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Greece Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are Greece's major geographic features EXCEPT:

a)

It is surrounded by water on three sides, with smaller peninsulas protruding (sticking out) from the mainland

b)

Mountains served as natural barriers and boundaries and prevented large-scale farming because there was a limited amount of farmland

c)

Deep bays and natural harbors along the coastlines encouraged fishing and sea trade

d)

It was surrounded by harsh deserts, which made it very difficult to access water for irrigation

2.

The Greek civilization was located on which body of water?

a)

Red Sea

b)

Baltic Sea

c)

Aegean Sea

d)

Caspian Sea

3.

How did the Greeks respond to the limited farmland they possessed?

a)

It led to increased trade and colonization

b)

They practiced strict population control

c)

They suffered from continuous periods of famine

d)

They used the cities as defensive fortresses

4.

How did the geography of Greece affect its development?

a)

The cold weather prevented any agriculture from succeeding

b)

Since the mountains seas kept groups of Greeks separated, it caused many rival city-states to develop

c)

The few natural barriers allowed one strong clan to unite the entire country

d)

The intense heat generally forced most outdoor activities inside

5.

What two things did each Greek city-state have in common?

a)

Currency and Government

b)

Social structure and Topography

c)

Economic base and attitude toward slaves

d)

Polytheistic religion and Greek language

6.

Where is Troy located on the map?

a)

B

b)

C

c)

D

d)

E

7.

Where is the Mediterranean Sea located on the map?

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

I

8.

Where is the Aegean Sea located on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

9.

Where is Balkan Peninsula located on the map?

a)

H

b)

I

c)

J

d)

K

10.

Where is Asia Minor located on the map?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

11.

Where is Macedonia located on the map?

a)

F

b)

G

c)

H

d)

I

12.

Where is Athens located on the map?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

13.

Where is the Black Sea located on the map?

a)

H

b)

I

c)

J

d)

K

14.

Where is the Peloponnesus Peninsula located on the map?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

15.

Where is Sparta located on the map?

a)

D

b)

E

c)

F

d)

G

16.

Where is the Dardanelles Straight located on the map?

a)

H

b)

I

c)

J

d)

K

17.

What kind of religion was Greek mythology was based on that was important to culture, politics, and art in ancient Greece?

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Polytheistic

c)

Non-theistism

d)

Deism

18.

Greek Mythology explains all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

Animal Qualities

b)

Natural Phenomena

c)

Human Qualities

d)

Life Events

19.

Which Greek goddess replaces the question mark in the table of the image?

a)

Diana

b)

Venus

c)

Aphrodite

d)

Athena

20.

Which Greek goddess replaces the question mark in the table of the image?

a)

Artemis

b)

Hera

c)

Athena

d)

Venus

21.

Which of the following is NOT a way that Greek mythology influenced Western Civilization (today's society)?

a)

Literature

b)

Mathematics

c)

Art

d)

Architecture

22.

What is a Polis (city-state)?

a)

A Banking System

b)

A Military Garrison

c)

A community of people who shared a common identity and common goals

d)

Several bridges throughout Africa

23.

What two things did Greek cities promote?

a)

Isolation and Appeasement

b)

War and Famine

c)

Disease and Death

d)

Civic and Commercial Life

24.

What group of people in ancient Athens had political rights and the responsibility of civic participation in government?

a)

Foreigners

b)

Women

c)

Slaves

d)

Citizens (free adult males)

25.

Which two populations divided the Greek society?

a)

Wealthy and working class populations

b)

Free and enslaved populations

c)

Foreigners and children

d)

Middle class and poor populations

26.

All of the following are the reasons that someone could be enslaved in Greece EXCEPT:

a)

Captured as prisoners of war

b)

Born to enslaved parents

c)

Their skin color/ethnicity

d)

Failing to repay their loans and debts

27.

Which of the following is NOT true regarding enslaved people in ancient Greece?

a)

Slaves did not have power

b)

Slaves did not have political rights

c)

Slaves were able to vote

d)

Slaves were the lowest social group

28.

Who did most families own as household servants or laborers in ancient Greece?

a)

Patricians

b)

Plebeians

c)

Proles

d)

Slaves

29.

