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Phoenicians and Ancient Greece

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which famous Phoenician colon was located in North Africa?

a)

Rome

b)

Carthage

c)

Syracuse

d)

Athens

2.

What was something only the Phoenicians could make?

a)

Purple Cloth

b)

Ships

c)

Pottery

d)

Sails

3.

What large island is located south of Greece?

a)

Sicily

b)

Naples

c)

Corsica

d)

Crete

4.

Someone who studies knowledge, reality, and existence

a)

hoplites

b)

helots

c)

philosopher

d)

ephors

5.

Ability to live forever.

a)

democracy

b)

immortal

c)

ephors

d)

polis

6.

Armed foot soldiers in Ancient Greece

a)

philosopher

b)

hoplites

c)

helots

d)

ephors

7.

Spartan slaves

a)

philosophers

b)

hoplites

c)

helots

d)

ephors

8.

Greek city-states

a)

democracy

b)

polis

c)

oligarchy

d)

helots

9.

Small groups of individuals having control of government

a)

hoplites

b)

democracy

c)

oligarchy

d)

ephors

10.

Rule by the people

a)

democracy

b)

oligarchy

c)

helots

d)

ephors

11.

Leaders in Sparta

a)

hoplites

b)

polis

c)

helots

d)

ephors

12.

What was the first civilization in Ancient Greece?

a)

Mycenaean

b)

Minoan

c)

Greek

d)

Roman

13.

When was the first Olympic event held?

a)

1600 B.C.

b)

750 B. C

c)

800 B.C

d)

431 B.C.

14.

The Minoan Civilization flourished during the Bronze Age and might have been devastated by a tidal wave caused by a volcanic eruption.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

The Mycenaean civilization took over what was left of the Minoan civilization and had powerful monarchies.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

The Mycenaean civilization took over what was left of the Minoan civilization and had powerful monarchies.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

The Dark Ages marked the end of which civilization?

a)

Latin

b)

Greek

c)

Minoan

d)

Mycenaean

18.

What do we call the period of time in Greek history where art and writing stopped and large numbers of Greeks left the mainland?

a)

Bronze Age

b)

Dark Ages

c)

Age of Enlightenment

d)

Iron Age

19.

Homer was a famous Greek epic poet who emerged around at the end of the Minoans.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

The Iliad takes place during the Trojan War and is one of the most famous epic poems in history.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Which famous epic poem by Homer, tells of the adventures of Odysseus, a hero of the Trojan War?

a)

The Iliad

b)

The Aenead

c)

The Epic of Gilgamesh

d)

The Odyssey

22.

In Greek mythology, the main gods lived on Mt. Olympus.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

A Polytheistic religion is one that believes in one god.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

The Olympics were held to honor which Greek god?

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Dionysus

d)

Hades

25.

Sophocles, Euripides, ad Aeschylus were famous for writing tragedies.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Comedies are sad plays that always have an unhappy ending.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

The word Philisophy comes from what Greek word which means "a love of wisdom"?

a)

philo

b)

Plato

c)

epic

d)

philosophia

28.

Socrates and Plato were famous Greek playwrites.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Who received an education in Ancient Athens?

a)

boys

b)

women

c)

girls

d)

slaves

30.

Who was a citizen responsible to participate in government in Ancient Athens?

a)

Male Slaves

b)

Women and Men

c)

Male Citizens

d)

Non-citizens

31.

All women in Athens were considered as property.

a)

True

b)

False

32.

In Sparta, who received an education?

a)

boys and girls

b)

girls only

c)

boys only

d)

helots

33.

How old were Spartan boys when they were taken become soldiers?

a)

10

b)

20

c)

7

d)

5

34.

In which city-state did women have more rights?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

35.

Spartans formed the Delian League.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Athenians formed the Peloponnesian League.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Who was a major general in the Peloponnesian War and later went on to write an unbiased account of the history of the war? (he is often called the father of history)

a)

Euclid

b)

Plato

c)

Thucydides

d)

Leonidas

38.

Sparta won the Peloponnesian War.

a)

True

b)

False