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Ancient Greece Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a peninsula?

a)

A fancy type of pen the Greeks would write with.

b)

A body of land with water on three sides.

c)

Name for the upper class in Greece.

d)

A city-state well known for developing democracy.

2.

What is Mount Olympus?

a)

A government ruled by a few people.

b)

The peninsula at the southern end of Greece

c)

highest point in Greece where gods were believed to live.

d)

A fortified hill top

3.

An oligarchy is a government in which...

a)

One person has all the power.

b)

The people decide everything.

c)

A few people share the power and make decisions.

4.

Aristocracy is a fancy term for...

a)

The wealthy and upper classes of Greece

b)

the Greek gods

c)

The soldiers of Sparta

5.

An isthmus is...

a)

someone who takes power in an illegal way

b)

a body of land with water on three sides

c)

rule of the Greek gods

d)

a narrow strip of land connecting two larger bodies of land

6.

Someone who takes power in an illegal way is

a)

a polis

b)

a tyrant

c)

a citizen

d)

Sparta

7.

The games held every four years, originally to honor the gods, are called

a)

The Olympics

b)

Myths

c)

polis

d)

Acropolis

8.

A polis is a Greek word for "city-state." Two city-states in Greece are...

a)

Sparta

b)

Acropolis

c)

Macedonia

d)

Athens

9.

The Peloponnesus refers to...

a)

relating to the blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures that began with Alexander the Great.

b)

the ruler of the Greek gods

c)

the peninsula at the southern end of Greece.

10.

Hellenistic is an adjective used to describe...

a)

how awesome the Greek gods are

b)

relating to the blend of Greek, Persian, Egyptian, and Indian cultures that began with Alexander the Great.

c)

a Greek military invention for hurling stones.

11.

What percentage of the population in Athens in 430 BCE were citizens and able to vote?

a)

100%

b)

19%

c)

50%

d)

1%

12.

Which of these types of governments gave citizens the most power?

a)

a monarchy

b)

a tyranny

c)

a democracy

d)

an oligarchy

13.

The causes of the Peloponnesian war were (please choose 3)...

a)

Athens and Sparta both wanted to be the most powerful polis.

b)

Athens was mean to the other city-states and sent a lot of hate mail.

c)

Athens was growing into a powerful naval empire.

d)

Other polis resented how Athens spent money from the Delian League.

e)

Sparta was stronger than Athens

14.

Some of Greece's legacies include (please choose 3)...

a)

Drama/theater

b)

Cat pictures and statues

c)

Geography

d)

Pottery

e)

Architecuture