WorksheetsAncient Greece Unit Test Practice
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 14mins
What type of government is a Democracy?
A government ruled by Monarchs.
A government ruled by the people.
A government ruled by aristocrats.
A government ruled by one person that got his power by force.
What type of government does a person take power by force?
Monarchy
Oligarchy
Tyranny
Democracy
What is the Greek city of Athens known for?
The place where the gods and goddesses lived.
The first city to give women the right to vote.
The birthplace of Democracy.
The city of the first Olympic games.
Who were aristocrats?
rich land owners
great Greek artists
Ordinary people that wanted the people to have power in the government.
Authors of great literary works.
Who created very harsh laws in Athens?
Peisistratus
Solon
Draco
Cleisthenes
What is an indirect or representative democracy?
All citizens vote directly for rulers and laws.
Citizens elect representatives that vote for them.
The citizens may not participate in government.
Only women and slaves may participate in government.
Who was NOT allowed to participate in Ancient Athens government?
aristocrats
priests
men
women and slaves
What is a peninsula?
Land completely surrounded by water.
Land surrounded on three sides by water.
Land divided by a river.
A fortress built on top of a hill.
What ancient Greeks were known as talented ship builders?
Mycenaeans
Minoans
Sumerians
Athens
Who were the first people to speak Greek?
Mycenaeans
Minoans
Spartans
Olympians
What is a Polis?
a fortress on top of a hill
the place where greek laws were made
a Greek city-state
the people that enforced the laws in Greece
How did Greeks use the seas?
trading
a source of food
travel
all of the above
What is an acropolis?
a Greek city-state
A type of shirt worn by Greek women.
A fortress built on a hill.
rich land owners
Why is farming difficult in Greece?
The land was dry and sandy.
The land was rocky and mountainous.
The rivers would flood and destroy crops.
The land was icy and cold.
Who was Zeus?
An epic hero that killed a Minotaur.
A messenger for the Greek gods.
King of the Greek gods.
The most famous fable writer
Who is the goddess of love and beauty?
Aphrodite
Hera
Demeter
Cleopatra
What great epic poems did Homer write?
Narnia and the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Battle of the Labyrinth and The Greek Gods
The Epic of Gilgamesh and Sargon
The Iliad and The Odyssey
Who was a famous lyrical poet who played a lyre while reciting her poems?
Homer
Aesop
Sappho
Appllo
What are short stories that teach a lesson about life?
Folktales
Epics
Fables
Poems
What is a body of stories about gods, goddess and heroes that try to explain how the world works?
Geometry
Mythology
Biology
Literacy
What was the main focus of a Spartan boy’s life?
preparing to be a soldier
preparing to be a teacher
preparing to be a writer
preparing to be a scholar
What was the purpose of Greek myths?
to explain why humans or animals behaved like they did
to explain why humans should worship the gods
to explain what things the Greek people most valued
to explain why natural or historical events happened
Which is the best description of the geography of Greece?
A mountainous peninsula
An island covered with farmland
A desert surrounding a huge river
A flat coastal plain
What was the overall contribution that Greek philosophers made to society?
They helped the rest of the Greek people make good decisions in daily life.
They thought about the mysteries and problems of life in Greece.
They considered explanations for events other than that they were the work of the gods.
They described why Greek gods were to be worshiped.
The Greek civilizations believed in many gods of natural forces; therefore, what kind of religion did they have?
Monotheistic
Deistic
Atheistic
Polytheistic
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
A government ruled by a few powerful people.
Democracy
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Tyranny
Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle were famous Greek_______
kings
sculptors
playwrites
philosophers
_______ taught the way to seek truth is through a series of questions & answers.
Socrates
Archimedes
Aristotle
Plato
Why was Socrates killed?
They found that he plagiarized from other philosophers
He taught students how to think for themselves, which was viewed as problematic
He committed treason against Athens
He stole military weapons from Sparta
