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WorksheetsAncient Greece!
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 31mins
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
rugged and mountainous
flat
desert
rolling plains
The ruler of all the Greek gods was...
Poseidon.
Ares.
Zeus.
Athena.
Greek has many _________that are like mini countries.
counties
city-states
provinces
parishes
The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called
Goodwill Games
Marathons
Olympics
Triathlons
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
Greece is in which continent?
Europe
Africa
North America
Asia
Stories of Greek Gods and goddesses are called
essays
fables
histories
myths
This man was a philosopher who believed it was extremely important to ask questions:
Socrates
Pythagoras
These two men were Political Philosophers:
Archimedes and Pythagoras
Plato and Aristotle
These men founded scientific and mathematics ideas that are still used today:
Pythagoras and Archimedes
Socrates and Plato
The man who UNIFIED the Greek City-States:
Phillip II of Macedonia
Alexander the Great
The man who expanded Ancient Greece into an empire
Alexander the Great
Phillip II of Macedonia
Another term for Ancient Greece:
Hellenic Period
Ancient Greece Period
Hellontosic Period
An individual society with a government, separated from other countries:
City-State
Colony
Country
Continent
How did most people get their food in Greece?
Hunting
Domestication
Planting
Fishing
What separated all the City-States?
Valleys
Rivers
Mountains and hills
Rocky surfaces
What continent is Greece in?
Europe
Asia
Italy
China
Very ambitious city-state; believed in education and wanted more control of Greece
Athens
Sparta
Very Militaristic; men were trained to be soldiers as children:
Athens
Sparta
Women were educated and citizens:
Athens
Sparta
Women were NOT educated or considered citizens:
Sparta
Athens
Birthplace of democracy:
Sparta
Athens
Had an oligarchy:
Sparta
Athens
God of the sea:
Poseidon
Zeus
Ares
Athena
Goddess of wisdom:
Ares
Plato
Athena
Zeus
Goddess of speed:
Nike
Athena
Apollo
Aphrodite
Another term that describes the EXPANSION and spread of ideas of Greece under Alexander the Great:
Expansion Period
Hellenistic Period
Platoic Period
God of war:
Ares
Athena
Zeus
Poseidon
Goddess of love:
Aphrodite
Athena
Artemis
Nike
Goddess of hunting:
Athena
Artemis
Nike
Poseidon
In this city-state, you could be a musician, poet, actor, painter, in politics, or soldier:
Athens
Sparta
God of the dead, King of the underworld:
Hades
Athena
Nike
Poseidon
Apollo:
God of the sea
God of lightning
God of the sun
Alexander The Great created a Greek empire that started in Europe and expanded into Africa and Asia.
False
True
The expansion of Alexander The Great's Greek empire did NOT lead to cultural diffusion around the world.
True
False
