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Worksheets6th grade Unit of Greece
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Greece is in which continent?
a)
Europe
b)
Africa
c)
North America
d)
Asia
2.
Greece is a peninsula that has a southern peninsula called
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Peloponnesus
d)
Phoenicia
3.
The Greeks used a writing system developed by
a)
Egyptians
b)
Phoenicians
c)
Mycenaeans
d)
Romans
4.
A system that of writing that uses symbols to stand for individual sounds is called an
a)
alphabet
b)
character
c)
codex
d)
hieroglyph
5.
The Greeks believed that the gods lived in
a)
Athens
b)
Cyprus
c)
Mount Olympus
d)
Mount Etna
6.
In Greek, the word for a city-state was
a)
civitas
b)
barracks
c)
democracy
d)
polis
7.
Athens main rival was the city state of
a)
Anatolia
b)
Marathon
c)
Sparta
d)
Thermopylae
8.
Who were the ancient people who lived on the island of Crete and built a grand palace in the city of Knossos?
a)
Minoans
b)
Romans
c)
Persians
d)
Spartans
9.
What ancient civilization eventually replaced the Minoans as the major power in the Aegean sea, after the Minoan civilization disappeared?
a)
Romans
b)
Spartans
c)
Persians
d)
Mycenaeans
10.
what is a hilltop in a Greek city state called?
(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)
(It housed a fort and a temple to the city-state's local god or goddess)
a)
Agriculture
b)
Thermopylae
c)
Acropolis
d)
Ephor
11.
What is a form of government in which all citizens get a vote?
a)
Democracy
b)
Assembly
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Tyranny
12.
A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.
a)
Athens
b)
Delphi
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
13.
What is the name for thinkers who reflect on the meaning of life?
a)
Soldiers
b)
Philosophers
c)
Ephors
d)
Helots
14.
After the Persian War, Athens and Sparta came into conflict with one another. Eventually, war broke out between the two city-states.
What was this war called?
What was this war called?
a)
Persian War II
b)
Greek War
c)
Peloponnesian War
d)
War Between the City-States
15.
A great city in Greece, that had an Oligarchy type of Government, taught boys to be good soldiers, and took what they needed from neighbors.
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
16.
A great city in Greece that had a Democracy for government, traded with other city-states, and participated in the assembly.
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
17.
A Greek Philosopher that taught people use a question and answer way of thinking.
a)
Socrates
b)
Aristotle
18.
They could own property, they went to school like the boys did, they live. The same simple life as the men
a)
Sparta Women
b)
Athens Women
19.
Greece was a ...
a)
island
b)
peninsula
c)
isthmus
d)
glacier
20.
What kind of culture were the Greeks?
a)
maritime
b)
desert
c)
colonial
d)
caste system
21.
The great philosophers of Ancient Greece were:
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Aristotle
d)
all three (Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle)
22.
Which of the following bodies of water does NOT surround Greece?
a)
Aegean Sea
b)
Black Sea
c)
Ionian Sea
d)
Mediterranean Sea
23.
What was the most famous war for Ancient Greece?
a)
Vietnam War
b)
Civil War
c)
World War 1
d)
Trojan War
24.
Who was one of the most powerful rulers in Greece?
a)
Hercules
b)
Pericles
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Solon
e)
Plato
25.
He is the "father of medicine"
a)
Herodotus
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Thucydides
d)
Archimedes
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