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Ancient Greece Unit Review

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a monarchy?

a)

Rule by a few wealthy landowners

b)

1 ruler and the ruler takes the power by force

c)

Rule by gods or priests who rule in the name of a God(s)

d)

1 ruler and the ruler inherits their power

2.

Which of the following best summarizes the geography of Greece?

a)

Flat, fertile plains, excellent for farming

b)

Small hills covered with dense forests and great farmland

c)

Cold, barren, snow covered land

d)

Rocky, mountainous peninsula with many tiny islands

3.

Name one aspect of Greek culture that was the same in ALL Greek city-states?

a)

Military readiness was of the utmost importance.

b)

Women should be highly educated.

c)

Everyone should be given the right to vote.

d)

They believed in many gods and goddesses.

4.

Spartan women had more freedom than other city-states. They could participate in physical activities and run the household while the men are away at war. True or False?

a)

true

b)

false

5.

The Persian War was caused by which of the following?

a)

Due to their colonies on Asia Minor getting into conflict with Darius the I

b)

Due to the fact that Persia had once been conquered by the Greeks.

c)

The Oracle at Delphi told the Persians to attack to rule the Mediterranean.

d)

The Greek King Draco stole his bride to be

6.

What was special about the Greek Philosophers?

a)

They used logic and reasoning to explain the world

b)

They used magic and superstition to explain the world around them

c)

They established the democratic form of government that we use today

d)

They described why the Greek gods and goddesses were worshiped

7.

Who was considered to be a citizen in the Greek city-state of Athens?

a)

Free, adult men born in Athens

b)

All adult men and women born in that city-state

c)

All adult males, Greek and foreign-born

d)

Greek and foreign male workers, free or enslaved

8.

Is this statement True or False? Athenian women had the most rights of all the Greek city- states because of democracy.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Why did Athens develop a strong Navy and Sparta a strong Army?

a)

Athens had access to the sea, and Sparta trained its army in the mountains.

b)

Spartans felt the Poseidon was against them sailing ships.

c)

The many mountains around Athens were suitable as shelter for their navy.

d)

Sparta is located on the Mediterranean Sea, and Athens is located inland.

10.

The Greek city-states lost their independence and was taken over by ___________ their neighbors to the north in 338 BC.

a)

Persia

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Macedonia

11.

The Greek city-states were all dependent on each other and were all under the same government.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Which term describes the blending of Greek culture with Persian, Indian, & Egyptian influences?

a)

classical

b)

Hellenism

c)

Alexandrism

d)

Grecian

13.

Which of the following statements is true about the Ancient Greek's Achievements?

a)

The ancient Greeks most valued warfare and battle

b)

The ancient Greeks are most interested in farming

c)

The ancient Greeks felt that literature was pointless

d)

The ancient Greeks valued philosophy and art

14.

How did geography influence Greece?

a)

Mountains hindered communication, unification, & caused growth of independent city-states

b)

Sea ports encouraged trade

c)

poor farmland led to few crops encouraged them to colonize

d)

All of the other answers are the influences of geography on Greece

15.

Who won the Persian Wars?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Persia

d)

The Greeks

16.

____________ means rule by a few.

a)

democracy

b)

tyranny

c)

oligarchy

d)

monarchy

17.

This Greek city state is characterized by the importance of the military and everything is centered around raising men and women to support the military state.

a)

Athens

b)

Delos

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

18.

This Greek City-State that appreciated creativity, education, philosophy, individualism, and Democracy.

a)

Athens

b)

Delos

c)

Corinth

d)

Sparta

19.

Greece developed into independent city-states because ...

a)

Greece's mountainous terrain and separation due to the peninsulas and many tiny islands

b)

Their belief in the many gods caused them to become rivals instead of allies

c)

A huge war broke their unity and caused them to resent one another

d)

Their were no kings strong enough to unite them

20.

Civil War between Athens and their Allies vs. Sparta and their Allies was called...

a)

Alexander the Great's War

b)

the Peloponnesian War

c)

the Persian War

d)

the Minoan Conflict

21.

Sparta won the Peloponnesian War but all of Greece was weakened.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

At which battle was Athenian Navy victorious over Persian Navy?

a)

Thermopylae

b)

Salamis

c)

Marathon

d)

Persian

23.

Athens joined with other city states and formed an alliance called the Delian League to end the Persian invasion. Athens then fairly distributed the wealth of the alliance throughout the empire.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

The Greeks believed that athletic contests such as the Olympics

a)

protected them from invaders

b)

helped them in the afterlife

c)

prepared them for war

d)

pleased the gods

25.

The United States adopted which of the following architecture designs from Greek culture?

a)

columns

b)

carvings

c)

underground tunnels

d)

pyramids

26.

Which of the following is given credit for spreading Hellenistic/ Greek culture throughout the Persian Empire?

a)

The Acropolis offered protection from Asian nations

b)

Alexander the Great and his vast conquests.

c)

Greek city-states competed in the Olympics

d)

The Persians conquered the Greek city-states in the Persian Wars.

27.

Which of the following Statements is true. People in Greece saw themselves as…

a)

One united Greek culture (Greeks)

b)

Residents of their city-state (examples: Athenian, Spartan, Corinthian, Delian)

28.

Who was the leader of Athenian democracy during their golden age?

a)

Socrates

b)

Peisistratus

c)

Pericles

d)

Herodotus

29.

The legacy of ancient Greek Myths, fables, and Epic Poems, like stories of Perseus, Persephone, and Medusa, is....

a)

it gives us an accurate historical record.

b)

it gives us a realistic story about the people's everyday life.

c)

an objective study of ancient civilizations like the Greeks.

d)

it gives us heroic figures and a great adventure to entertain us.

30.

A body of water with water on three sides is called a/an...

a)

continent

b)

island

c)

isthmus

d)

peninsula

31.

The Greeks believed that the gods lived in/on...

a)

Athens

b)

Mount Olympus

c)

Cypress

d)

Mount Etna

32.

Stories that portray Greek Gods and goddesses are called ...

a)

fables

b)

epics

c)

myths

d)

histories

33.

What does the word "Democracy" mean?

a)

"rule by the government"

b)

"rule by the many"

c)

"rule by the people"

d)

"rule by the wealthy"

34.

Which Greek philosopher had the method of asking questions?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Solon

35.

Who thought that governments should be headed by a philosopher king?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Jason

c)

Aristophanes

d)

Plato

36.

Dionysus was the god of wine and ________________.

a)

the underworld

b)

the hearth

c)

the theater

d)

love

37.

Which of the following was a major crop for the Ancient Greeks?

a)

apples

b)

olives

c)

watermelon

d)

corn

38.

In Ancient Greece, the purpose of myths was to …

a)

make people rich

b)

live in the moment

c)

start wars between city-states

d)

teach lessons, entertain, and explain the world

39.

What are the two types of Greek theater?

a)

Comedy and Tragedy

b)

Science fiction and Fantasy

c)

Musical and Drama

d)

Improvisation and Historical

40.

What type of art were the Greeks most known for producing?

a)

Landscape paintings

b)

Realistic sculptures

c)

Stained glass

d)

Portrait paintings