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Chapter 9 Classical Greek

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Under Cleisthenes' reforms,who could participate in Athenian government?

a)

All male and female citizens of Athens

b)

All male citizens born in Athens

c)

Only male property owners born in Athens

d)

Only Wealthy male citizens of Athens

2.

What reform did Pericles make?

a)

cancelled citizens' debts

b)

free enslaved farmers

c)

organized citizens into four classes

d)

paid jurors and public officials

3.

Why did Athens and other ?Greek city-states form the Delian League

a)

to colonize the Mediterranean

b)

to counter the peloponnesian League

c)

to defend against the Persian Empire

d)

to share natural resources and trade

4.

what city-state started the Peloponnesian League?

a)

Athens

b)

Delos

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

5.

For what god did ancient Greeks build the largest temple in a city-state?

a)

for the king of the gods

b)

for the god or goddess of war

c)

for their favorite olympian

d)

for their patron god or godess

6.

In greek mythology, what god did Icarus offend by flying too close to the sun?

a)

Apollo

b)

Athena

c)

Hera

d)

Zeus

7.

The peloponnesian war broke out between which powers?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

Athens and the Delin League

c)

Greece and Persia

d)

Greece and Troy

8.

During the Peloponnesian war, what other disaster did Athens face, besides attacks from Sparta?

a)

Drought

b)

Famine

c)

Internal revolt

d)

Plague

9.

What event ended the truce between Athens and sparta?

a)

Athens' disbanding of the Delian League

b)

Athens' siege or Syracuse

c)

Sparta's alliance with Persia

d)

Sparta's attack on sicily

10.

what action did sparta take against a defeated Athens?

a)

burned all of the City's ships and temples

b)

destroyed the city-state and surrounding lands.

c)

enslaved most of the city's citizens

d)

replaced the city's democracy with an Oligarchy

11.

What athenian historian recorded the events of the peloponnesian War?

a)

Herodotus

b)

Homer

c)

Pericles

d)

Thucydides

12.

Why were ostracons made and cast?

a)

to banish citizens thought to be dangerous

b)

to elect citizens as representatives

c)

to select citizens for military service

d)

to vote on laws in the citizens' assembly

13.

What ruler united the Greece under Macedonian rule?

a)

Archillees

b)

Alexander

c)

Aristole

d)

Phillip ll

14.

How did Macedonian forces overwhelm and defeat Greeks armies?

a)

by destroying their sea power

b)

by fighting with a phalanx formation

c)

by razing their farms and towns

d)

by starving them through a prolonged siege

15.

What lands did Alexander the Great conquer first?

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Persia

d)

uzbekistan

16.

Why did Alexander's empire stop when and where it did?

a)

He could not cross the mountains of Asia

b)

He had conquered all of the lands he wanted

c)

His forces had run out of food and other supplies

d)

His soldiers were war-weary and wanted to go home.

17.

What word describes the geographic spread of hellenistic Greek culture?

a)

decolonization

b)

denuncitation

c)

diffusion

d)

dissipation

18.

What city became the center of Hellenistic Greek culture?

a)

Alexandria

b)

Athens

c)

Corinth

d)

Thebes

19.

Which Greek philosopher became known for his question-and-answer teaching style?

a)

Aristole

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Xenophon

20.

What did the Greek author Aesop write?

a)

fable that teach moral lessons

b)

histories of Greek wars

c)

mythologies about Greek deities

d)

treaties on philosophy

21.

What art form, performed in amphitheaters, formed a center of Greek culture life?

a)

comedic and tragic plays

b)

reading of epic poetry

c)

lesson in rhetoric

d)

public political debates

22.

Ancient Greeks are best known for what type of art?

a)

abstract and geometric mosaics

b)

painting of mythological beasts and deities

c)

sculptures of the humans form

d)

tapestries depicting historic events

23.

What common Greek architectural feature does Parthenon display?

a)

arches

b)

columns

c)

domes

d)

turrets

24.

How did ancient Greek courts resemble those of the United States?

a)

They included summaries of evidence

b)

They protected against cruel and unusual punishment

c)

They provided for a trial by jury

d)

They secured citizens the right to an attorney

25.

Who introduced direct democracy in Athens?

a)

Solon

b)

Cleisthenes

c)

Alexander

d)

Pericles

26.

How did Athens benefit from forming the Delian League?

a)

Athens drew military and political leaders from the league

b)

Athens paid the leagues to conquer neighboring city-state

c)

athens relied on the league to expend its colonies

d)

Athens used league money to build a powerful navy

27.

who is the ancient Greek king of the gods?

a)

Apollo

b)

Poseidon

c)

Zeus

d)

Hermes

28.

What different plans did Athens and Sparta develop to win the peloponnesian War?

a)

Athens used more warriors; Sparta used better technology

b)

Athens had more food; Sparta had more weapons

c)

Athens relied on siege tactics; Sparta relied on alliances

d)

athens used sea power; Sparta used land power

29.

What happened when Athens attacked Syracuse?

a)

Macedonia conquered all Greek city-state

b)

Persia intervened to end the war

c)

Sicily became a Greek colony

d)

Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet

30.

What did Philip ll of Macedonia want to do?

a)

Ally with Thebes

b)

Colonize Egypt

c)

Conquer Persia

d)

Destroy Sparta

31.

Who accomplished Philip II's military goal?

a)

Alexander

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pericles

d)

Sophocles

32.

How far did the Macedonian Empire stretch by 323 B.C.?

a)

From Egypt to Spain

b)

From Greece to India

c)

From Italy to Mesopotamia

d)

From Macedonia to Persia

33.

Which Greek historian recorded events ancient Greece?

a)

Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocoles

b)

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

c)

Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophone

d)

Homer, Aesop, and Arstiphanes

34.

Who left a lasting legacy in philosophical thinking?

a)

Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

b)

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

c)

Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

d)

Homer, Aesop, and Aristophanes

35.

These kingdoms were once part of whose empire?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Darius I

c)

Philip II

d)

Pericles

36.

About how far, from west to east, did the Hellenistic World Stretch?

a)

about 400 miles

b)

about 1,200 mile

c)

about 2,000 miles

d)

about 2,800 miles

37.

Alexandria, the center of Hellenistic culture, became part of what kingdom?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Macedonian

c)

Pergamum

d)

Seleucid

38.

How long did the Peloponnesian War last?

a)

47 years

b)

37 years

c)

27 years

d)

17 years

39.

What two city-states were often in conflict?

a)

Macedonia & Alexander

b)

Delian & Pericles

c)

Athens & Sparta

d)

Peloponnesian & Syracuse

40.

Greece became part of what empire?

a)

Macedonian

b)

Peloponnesian

c)

Delian

d)

Spartan