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WorksheetsSocial Studies Trimester 3 Review Part 1: Ancient Greece
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
A land form that is a narrow body water with land on both sides
isthmus
strait
peninsula
archipelago
It took 20,000 tons of marble and over 15 years to build this structure in Athens:
the Sphinx
the Lighthouse at Alexandria (Pharos)
the Temple of Zeus
the Parthenon
This person was like a governor of a Province, whose title means "protectors of the kingdom":
praetor
satrap
consul
tribune
A time of great learning and creativity in Athens was known as "The Age of..."
Alexander
Leonidas
Pericles
Cincinnatus
It's the city-state that focused on government and education in Ancient Greece:
Sparta
Thebes
Delphi
Athens
He was considered by some to be the greatest historian of the ancient world:
Thucydides
Herodotus
Plutarch
Livy
He was the Greek dramatist who used painted scenery and 3 actors to tell a story:
Sophocles
Aristophanes
Euripides
Eratostothanes
This term describes an era when Greek culture spread throughout the non-Greek world:
Greek Era
Hellenistic Era
Macedonian Era
Philipinistic Era
The country that borders Greece to the north is
Serbia
Romania
Russia
Macedonia
This mathematician and philosopher taught that the universe followed the same rules as music
Pythagoras
Euclid
Galen
Archimedes
The Persian King who united the Persians and treated his new subjects well:
Xerxes
Darius
Philip II of Macedon
Cyrus the Great
Upper-class Athenian women were not able to do this without being escorted by a male relative:
speak
leave home
get a job
play sports
Named for the type of shield they used: It means ordinary citizens who served in the army:
hopalongs
hoplites
hippos
immortals
He was a commander in the army at 16, and a king at 20. His teacher was Aristotle:
Darius
Xerxes
Hannibal
Alexander the Great
This is a traditional story about gods and heroes
myth
lie
legend
mystery
The highest mountain in all Greece
Mt. Everest
Mt. Vesuvius
Mt. Etna
Mt. Olympus
It's what Athenian soldiers promised to do in their oath:
protect the constitution
obey the oracle
payback their student loans
sell themselves into slavery
This Greek tyrant became popular by giving land to landless farmers, which Solon refused to do.
Solon
Socrates
Plato
Peisistratus
You could be one of these as long as you were a free, native-born, land-owning male in Greece:
president
ephor
consul
citizen
Glory, wealth, and revenge were all reasons why this Persian king wanted to conquer Greece
Cyrus the Great
Xerxes
Darius
Alexander the Great
It's who decides government matters in a direct democracy
all adult males
the king
citizens
elected officials
It's the reason the Greeks were able to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis
Their ships could move around quickly
the Greeks outnumbered the Persians
the Persians were lousy sailors
the Persians surrendered without a fight
It's the purpose the Delian League was created:
protection against the Persians
protection against the Barbarian tribes
protection against themselves
protection against the Egyptians
He said, "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I shall move the Earth!"
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Archimedes
Agamemnon
What was the topic of Homer's "The Iliad"?
"War! Ha! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!"
The Trojan War
The Persian Wars
The First Punic War
Scientific achievement, literature and philosophy, art, and architecture blossomed during the:
Era of New Hope
Hellenistic Era
Era of Good Feelings
Second Great Awakening
He was sentenced to death for his teachings
Plato
Aristotle
Pythagoras
Socrates
The library in this city attracted scholars from all over the world:
Persepolis
Athens
Sparta
Alexandria
The astronomer that taught that the sun was the center of the universe was:
Aristarchus
Euclid
Archimedes
Pythagoras
His armies conquered land as far east as modern-day Pakistan:
Philip II
Alexander the Great
Julius Caesar
Hannibal