What is the correct order of how the Athenian government progressed?

a)

Democracy, Tyranny, Aristocracy, Monarchy

b)

Monarchy, Democracy, Tyranny, Aristocracy

c)

Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy

d)

Tyranny, Monarchy, Democracy, Aristocracy

30.

Which Athenian Tyrant worked to reform (change) things by codifying the laws, so judges could not interpret them however they wanted, and added harsh penalties, which included slavery for debtors?

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

31.

Which Athenian Tyrant worked to reform (change) things by cancelling all land debts and freed people who had fallen into slavery for debts?

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

32.

Ideas about democracy and citizenship in western societies were most influenced by which Greek city-state?

a)

Sparta

b)

Corinth

c)

Athens

d)

Olympia

33.

What type of government did the Athenians develop that is ruled by the people?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyranny

d)

Democracy

34.

Which type of government in Sparta was ruled by the few because a select group of people exercise control?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Tyrant

d)

Democracy

35.

Which of the following is NOT true about Sparta?

a)

Oligarchy form of government

b)

Valued literature, arts, and poetry

c)

Rigid social structure

d)

Militaristic and aggressive society

36.

A major factor that moved Greece to their victories and glory during the Persian Wars was:

a)

The unity of Athens and Sparta against the Persian Empire

b)

The hostile relationship between Ionia and Sparta

c)

The hostile relationship between Athens and Sparta

d)

Young and inexperienced military leaders

37.

What was the name of the battle that the Greeks defeated the Persians because Pheidippides ran 26 miles from Marathon to Athens, to warn the Athenians that Darius and his army have marched into Greece and are on their to Athens, which allowed them to prepare for the Persian attack?

a)

Battle of Cunaxa

b)

Battle of Thermopylae

c)

Battle of Salamis

d)

Battle of Marathon

38.

What battle did the Greeks defeat the Persians because it was fought at a very narrow channel that Persian ships had difficulties turning, which allowed smaller Greek ships armed with battering rams to attack and puncture the hulls of many Persian warships?

a)

Battle of Marathon

b)

Battle of Thermopylae

c)

Battle of Salamis

d)

Battle of Cunaxa

39.

Athenian victories over the Persians at Marathon and Salamis left Greeks in control of the ___________________ ______________________ after the Persian Wars.

a)

Aegean Sea

b)

Black Sea

c)

Ionian Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

40.

During the 470s B.C., what did Athens emerge as the leader of that grew to 200 city-states, which allowed them to control other league members, move the league headquarters to Athens, and use military force against members that challenged it's authority?

a)

Delian League

b)

Peloponnesian League

c)

Alexandra

d)

Rome

41.

What great time period did the Persian Wars launch for Athens because it preserved it's independence and continued innovations in government and culture?

a)

Ice Age

b)

Stone Age

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Golden Age of Pericles

42.

What is the time period between Persian Wars and Peloponnesian War, which Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens saw height of it's power and brilliance?

a)

Age of Augustus

b)

Golden Age of Pericles

c)

Age of Justinian

d)

Age of Charlemagne

43.

Who extended democracy during the Golden Age of Athens because he increased the number of public officials on paid salaries, which allowed all citizens to vote or hold political office?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Euclid

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Pericles

44.

What kind of Athenian government did Pericles create, which allowed every male citizen to participate in assembly and vote on all major issues?

a)

Monarchy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Direct Democracy

d)

Representative Democracy

45.

"Our constitution is called a democracy because power is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people. When it is a question of settling private disputes, everyone is equal before the law; when it is a question of putting one person before another in positions of public responsibility, what counts is not membership in a particular class, but the actual ability which the man possesses."


-- Funeral Oration, Pericles


According to the quote above, all of the following are characteristics of Athenian democracy EXCEPT -

a)

Political power is exercised by citizens

b)

Leader is chosen by lot

c)

Judicial branch conducts trials with paid juries

d)

All residents of the city of Athens were citizens

46.

Pericles had Athens rebuilt after destruction in the ________________ _____________.

a)

Trojan Wars

b)

Persian Wars

c)

Peloponnesian Wars

d)

Punic Wars

47.

