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WorksheetsGreek Test Term Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
In which battle of the Persian Wars, did 300 Spartans delay the Persians advance to Athens?
Corinth
Marathon
Salamis
Thermopylae
Alexander the Great renamed a city he conquered this. It is known for its library.
Alexandria
Philipolis
Macedonia
Gaugamela
Where is Asia Minor? (Also the Western portion of Persian Empire)
1
2
3
4
Who led Athens through their Golden Age?
Cleisthenes
Pericles
Achilles
Themistocles
What type of Government had one ruler, and power was passed down in the family?
Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Tyranny
Who was Goddess of the hunt?
Apollo
Artemis
Athena
Aphrodite
Where is Sparta located on the map?
1
2
3
4
Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
Homer
Herodotus
Thucydides
Pericles
What is the name for the boats in the Athenian Navy, with three rows of oars?
Phalanx
Helots
Triremes
Dardanelles
This is the name of the alliance of Athens and their allies
Delian League
Peloponnesian League
Greecian League
Hellenistic League
This is what the Greeks called their land
Greece
Ionia
Peloponnese
Hellas
What custom did Athens develop to kick out people who became too powerful and threatened their democracy?
Ostracism
Imprisonment
Tyranny
Coronation
He was the King of the gods, as well as the god of lightning
Apollo
Zeus
Artemis
Athena
This type of government was ruled by a small group of people. Usually in the upper class.
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
We know about the Peloponnesian War thanks to this Athenian writer.
Herodotus
Thucydides
Homer
Pericles
This man took a 10 year journey through the Aegean Sea trying to get home and was the main character of the Odyssey?
Achilles
Homer
Odysseus
Leonidas
What is a another term for a Greek city-state?
Agora
Helot
Polis
Oligarchy
Who led the 300 Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Achilles
Alexander
Leonidas
Pericles
This war was started because the Athenians helped the Ionian Greeks in a rebellion and Persia wanted revenge.
Peloponnesian War
Persian War
Sparta War
Macedonian War
What is a type of government where a person takes power by force?
Democracy
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Where is Athens on the map?
1
2
3
4
This man led the Macedonians in their conquest of Greece.
Philip II
Xerxes
Alexander the Great
Leonidas
This Athenian writer wrote about the Persian Wars in his book called The Histories.
Herodotus
Thucydides
Homer
Cleisthenes
This was written by Homer and was about the Trojan War
The Iliad
The Odyssey
This is the raised part of a Greek city, where the most important buildings were built.
Agora
Acropolis
Phalanx
Polis
He was the nearly invincible Greek soldier from Homer's epic poem the Iliad.
Leonidas
Alexander the Great
Achilles
Odysseus
This tyrant ruled Athens at one point with a strict law code.
Draco
Solon
Cleisthenes
Pericles
The outnumbered Athenians beat the Persians in this land battle during the first Persian War
Salamis
Marathon
Thermopylae
Macedonia
The Greeks defeated the Persians in this naval battle that helped end the Persian War.
Salamis
Thermopylae
Marathon
Corinth
Which sea is located on the question mark, and was the sea that Greece was centered around?
Aegean
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Black
What is the term for the peak time of a civilization?
The Golden Age
The Silver Age
The Best Age
The Apex
