the Tortoise and Hare

d)

Woodyard in PHMS Cultural Blunders