Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Social Studies 6th Grade - Chapter 10 Greece

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Unlike previous Civilizations, Greece did not begin on a

a)

River

b)

Ocean

c)

Mountain Range

d)

Penensula

2.

The people that influenced the Greeks who lived on the island of Crete were the

a)

Mycenaeans

b)

Egyptians

c)

Minoans

d)

Phoenicians

3.

Greeks developed city states. What is a city state?

a)

A group of cities that act as their own country

b)

A city that is surronded by a wall

c)

A city that is ruled by a king in another part of the world

d)

A city that acts like its own country

4.

Where people gathered to trade, shop and discuss politics in the Greek City States was called

a)

Agora

b)

Acropolis

c)

Marketplace

d)

The Harbor

5.

The people of Athens were the first people to practice

a)

Christianity

b)

Medicine

c)

Philosophy

d)

Democracy

6.

The religion practiced by the Ancient Greeks was

a)

Christianity

b)

Buddhism

c)

Polytheistic

d)

Monotheistic

7.

The role of women in the city state of Athens centered around

a)

Home and domestic actitivty

b)

education

c)

preparing for the Olympics

d)

acting in dramas

8.

Which of the following did the Greeks grow

a)

Grapes

b)

corn

c)

Olives

d)

Wheat

9.

What was an oligarchy?

a)

a single ruler or king

b)

leaders elected by all the people

c)

a small group of wealthy, powerful men

d)

a respected teacher or scholar

10.

The landscape of Greece is made up mostly of

a)

a wide river valley

b)

mountains and hills

c)

a gently rising plateau

d)

a gently rising plateau

11.

The Athenian leader who worked to allow poor citizens to take part in the government was

a)

Socrates

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Homer

d)

Pericles

12.

A poet whose works were part of the culture shared by all of Greece

a)

Homer

b)

Plato

c)

King Philip II

d)

Shakespeare

13.

Who was the god of all the gods?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Ares

c)

Apollo

d)

Zeus

14.

Who was the Greek god of the Underworld?

a)

Hades

b)

Poseidon

c)

Zeus

d)

Hephaestus

15.

Goddess of Wisdom and protector of cities in Greece...

a)

Hera

b)

Athena

c)

Artemis

d)

Aphrodite

16.

Where did the Greeks believe their gods and goddesses lived?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Mount Olympus

d)

The Peloponnesian Peninsula

17.

Politics is the practice of

a)

government

b)

art

c)

religion

d)

culture

18.

What Type of Column is shown here

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Curled

19.

What type of column is shown here

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Intricate

20.

Why did Greeks travel to Delphi to see the oracle?

a)

To hear your predicts for the future

b)

To perform an animal sacrifice for the gods and goddesses

c)

To pray to Athena

d)

To compete in the Olympic Games

21.

Tenant farmers worked on

a)

their own land

b)

large farms

c)

nearby islands

d)

other people's land

22.

Slavery is the ownership of

a)

territory

b)

buildings

c)

people

d)

any property

23.

Who had the highest status in ancient Greece?

a)

Aristocrats

b)

Foreign born

c)

Women

d)

Farmers

24.

In ancient Greece, migration was the solution to the problem of

a)

prisoners of war

b)

overpopulation and poor farmland

c)

poor government

d)

invators

25.

The phalanx was consisted ofs

a)

soldiers on a horseback

b)

Spartan women

c)

aristrocrats

d)

foot soldiers

26.

Who ran a tyranny?

a)

a single ruler

b)

a phalanx

c)

Ordinary citizens

d)

Wealthy judges

27.

In what kind of government do citizens have a say in the government?

a)

Aristicracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Dynasty