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People of Ancient Greece

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which Athenian Tyrant was known for his harsh laws?

a)

Solon

b)

Draco

c)

Leonidas

d)

Pericles

2.

This Greek sculptor created the statue of Athena Parthenos

a)

Michelangelo

b)

Phidias

c)

Socrates

d)

Sophocles

3.

This Greek author was known for his epic poems, including The Iliad

a)

Thucydides

b)

Socrates

c)

Sophocles

d)

Homer

4.

This Greek statesmen led Athens during its Golden Age

a)

Herodotus

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Pericles

d)

Solon

5.

This Athenian Tyrant abolished the practice of selling oneself as a slave to pay debt

a)

Solon

b)

Pericles

c)

Zeus

d)

Draco

6.

This Greek is referred to as the "Father of History"

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Euripides

c)

Herodotus

d)

Pericles

7.

This Greek playwright, the "Father of Tragedy" wrote a play called "The Persians"

a)

Sophocles

b)

Thucydides

c)

Herodotus

d)

Aeschylus

8.

This Greek playwright authored several plays dealing with King Oedipus, most famously, Oedipus Rex

a)

Thucydides

b)

Sophocles

c)

Aristotle

d)

Homer

9.

This latest of the three philosophers tutored Alexander the Great

a)

Socrates

b)

Sophocles

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

10.

This Greek philosopher was famous for asking his students questions and believed that "the unexamined life was not worth living"

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Phidias

11.

This Greek historian wrote the "History of the Peloponnesian War"

a)

Sophocles

b)

Herodotus

c)

Thucydides

d)

Pericles

12.

This king led the Spartans at Thermopylae in the 2d Persian War

a)

Draco

b)

Solon

c)

Pericles

d)

Leonidas

13.

This King of Persia waged the 2d Persian War

a)

Darius

b)

Xerxes

c)

Cyrus

d)

Zoroaster

14.

This Greek Scientist invented the Screw pump and the Heat Ray - he also discovered buoyancy

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Archimedes

c)

Socrates

d)

Phidias