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Greek Test Term Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which battle of the Persian Wars, did 300 Spartans delay the Persians advance to Athens?

a)

Corinth

b)

Marathon

c)

Salamis

d)

Thermopylae

2.

Alexander the Great renamed a city he conquered this. It is known for its library.

a)

Alexandria

b)

Philipolis

c)

Macedonia

d)

Gaugamela

3.

Where is Asia Minor? (Also the Western portion of Persian Empire)

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Who led Athens through their Golden Age?

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Pericles

c)

Achilles

d)

Themistocles

5.

What type of Government had one ruler, and power was passed down in the family?

a)

Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Tyranny

6.

Who was Goddess of the hunt?

a)

Apollo

b)

Artemis

c)

Athena

d)

Aphrodite

7.

Where is Sparta located on the map?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

8.

Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?

a)

Homer

b)

Herodotus

c)

Thucydides

d)

Pericles

9.

What is the name for the boats in the Athenian Navy, with three rows of oars?

a)

Phalanx

b)

Helots

c)

Triremes

d)

Dardanelles

10.

This is the name of the alliance of Athens and their allies

a)

Delian League

b)

Peloponnesian League

c)

Greecian League

d)

Hellenistic League

11.

This is what the Greeks called their land

a)

Greece

b)

Ionia

c)

Peloponnese

d)

Hellas

12.

What custom did Athens develop to kick out people who became too powerful and threatened their democracy?

a)

Ostracism

b)

Imprisonment

c)

Tyranny

d)

Coronation

13.

He was the King of the gods, as well as the god of lightning

a)

Apollo

b)

Zeus

c)

Artemis

d)

Athena

14.

This type of government was ruled by a small group of people. Usually in the upper class.

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

15.

We know about the Peloponnesian War thanks to this Athenian writer.

a)

Herodotus

b)

Thucydides

c)

Homer

d)

Pericles

16.

This man took a 10 year journey through the Aegean Sea trying to get home and was the main character of the Odyssey?

a)

Achilles

b)

Homer

c)

Odysseus

d)

Leonidas

17.

What is a another term for a Greek city-state?

a)

Agora

b)

Helot

c)

Polis

d)

Oligarchy

18.

Who led the 300 Spartans in the Battle of Thermopylae?

a)

Achilles

b)

Alexander

c)

Leonidas

d)

Pericles

19.

This war was started because the Athenians helped the Ionian Greeks in a rebellion and Persia wanted revenge.

a)

Peloponnesian War

b)

Persian War

c)

Sparta War

d)

Macedonian War

20.

What is a type of government where a person takes power by force?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Tyranny

21.

Where is Athens on the map?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

22.

This man led the Macedonians in their conquest of Greece.

a)

Philip II

b)

Xerxes

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Leonidas

23.

This Athenian writer wrote about the Persian Wars in his book called The Histories.

a)

Herodotus

b)

Thucydides

c)

Homer

d)

Cleisthenes

24.

This was written by Homer and was about the Trojan War

a)

The Iliad

b)

The Odyssey

25.

This is the raised part of a Greek city, where the most important buildings were built.

a)

Agora

b)

Acropolis

c)

Phalanx

d)

Polis

26.

He was the nearly invincible Greek soldier from Homer's epic poem the Iliad.

a)

Leonidas

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Achilles

d)

Odysseus

27.

This tyrant ruled Athens at one point with a strict law code.

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Cleisthenes

d)

Pericles

28.

The outnumbered Athenians beat the Persians in this land battle during the first Persian War

a)

Salamis

b)

Marathon

c)

Thermopylae

d)

Macedonia

29.

The Greeks defeated the Persians in this naval battle that helped end the Persian War.

a)

Salamis

b)

Thermopylae

c)

Marathon

d)

Corinth

30.

Which sea is located on the question mark, and was the sea that Greece was centered around?

a)

Aegean

b)

Adriatic

c)

Mediterranean

d)

Black

31.

What is the term for the peak time of a civilization?

a)

The Golden Age

b)

The Silver Age

c)

The Best Age

d)

The Apex