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WorksheetsAncient Greece - Test Review
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 35mins
Which came first?
Persian war
Pelopponnesian war
Who fought in the Peloponnesian war?
Sparta vs Sorinth
Sparta vs Troy
Sparta vs Athens
Sparta vs Persia
Caused the death of Pericles and outbreak of plague in Athens
Peloponnesian War
Marathon
Thermopylae
Helot revolt
Athens is to Democracy as Sparta is to ____________________
Because travel by land was difficult, the Greeks
gave up trying to travel
became expert shipbuilders and seafarers
learned to climb mountains
None of them make sense
____________________ were a common way of life between Athens and Sparta.
forms of government
education systems
religious beliefs and language
citizens rights
Which three are famous philosophers of ancient Greece?
Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates
Sophocles, Pericles, and Aristotle
Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Plato
Socrates, Plato, and Sophocles
The Empire of Alexander the Great extended from which two modern day countries?
Greece to India
Italy to China
Greece to Egypt
Spain to India
The geography of Greece led to the creation of what?
separate city-states
separate countries
one country
one city-state
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?
Mesopotamia
Ancient India
Ancient Greece
Ancient Egypt
What is Hellenistic Culture?
a blend of Greek, Asian, and Eastern cultures
Greek Culture
Roman Culture
a blend of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian cultures
Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates were all famous what? Who taught who?
Philosophers - Aristotle taught Plato, Plato taught Socrates
Debaters - Plato taught Aristotle, Aristotle taught Socrates
Philosophers - Socrates taught Plato, Plato taught Aristotle
Senators - Aristotle taught Socrates, Socrates taught Plato
What would be an appropriate name for this map?
Ancient Greece
Map of Greek Cultural Influence
Persia
Map of Israeli Cultural Influence
What word(s) best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
rocky and mountainous
flat
desert
rolling plains
(Also, the largest city-state by a wide margin)
The type of government in which all citizens participate in making laws is a...
theocracy
oligarchy
monarchy
democracy
The government of Sparta was an oligarchy, which means that it was
ruled by a small number of people.
ruled by a tyrant.
controlled by a popular vote.
ruled by a king.
Why did large numbers of Greeks establish colonies in distant lands between 750 B.C. and 550 B.C.?
They were driven out by the tyrants who had seized control of many city-states.
They were afraid they would be taken into slavery because they had unpaid debts.
The teachings of the philosopher Aristotle encouraged people to leave their homeland.
They were seeking a home that was less overpopulated and where they would find fertile farmland.
Why did the Athenians stay within their walled city during the Peloponnesian Wars? (This was the war between Athens and Sparta and their allies)
The Athenians intended to ignore the Spartans' challenge.
Pericles knew they were not strong enough to defeat the Spartan army, but he thought the walls could keep them out.
The assembly members were still debating how they should respond to the Spartans, so the Athenian army was never ordered to march.
They had devised special weaponry that could be deployed from within the city walls against invaders.
Who said that "the unexamined life is not worth living"?
Zeno
Aristotle
Socrates
Euripedes
The development of the Ancient Greek civilization was mainly influenced by Greece's
rivers and deltas
mountains and seacoast
deserts and plains
glaciers and forest
The word "Spartan" has come to mean
highly self-disciplined
oligarchical
a lover of literature
In Athens, during the Age of Pericles, every male citizen
was lower class.
was eligible to vote on major issues.
was in the military.
owned slaves.
The ancient Greeks considered religion
unnecessary.
important only for men.
necessary to the well-being of the state.
a luxury best left to women.
The conquests of Alexander the Great gave rise to the
Dark Age, a time when little is known of what happened in Greece.
Hellenistic era, during which the Greek language and Greek ideas spread to the non-Greek world.
Age of Pericles, when classical Greek ideals were formulated and reached their height
Age of Lawlessness, a period of extreme cruelty and anarchy.
Why isn't it surprising that the Greeks became seafarers?
The poet Homer praised the skills of seamen in his influential writings.
They learned to build ships from the Egyptians.
The territory occupied by the Greeks included many small islands as well as 8,500 miles of coastland.
They took to the sea so that the would not have to cross the mountains in Greece.
The central meeting place in a polis was usually a hill called
a phalanx
an acropolis
an agora
a helot
What most seriously weakened the Athenians during the Peloponnesian War?
the death of Pericles in 429 B.C. and the failure of later leaders to fulfill his role
the defection of the Athenian slaves to the Spartan side of the war
plague in the overcrowded city and the defeat of their navy at Aegospotami.
Athenian women's failure to give birth to enough sons to carry on the war
As a result of the Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian War,
all Athenians adopted the Spartan way of life.
the Spartans set out to conquer Macedonia.
the new Greek power of Thebes became the leader of the large and thriving empire.
the age of classical Greek culture came to an end.
According to Greek religion, the gods lived
within the hearts of those who worshiped them.
on Mount Olympus.
in the heavens.
in natural objects such as rocks, trees, and streams.
What is the "Socratic method"?
a way of learning to perceive the ideal eternal forms that exist in a higher world.
a strategy devised by Socrates for winning the Peloponnesian War.
a teaching method in which a teacher asks questions that help students find answers by using their own reasoning skills.
a method of sculpting the ideal human form.
The Greek city-states finally lost their independence when
the Greeks were defeated by the Macedonians, under the leadership of Philip II.
Athens fell in the Peloponnesian War and the Spartans tore down the city walls.
the Persian emperor Xerxes invaded with an army of 180,000 troops and thousands of warships.
the Spartans gave up their way of life to follow the teachings of Epicurus.
What was the name of the most popular school of thought during the Hellenistic era?
Stoicism
Epicureanism
Platonism
Sophistry
What was the result of Alexander the Great's conquests?
Democracy quickly spread from Greece to a great many lands.
Greek language, art, architecture, and literature spread throughout the Middles East, Egypt, and Southeast Asia.
After hundreds of years, Persia finally seized control of Greek lands.
The progress of Greek scholars and scientists was halted.
At its height, Alexander's empire extended as far east as
India
Babylon
Japan
Thebes
Why did Alexander the Great bring together the Macedonian and Greek armies?
He wanted the Greeks to teach the Macedonians their military tactics.
He did not trust the Greek soldiers and wanted to keep an eye on them, so he brought them with him as he traveled.
He needed more men because he wanted to expand his empire by invading the Persian empire.
He planned to use the Greek forces as expendable men to send in to especially dangerous battles, so that fewer Macedonian soldiers were killed.
What city did Alexander establish as the capital of Egypt?
Athens
Alexandria
Gaugamela
Cairo
What brought Alexander's empire-building campaign to an end?
He defeated the Persians decisively at Gaugamela.
He was defeated by the Egyptians.
His soldiers refused to travel any farther.
Alexander died of thirst while crossing the desert.
Why did Alexander's empire fall apart after his death?
The top Macedonian generals got embroiled in a power struggle, instead of collaborating to preserve Alexander's legacy.
The Greeks rose up against the Macedonians and regained some of their former power.
Shortly after his death, the empire was invaded by the Romans.
None of Alexander's top-ranking men wanted to take on the responsibility of a large empire.
