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Social Studies Trimester 3 Review Part 1: Ancient Greece

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A land form that is a narrow body water with land on both sides

a)

isthmus

b)

strait

c)

peninsula

d)

archipelago

2.

It took 20,000 tons of marble and over 15 years to build this structure in Athens:

a)

the Sphinx

b)

the Lighthouse at Alexandria (Pharos)

c)

the Temple of Zeus

d)

the Parthenon

3.

This person was like a governor of a Province, whose title means "protectors of the kingdom":

a)

praetor

b)

satrap

c)

consul

d)

tribune

4.

A time of great learning and creativity in Athens was known as "The Age of..."

a)

Alexander

b)

Leonidas

c)

Pericles

d)

Cincinnatus

5.

It's the city-state that focused on government and education in Ancient Greece:

a)

Sparta

b)

Thebes

c)

Delphi

d)

Athens

6.

He was considered by some to be the greatest historian of the ancient world:

a)

Thucydides

b)

Herodotus

c)

Plutarch

d)

Livy

7.

He was the Greek dramatist who used painted scenery and 3 actors to tell a story:

a)

Sophocles

b)

Aristophanes

c)

Euripides

d)

Eratostothanes

8.

This term describes an era when Greek culture spread throughout the non-Greek world:

a)

Greek Era

b)

Hellenistic Era

c)

Macedonian Era

d)

Philipinistic Era

9.

The country that borders Greece to the north is

a)

Serbia

b)

Romania

c)

Russia

d)

Macedonia

10.

This mathematician and philosopher taught that the universe followed the same rules as music

a)

Pythagoras

b)

Euclid

c)

Galen

d)

Archimedes

11.

The Persian King who united the Persians and treated his new subjects well:

a)

Xerxes

b)

Darius

c)

Philip II of Macedon

d)

Cyrus the Great

12.

Upper-class Athenian women were not able to do this without being escorted by a male relative:

a)

speak

b)

leave home

c)

get a job

d)

play sports

13.

Named for the type of shield they used: It means ordinary citizens who served in the army:

a)

hopalongs

b)

hoplites

c)

hippos

d)

immortals

14.

He was a commander in the army at 16, and a king at 20. His teacher was Aristotle:

a)

Darius

b)

Xerxes

c)

Hannibal

d)

Alexander the Great

15.

This is a traditional story about gods and heroes

a)

myth

b)

lie

c)

legend

d)

mystery

16.

The highest mountain in all Greece

a)

Mt. Everest

b)

Mt. Vesuvius

c)

Mt. Etna

d)

Mt. Olympus

17.

It's what Athenian soldiers promised to do in their oath:

a)

protect the constitution

b)

obey the oracle

c)

payback their student loans

d)

sell themselves into slavery

18.

This Greek tyrant became popular by giving land to landless farmers, which Solon refused to do.

a)

Solon

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Peisistratus

19.

You could be one of these as long as you were a free, native-born, land-owning male in Greece:

a)

president

b)

ephor

c)

consul

d)

citizen

20.

Glory, wealth, and revenge were all reasons why this Persian king wanted to conquer Greece

a)

Cyrus the Great

b)

Xerxes

c)

Darius

d)

Alexander the Great

21.

It's who decides government matters in a direct democracy

a)

all adult males

b)

the king

c)

citizens

d)

elected officials

22.

It's the reason the Greeks were able to defeat the Persians at the Battle of Salamis

a)

Their ships could move around quickly

b)

the Greeks outnumbered the Persians

c)

the Persians were lousy sailors

d)

the Persians surrendered without a fight

23.

It's the purpose the Delian League was created:

a)

protection against the Persians

b)

protection against the Barbarian tribes

c)

protection against themselves

d)

protection against the Egyptians

24.

He said, "Give me a lever and a place to stand, and I shall move the Earth!"

a)

Aristophanes

b)

Aristotle

c)

Archimedes

d)

Agamemnon

25.

What was the topic of Homer's "The Iliad"?

a)

"War! Ha! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin'!"

b)

The Trojan War

c)

The Persian Wars

d)

The First Punic War

26.

Scientific achievement, literature and philosophy, art, and architecture blossomed during the:

a)

Era of New Hope

b)

Hellenistic Era

c)

Era of Good Feelings

d)

Second Great Awakening

27.

He was sentenced to death for his teachings

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Socrates

28.

The library in this city attracted scholars from all over the world:

a)

Persepolis

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Alexandria

29.

The astronomer that taught that the sun was the center of the universe was:

a)

Aristarchus

b)

Euclid

c)

Archimedes

d)

Pythagoras

30.

His armies conquered land as far east as modern-day Pakistan:

a)

Philip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Julius Caesar

d)

Hannibal