What monument that was an example of Pericles reconstruction that sits atop to the Acropolis and is dedicated to goddess Athena, which signified the greatness of Athens?

a)

Colosseum

b)

Forum

c)

Parthenon

d)

Aqueduct

48.

What caused the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Rivalry between Greece and Macedonia

b)

Rivalry between Athens and Sparta because they were both competing for control of the Greek world

c)

The conquest of Greece by Rome

d)

The invasion of Greece by Persia

49.

Which camp of the Greek world was Athens part of because they controlled it?

a)

Delian League

b)

Peloponnesian League

c)

Alexander

d)

Rome

50.

Which camp did Sparta form because they feared that Athens had become too powerful?

a)

Delian League

b)

Peloponnesian League

c)

Alexander

d)

Rome

51.

The Peloponnesian War was won by:

a)

Persia

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

The Delian League

52.

Since the Peloponnesian War weakened Sparta and Athens, which growing power to the north eventually conquered Greece and costed them their freedom by ending Greek democracy?

a)

Troy

b)

Italian Peninsula

c)

Persia

d)

Macedonia

53.

Which Macedonian leader took over the Greek city-states, ended Greek democracy, and returned Greece to a monarchy?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Philip II

c)

Darius

d)

Cyrus

54.

Alexander the Great’s conquests, spread Greek influence in Egypt and the Near East, which stretched to western __________________________.

a)

Korea

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Iran

55.

What time period occurs after Alexander the Great expands his empire, which is the blending of Greek, Egyptian, Persian, and Indian cultures that spread through trade and commerce?

a)

Ice Age

b)

Stone Age

c)

Bronze Age

d)

Hellenistic Age

56.

Who sculpted the Parthenon that crafted a giant statue of Athena that stood over 30 feet tall and contained precious metals such as gold and ivory?

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Homer

c)

Sophocles

d)

Phidias

57.

What Greek playwright is known as “The Father of Tragedy” and wrote the Oresteia trilogy?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Euripides

c)

Aeschylus

d)

Phidias

58.

Which Greek playwright wrote the play, Oedipus Rex, which is a tragedy about a conflict between morals and laws?

a)

Aeschylus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Homer

d)

Pericles

59.

Who is the considered "The Father of History" that wrote The Persian Wars and questioned people on where they would get their information?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Herodotus

d)

Homer

60.

Which Athenian historian fought in the Peloponnesian Wars and wrote History of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Herodotus

d)

Thucydides

61.

Which Greek Philosopher used the Socratic method of teaching, which teaches using a question-and-answer format to lead pupils (students) to see things for themselves by using their own reasoning skills?

a)

Pericles

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

62.

Which Greek Philosopher set up a school called the The Academy that ran for 900 years and wrote The Republic, and in it he set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society, which is an ideal society falls into three groups that contain farmers & artisans, warriors, and the ruling class and the person with the greatest insight and intellect from the ruling class would be philosopher or king?

a)

Pericles

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

63.

Which Greek Philosopher set up a school called the Lyceum, used reasoning (the basis of the scientific method used today) to study the nature of the world and human belief, and believed that governments should be ruled by one single leader?

a)

Pericles

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

64.

Who wrote The Elements, which contained 465 carefully presented geometry propositions and proofs and is still the basis for courses in geometry?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Euclid

d)

Pythagoras

65.

Who accurately estimated the value of pi = 3.14, which is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to it's diameter and created the lever and pulley to lift heavy objects?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Euclid

d)

Pythagoras

66.

Who discovered the Pythagorean Theorem, a2 + b2 = c2?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Euclid

d)

Pythagoras

67.

Who is the “Father of Medicine” and came up with the Hippocratic Oath, which is an oath stating the obligations and proper conduct of doctors?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Euclid

d)

Pythagoras

68.

Which Greek column has carved scrolls on top?

a)

Romanesque

b)

Corinthian

c)

Ionic

d)

Doric

69.

Which Greek column is fancy with leaves on top?

a)

Corinthian

b)

Egyptian

c)

Ionic

d)

Doric

70.

Which Greek column has a rectangular capital (top), which is the same column that the Parthenon has as its architecture?

a)

Romanesque

b)

Doric

c)

Ionic

d)

Corinthian