WorksheetsCh. 8 Greek Civilization
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
The map shows that Alexander’s empire extended to which river in the East?
Indus
Tigris
Nile
Euphrates
According to the map, what body of water bordered Alexander's empire to the south?
Caspian Sea
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Arabian Sea
The epic poem, the Iliad, tell the story of...
The Trojan War
Gilgamesh
The gods on Mt. Olympus
Alexander the Great
Sentenced to death for his crimes against the state.
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Archimedes
Who believed that democratic leaders were often uneducated and immoral?
Plato
Alexander the Great
Phillip II
the Sophists
Aristotle's most famous student was...
Plato
Alexander the Great
Archimedes
Socrates
The Sophists were best known for...
spreading discord (disagreement) with their teaching
encouraging young men to join the military
teaching rhetoric or public speaking
believing in absolute truth
This scientist was one of the first to calculate the circumference of the Earth
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Thales
Pythagoras
Which mathematician during the Hellenic Era developed plane geometry?
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Archimedes
Pythagoras
Hippocrates is considered to be the...
Father of history
Father of medicine
Father of geometry
Father of geography
Who is considered to be the "father of history"
Herodotus
Thucydides
Aristotle
Plato
Who is known for creating the law of buoyancy
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Archimedes
Thales
The History of the Persian War was written by..
Thales
Herodotus
Thucydides
Plato
Epicureans believed in all of the following EXCEPT...
Citizens must always do their duty
The most important thing in life is to be happy
pain and worry should always be avoided
the best way to happiness is the spend time with friends
Stoics believed that...
Showing emotions was the best way to happiness
People should be guided by reason and sound thinking
Doing you duty in the community is useless and a waste of time
People should do whatever makes them feel good in life
Alexander's general who created the last dynasty in Egypt which ended with Cleopatra in 30 B.C.
Seleucus
Antigones
Cassander
Ptolemy
Alexander's empire didn't last long after his death due to the fact that...
his wife gave away is throne
his children would not continue the war
his armies became sick with plague
his general's fought for control of the empire
Alexandria in Egypt was known for...
art museum
theater
architecture
vast library
In Greek mythology - people expressed their...
political beliefs
religious beliefs
love of sports
love of poetry
What are the two types of drama that the Greeks performed at religious festivals?
myth and fable
fable and epic
comedy and tragedy
comedy and fable
Aesop’s fables were a part of Greek
architecture
temples
politics
oral tradition
What does philosophy mean?
love of history
love of wisdom
love of science
love of mathematics
This mathematician was famous for creating a theory we still use today in geometry.
Euclid
Thales
Pythagoras
Homer
