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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the mainland of Greece like, making it challenging to travel over land?

a)

Too many rivers

b)

Very mountainous

c)

Thick forests all over

d)

Volcanoes everywhere!

2.

Why did many Greeks use the seas to travel to different city-states?

a)

Because the rocky, mountainous land was hard to travel over

b)

Because they could fish and travel at the same time

c)

Because all of the Greeks preferred to sail

d)

Because they didn't have enough carts to travel over land

3.

Which of these is a physical feature NOT commonly found in Greece?

a)

Peninsulas

b)

Seas

c)

Deserts

d)

Islands

4.

How was trade affected by the geographic location of Greece?

a)

It was mostly done on land because there were so many roads.

b)

It was mostly done on land because it was safer.

c)

It was mostly done on the sea because all of their trading partners lived far from Greece.

d)

It was mostly done on the sea because it was easier to get around from place to place.

5.

Being able to _____________ to trade, the Greeks were able to get to far away places easier and exchange goods and ideas with other civilizations.

a)

walk

b)

sail

c)

horseback ride

d)

bicycle

6.

What form of government is this?: "One person inherits power."

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Tyranny

7.

What form of government is this?: "A few wealthy people share power."

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Tyranny

8.

What form of government is this?: "One person takes power by force."

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Tyranny

9.

What form of government is this?: "All citizen share power."

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Tyranny

10.

The word "citizen" is only associated with which form of government?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Democracy

d)

Tyranny

11.

Who was able to vote in an Athenian democracy?

a)

Only male citizens

b)

Only female citizens

c)

Male and female citizens

d)

Only wealthy people

12.

The Council of Elders was the group of decision-makers for which city-state?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Sparta

d)

Miletus

13.

The Council of 500 was the group of decision-makers for which city-state?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Sparta

d)

Delphi

14.

Which of these was a similarity that Athens and Sparta shared?

a)

Both were democracies

b)

Both had economies based on trade

c)

Both were near the sea

d)

Both did not allow women to vote

15.

While in Athens, they valued travel, the arts, and culture, in Sparta they valued _____________?

a)

Trade and sailing

b)

Discipline and strength

c)

Diplomacy and politics

d)

Gold and silver

16.

Athens was located where?

a)

4 miles from the coast, making it an important center for trade

b)

25 miles from the coast, isolating it from other city-states and trade

17.

Sparta is located where?

a)

4 miles from the coast, making it an important center for trade

b)

25 miles from the coast, isolating it from other city-states and trade

18.

Athens had ______________ as their form of government.

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

19.

Sparta had ________ as their form of government.

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

20.

Spartan boys and girls started their military training at the age of _____.

a)

7

b)

10

c)

15

d)

18

21.

Athenian men started their military training at the age of _____.

a)

7

b)

10

c)

15

d)

18

22.

Who won the Greco-Persian Wars in the end?

a)

Greece

b)

Persia

23.

Why were the Persian Wars important for Greece and rest of Europe?

a)

They taught people to fear the Persians.

b)

The Persians were able to conquer France and Spain.

c)

They stopped the Persians from conquering land any further west.

d)

They showed the Spartans that they could fight bravely.

24.

What was an "agora"?

a)

The race track where the chariot races were held

b)

The hill that housed the Parthenon

c)

The place where the Athenian Assembly met

d)

The large square with public buildings and markets

25.

What is the "acropolis"?

a)

The place the Athenians buried their dead

b)

The hill over Athens that had many important temples

c)

The public square that everyone in Athens met in

d)

The place where Themistocles lived

26.

What is the "Parthenon"?

a)

A temple built for Athena on the acropolis

b)

A temple built for Poseidon in Delphi

c)

A temple built in Sparta to the god Pan

27.

Who was the god of wine?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Hephaestus

c)

Apollo

d)

Hera

28.

Who is the goddess of love and beauty?

a)

Ares

b)

Athena

c)

Artemis

d)

Aphrodite

29.

Who is the ruler of all the Greek gods?

a)

Jupiter

b)

Zeus

c)

Gaia

d)

Titan

30.

Who is the god of the sea?

a)

Ares

b)

Delphi

c)

Poseidon

d)

Polyphemus

31.

Who is the god of war?

a)

Ares

b)

Artemis

c)

Hestia

d)

Demeter

32.

Who is the goddess of the moon and the hunt?

a)

Ares

b)

Hestia

c)

Artemis

d)

Zeus

33.

Who is the goddess of wisdom?

a)

Athena

b)

Demeter

c)

Hera

d)

Gaia

34.

Who is the goddess of the rainbow?

a)

Prism

b)

Color

c)

Iris

d)

Nike

35.

Who is the messenger of the gods?

a)

Hera

b)

Hestia

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Hermes

36.

Who is the god of the sun?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hades

c)

Artemis

d)

Apollo

37.

Which type of column is very ornate, with flowers and designs decorating the top, and has a base at the bottom?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

38.

Which type of column is rather plain, with no base, and a simple top that gets slightly thinner?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

39.

Which type of column has a base and a scroll design at the top?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

40.

Plato was a Greek philosopher, and was the student of who?

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Xerxes

d)

Pheidippides

41.

Why was the philosopher Socrates sentenced to death?

a)

For "dishonoring the gods" and encouraging people to ask questions

b)

For stealing bread from the agora

c)

For murdering a high ranking government official

d)

For lying under oath

42.

The philosopher Aristotle's most famous student was _______.

a)

King Darius

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Zeus

d)

King Tut

43.

The Olympics were held in honor of what god?

a)

Poseidon

b)

Athena

c)

Pan

d)

Zeus