WorksheetsPhoenicians and Ancient Greece
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which famous Phoenician colon was located in North Africa?
Rome
Carthage
Syracuse
Athens
What was something only the Phoenicians could make?
Purple Cloth
Ships
Pottery
Sails
What large island is located south of Greece?
Sicily
Naples
Corsica
Crete
Someone who studies knowledge, reality, and existence
hoplites
helots
philosopher
ephors
Ability to live forever.
democracy
immortal
ephors
polis
Armed foot soldiers in Ancient Greece
philosopher
hoplites
helots
ephors
Spartan slaves
philosophers
hoplites
helots
ephors
Greek city-states
democracy
polis
oligarchy
helots
Small groups of individuals having control of government
hoplites
democracy
oligarchy
ephors
Rule by the people
democracy
oligarchy
helots
ephors
Leaders in Sparta
hoplites
polis
helots
ephors
What was the first civilization in Ancient Greece?
Mycenaean
Minoan
Greek
Roman
When was the first Olympic event held?
1600 B.C.
750 B. C
800 B.C
431 B.C.
The Minoan Civilization flourished during the Bronze Age and might have been devastated by a tidal wave caused by a volcanic eruption.
True
False
The Mycenaean civilization took over what was left of the Minoan civilization and had powerful monarchies.
True
False
The Mycenaean civilization took over what was left of the Minoan civilization and had powerful monarchies.
True
False
The Dark Ages marked the end of which civilization?
Latin
Greek
Minoan
Mycenaean
What do we call the period of time in Greek history where art and writing stopped and large numbers of Greeks left the mainland?
Bronze Age
Dark Ages
Age of Enlightenment
Iron Age
Homer was a famous Greek epic poet who emerged around at the end of the Minoans.
True
False
The Iliad takes place during the Trojan War and is one of the most famous epic poems in history.
True
False
Which famous epic poem by Homer, tells of the adventures of Odysseus, a hero of the Trojan War?
The Iliad
The Aenead
The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Odyssey
In Greek mythology, the main gods lived on Mt. Olympus.
True
False
A Polytheistic religion is one that believes in one god.
True
False
The Olympics were held to honor which Greek god?
Zeus
Apollo
Dionysus
Hades
Sophocles, Euripides, ad Aeschylus were famous for writing tragedies.
True
False
Comedies are sad plays that always have an unhappy ending.
True
False
The word Philisophy comes from what Greek word which means "a love of wisdom"?
philo
Plato
epic
philosophia
Socrates and Plato were famous Greek playwrites.
True
False
Who received an education in Ancient Athens?
boys
women
girls
slaves
Who was a citizen responsible to participate in government in Ancient Athens?
Male Slaves
Women and Men
Male Citizens
Non-citizens
All women in Athens were considered as property.
True
False
In Sparta, who received an education?
boys and girls
girls only
boys only
helots
How old were Spartan boys when they were taken become soldiers?
10
20
7
5
In which city-state did women have more rights?
Athens
Sparta
Spartans formed the Delian League.
True
False
Athenians formed the Peloponnesian League.
True
False
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)
Euclid
Plato
Thucydides
Leonidas
Sparta won the Peloponnesian War.
True
False
