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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a  government where a few wealthy people rule?
a)
Monarchy
b)
Oligarchy
c)
Democracy 
d)
Communism
2.
What is a person who seizes power in an illegal way called?
a)
King
b)
Savage
c)
Tyrant
d)
Aristocrat
3.
What was the raised, fortified area that was the highest place in the city called?
a)
Agora
b)
Acropolis
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Parthenon
4.
What was the large open area where city life was centered around called?
a)
Agora
b)
Acropolis
c)
Democracy
d)
Mall
5.
Which of the following types of government did Athens have FIRST?
a)
Oligarchy
b)
Democracy 
c)
Tyranny
d)
Monarchy
6.
Which of the following describes Spartan women?
a)
They were treated harshly, almost like slaves.
b)
They mostly fought as soldiers alongside men.
c)
They were trained to build up their bodies and were allowed to own land.
d)
All of the above. 
7.
Which of the following would be an advantage to living in Athens over Sparta?
a)
Athenian woman had more power in the government.
b)
Athens valued education more than Sparta.
c)
Athens had better military training than Sparta.
d)
Athens had less people involved in the government.
8.
A Greek Philosopher that taught people use a question and answer way of thinking.
a)
Socrates 
b)
Aristotle 
9.
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
a)
rocky and mountainous
b)
flat
c)
desert
d)
rolling plains
10.
Why was communication difficult between communities in Ancient Greece?
a)
They did not have telephones
b)
Mountains and Water
c)
communication was easy
d)
most people had horses
11.
Who was NOT a Greek philosopher?
a)
Pythagoras
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Plato
12.
One of the most famous ancient Greek poets who wrote the Iliad was...
a)
Homer.
b)
Athena.
c)
Sandburg. 
d)
Pericles
13.
The ruler of all the Greek gods was... 
a)
Poseidon.
b)
Ares.  
c)
Zeus.
d)
Athena.  
14.
According to the ancient Greeks, the gods and goddesses lived...
a)
in Athens.
b)
on Mount Olympus.
c)
in Sparta.
d)
in Turkey.
15.
Greek has many _________that are like mini countries.
a)
counties
b)
city-states
c)
provinces
d)
parishes
16.
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
17.
A militaristic city-state where boys were trained from an early age to fight.
a)
Athens
b)
Delphi
c)
Corinth
d)
Sparta
18.
Who was the leader of Athens after the defeat of the Persians and took Athens into a "Golden Age" of prosperity and achievement?
a)
Pericles
b)
Leonidas
c)
Themistocles
d)
Socrates
19.
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
20.
300 Spartan soldiers held the Persian army to a stalemate for three days before the Persians eventually defeated them in what famous battle?
a)
Battle of the Greeks
b)
Battle of Thermopylae
c)
Battle of Little Big Horn
d)
Battle of Pericles
21.
Athens joined with other city-states to form a defensive league, or protective group, to defend its members against the Persians after the Persian War.  
What was it called?
a)
Delian League
b)
Council of Elders
c)
General Assembly
d)
Greek Alliance
22.
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?
a)
Persian War II
b)
Greek War
c)
Peloponnesian War
d)
War Between the City-States
23.
The Greek city-states fought against each other in the Peloponnesian War.  What was a major effect of the war?
a)
Sparta was able to conquer Thebes.
b)
Macedonia was able to conquer Greece.
c)
Athens was able to enter a golden age.
d)
Thebes 
24.
After his military victory, how did Alexander keep his power in Persia?
a)
He had the Persians worship Greek gods.
b)
He adopted many Persian practices.
c)
He had the Persians read Egyptian books.
d)
He adopted a Persian boy to succeed him.
25.

Where was Alexander the Great from?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Greece

c)

North Africa

d)

Spain

26.
How far into central Asia did Alexander get before his army got too exhausted to continue?
a)
Egypt
b)
Rome
c)
India
27.

What was the name of the Greek philosopher who became Alexander's tutor?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Diogenes

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

28.

Which statement is true of the Spartan government in ancient Greece?

a)

Twenty ephors ran the day-to-day affairs.

b)

Major decisions were approved by an assembly.

c)

All native-born Greeks were accorded citizenship.

d)

Women were allowed to vote.

29.

Which economic reform was introduced in Athens by the lawmaker Solon?

a)

He opened high offices in all citizens.

b)

He gave farmers land taken from the nobles.

c)

He canceled debt and outlawed slavery.

d)

He gave a stipend to serve in the assembly.

30.

Which statement correctly describes a similarity between Plato and Socrates?

a)

They both expounded their beliefs about governance systems in books.

b)

They were both students of the Athenian philosopher named Aristotle.

c)

They both served as tutors of Alexander the Great.

d)

They both encouraged people to discover ethical values through reason.

31.

Greeks believed the purpose of tragic plays was to...

a)

sharply criticize society through ridicule.

b)

arouse and then relieve the emotions of pity and fear.

c)

demonstrate that humans control their own fate.

d)

make the audience happy after unfortunate events.

32.

What was the raised, fortified area that was the highest place inside the Greek city state called?

a)

agora

b)

acropolis

c)

Parthenon

d)

Corinthian

33.

What was an effect of the Greek victory in the Persian War?

a)

Greeks became more aware of their identity as Greeks.

b)

Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.

c)

Persia never again had the strength to invade Greece.

d)

Greek enemies were destroyed, and the Delian League disbanded.

34.

In his writings, playwright Aristophanes sought to...

a)

poke fun at Athenian life and customs.

b)

describe ideas of beauty and harmony.

c)

stir pride in the glorious Greek past.

d)

describe the brutality of the Persian War.

35.

The building shown here can best be used to illustrate...

a)

the application of Hellenistic mathematical principles to architecture.

b)

the influence of Egyptian engineering on early Greece,

c)

classical Greek principles of harmony and balance.

d)

the importance of quality building materials.

36.

An example of a government that was a monarchy, an aristocracy, and an oligarchy at different times in its history was...

a)

Athens

b)

Minoa

c)

Mycenae

d)

Macedonia

37.

What did Cleisthenes do around 507 B.C.E. that changed the government of Athens?

a)

He expanded citizenship to include merchants and foreigners.

b)

He gave nobles' land to farmers, weakening the aristocracy.

c)

He established a lefislature, creating a limited representative democracy.

d)

He encouraged citizens to participation. creating a direct democracy.

38.

Identify the lasting effect Alexander the Great's rule had on his empire.

a)

Established the Silk Road

b)

Latin became the dominant spoken language spoken in the empire.

c)

Cultural diffusion of Hellenism through the empire.

d)

The adoption of Persian ruling techniques.

39.

The modern day shopping center and news outlet are best compared to which of the following Greek institutions?

a)

The acropolis

b)

The agora

c)

The helots

d)

The amphitheater

40.

What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

The Melians were defeated by the Athenians.

b)

Both Athens and Sparta were vulnerable to invasion.

c)

Corinth established superiority over Athens.

d)

Greece defeated Persia.