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Ancient Greece Test Review

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

____________________ were a common way of life between Athens and Sparta.

a)

forms of government

b)

education systems

c)

religious beliefs

d)

citizens rights

2.

Freedom for women, duty to the polis (city), and glory on the battlefield are three what?

a)

activities and ideas that were important to Sparta

b)

activities and ideas that were important to Athens

c)

activities and ideas that were important to Delphi

d)

activities and ideas that were important to Macedonia

3.

Which two cities united to fight the Persian Empire?

a)

Olympia and Troy

b)

Knossos and Athens

c)

Sparta and Argos

d)

Sparta and Athens

4.

Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Homer

d)

Pericles

5.

Herodotus is known as what?

a)

The Father of Medicine

b)

The Father of Writing

c)

The Father of Trade

d)

The Father of History

6.

Where is the Parthenon (both original and replica) located?

a)

original in Athens, replica in Nashville

b)

original in Delphi, replica in Memphis

c)

original in Knossos, replica in Memphis

d)

original in Olympia, replica in Nashville

7.

Theorems to help problem-solve, discovery of natural causes and treatments of illness, and the first complete writing system were major contributions to what fields?

a)

mathematics, science, and medicine

b)

mathematics, astronomy, and the alphabet

c)

astrology, science, and the alphabet

d)

mathematics, science, and the alphabet

8.

a2 + b2 = c2 is called the Pythagorean theorem. Who is this named for?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Plato

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Aristotle

9.

Childhood focused on educations, democratic government, and women in the home are all traits of which culture?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Troy

d)

Argos

10.

Which four are correct about the Greek alphabet?

a)

alphabet still used today

b)

similar characters to the Phoenician alphabet

c)

first written language based on vowels and consonants

d)

provides historians with great details of ancient history

e)

exhibits the first written language of written history

11.

Which three are famous philosophers of ancient Greece?

a)

Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

b)

Sophocles, Pericles, and Aristotle

c)

Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Plato

d)

Socrates, Plato, and Sophocles

12.

What was the purpose of athletic competition among city-states?

a)

to cure boredom

b)

to keep everyone in shape

c)

to show power over others

d)

to make peace with each other

13.

The Empire of Alexander the Great extended from which two modern day countries?

a)

Greece to India

b)

Italy to China

c)

Greece to Egypt

d)

Spain to India

14.

Athena is believed to be the daughter of which Greek god?

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Poseiden

d)

Ares

15.

Zeus : Greek Mythology :: Jupiter : ____________ Mythology

a)

Egyptian

b)

Roman

c)

Mesopotamian

d)

Chinese

16.

The geography of Greece led to the creation of what?

a)

separate city-states

b)

separate countries

c)

one country

d)

one city-state

17.

The Greeks were able to have a widespread trading network. Why?

a)

they had excellent ship-building skills

b)

they created the first vehicle

c)

they made friends from distant lands

d)

they built many roads throughout the Mediterranean

18.

I lived in an ancient civilization on a peninsula in the Mediterranean Sea. Most of the land was mountainous. There was fertile land to farm between the mountains and along the coasts. The mountain protected us from invaders, but also isolated our people from each other. The sea was very important to us. We became excellent fishers and traders.


Where did I live?

a)

Mesopotamia

b)

Ancient India

c)

Ancient Greece

d)

Ancient Egypt

19.

Standardized measurements, more coins, and pirate-free seas led to increased _____________ in the Mediterranean Sea.

a)

trade

b)

movement

c)

fishing

d)

colony building

20.

In what order did the Ancient Greek governments occur?

a)

monarchy - oligarchy - democracy - tyranny

b)

oligarchy - democracy - monarchy - tyranny

c)

monarchy - oligarchy - tyranny - democracy

d)

democracy - tyranny - monarchy - oligarchy

21.

What is Hellenistic Culture?

a)

a blend of Greek, Asian, and Eastern cultures

b)

Greek Culture

c)

Roman Culture

d)

a blend of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures

22.

Zeus was known as what?

a)

humble

b)

friendly

c)

powerful

d)

ordinary

23.

Who was the Father of Medicine, and what is named for him?

a)

Hippocrates, Hippocratic Oath

b)

Pericles, Pericleic Oath

c)

Sophocles, Sophocleic Oath

d)

Homer, Homeratic Oath

24.

Thales is responsible for creating the theorem that all substances are derived from what?

a)

water

b)

oil

c)

fire

d)

gasoline

25.

The Peloponnesian Wars were the result of competition for control of the Greek world between which two cities?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

Athens and Knossos

c)

Sparta and Delphi

d)

Troy and Sparta

26.

Sparta had a stronger control on their citizens than Athens had on theirs. Why?

a)

to prevent rebellion

b)

to encourage on-time tax payment

c)

to increase voting participation

d)

to prevent the government from being overthrown

27.

What is an essential part of a democracy? It lays out exactly how the government is going to work, by limiting the power of the government to protect the power of the citizens.

a)

Constitution

b)

Declaration

c)

Emancipation

d)

Decree

28.

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were all famous what? Who taught who?

a)

Philosophers - Aristotle taught Plato, Plato taught Socrates

b)

Debaters - Plato taught Aristotle, Aristotle taught Socrates

c)

Philosophers - Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle

d)

Senators - Aristotle taught Socrates, Socrates taught Plato

29.

What would be an appropriate name for this map?

a)

Ancient Greece

b)

Map of Greek Cultural Influence

c)

Persia

d)

Map of Israeli Cultural Influence

30.

A childhood focused on military and a monarchic government are two traits of which city?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Olympia

d)

Delphi

31.

Athens and Sparta shared which trait?

a)

cultures based on religion

b)

cultures based on the military

c)

cultures based on education

d)

cultures based on women's freedom

32.

Building cities based on Greek cities, using Greek architecture, spreading the Greek language, and encouraging settlers to move to newly established cities are things done by who as a way to spread Greek culture?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Phillip II

c)

Pericles

d)

Hippocrates

33.

The Titans and Olympians both did what?

a)

overthrew their parents to gain power

b)

battled on Mount Olympus

c)

protected the Athenian people

d)

had magical powers

34.

What are two things that led to the development of separate city-states within Greece?

a)

geography and availability of natural resources

b)

the seas and trade networks

c)

geography and control of the Greek world

d)

wars and availability of natural resources

35.

Which labels are correct?

a)

1: Democracy

2: Tyranny

3: Oligarchy

4: Monarchy

b)

1: Monarchy

2: Tyranny

3: Oligarchy

4: Democracy

c)

1: Monarchy

2: Oligarchy

3: Tyranny

4: Democracy

d)

1: Tyranny

2: Monarchy

3: Democracy

4: Oligarchy

36.

Why did the Delian League finance the building of the Parthenon?

a)

to serve as a temple to the Athenian guardian deity

b)

to serve as a temple to the Delian guardian deity

c)

to serve as a temple to the Spartan guardian deity

d)

to serve as a temple to the Olympian guardian deity