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The Golden Age of Athens

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After the Persian Wars, Athens created the __________________ to protect Greece from attack in case the Persians returned.

a)

Spartan League

b)

Athenian League

c)

Delian League

d)

Peloponnesian League

2.

After the Persian Wars, Athens entered a time period of peace, prosperity, and innovation called the _____________.

a)

Periclean Age

b)

Golden Age

c)

Great Age

d)

Hellenistic Age

3.

The Greeks excelled in philosophy, sculpture, architecture, and ___________________.

a)

theater

b)

painting

c)

electronics

d)

transportation

4.

The Greeks excelled in drama and theater. They invented ________________ or very serious plays with unhappy endings.

a)

comedies

b)

satires

c)

suspenseful

d)

tragedies

5.

During this time period, _________________ is best known for leading the rebuilding of Athens.

a)

Socrates

b)

Cleisthenes

c)

Pericles

d)

Phidias

6.

During this time, the __________________, a temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, was rebuilt.

a)

Parthenon

b)

Pantheon

c)

Oracle of Delphi

d)

Erechtheion

7.

The Greeks created ________________ or the search for wisdom and truth.

a)

psychology

b)

sociology

c)

philosophy

d)

the Scientific Method

8.

____________ taught his students how to think by asking them questions.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Crito

d)

Aristotle

9.

He was accused of planting dangerous thoughts in the minds of the youth and...

a)

was found innocent of all charges.

b)

spent the rest of his life in jail.

c)

was exiled from Athens.

d)

was sentenced to death.

10.

His student, _______________, wrote down all of his teachings and later created a school of his own called The Academy.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alexander

d)

Apollodorus

11.

__________________ another lover of knowledge and wisdom was the tutor of Alexander the Great. He wrote and edited more than 200 books on various subjects including science and government.

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Crito

12.

What type of Greek column is shown above?

a)

Doric

b)

Ionic

c)

Corinthian

d)

Tuscan

13.

The Greeks also created ______________ or plays with humorous themes and happy endings.

a)

comedies

b)

satires

c)

tragedies

d)

documentaries

14.

What was the name of the anti-Athens alliance led by Sparta?

a)

The Spartan League

b)

The Peloponnesian League

c)

The Delian League

d)

The Macedonian League

15.

What features of the Parthenon indicated how important Athena was to the city-state of Athens?

a)

Golden 40 foot statue of Athena inside the temple

b)

Would have cost 3 billion dollars to build today

c)

Located at the highest point of the city on the Acropolis

d)

All of the above