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WorksheetsAncient Greece
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 35mins
What was it called?
What was this war called?
Where was Alexander the Great from?
Macedonia
Greece
North Africa
Spain
What was the name of the Greek philosopher who became Alexander's tutor?
Aristotle
Diogenes
Plato
Socrates
Which statement is true of the Spartan government in ancient Greece?
Twenty ephors ran the day-to-day affairs.
Major decisions were approved by an assembly.
All native-born Greeks were accorded citizenship.
Women were allowed to vote.
Which economic reform was introduced in Athens by the lawmaker Solon?
He opened high offices in all citizens.
He gave farmers land taken from the nobles.
He canceled debt and outlawed slavery.
He gave a stipend to serve in the assembly.
Which statement correctly describes a similarity between Plato and Socrates?
They both expounded their beliefs about governance systems in books.
They were both students of the Athenian philosopher named Aristotle.
They both served as tutors of Alexander the Great.
They both encouraged people to discover ethical values through reason.
Greeks believed the purpose of tragic plays was to...
sharply criticize society through ridicule.
arouse and then relieve the emotions of pity and fear.
demonstrate that humans control their own fate.
make the audience happy after unfortunate events.
What was the raised, fortified area that was the highest place inside the Greek city state called?
agora
acropolis
Parthenon
Corinthian
What was an effect of the Greek victory in the Persian War?
Greeks became more aware of their identity as Greeks.
Sparta became the most powerful city-state in Greece.
Persia never again had the strength to invade Greece.
Greek enemies were destroyed, and the Delian League disbanded.
In his writings, playwright Aristophanes sought to...
poke fun at Athenian life and customs.
describe ideas of beauty and harmony.
stir pride in the glorious Greek past.
describe the brutality of the Persian War.
The building shown here can best be used to illustrate...
the application of Hellenistic mathematical principles to architecture.
the influence of Egyptian engineering on early Greece,
classical Greek principles of harmony and balance.
the importance of quality building materials.
An example of a government that was a monarchy, an aristocracy, and an oligarchy at different times in its history was...
Athens
Minoa
Mycenae
Macedonia
What did Cleisthenes do around 507 B.C.E. that changed the government of Athens?
He expanded citizenship to include merchants and foreigners.
He gave nobles' land to farmers, weakening the aristocracy.
He established a lefislature, creating a limited representative democracy.
He encouraged citizens to participation. creating a direct democracy.
Identify the lasting effect Alexander the Great's rule had on his empire.
Established the Silk Road
Latin became the dominant spoken language spoken in the empire.
Cultural diffusion of Hellenism through the empire.
The adoption of Persian ruling techniques.
The modern day shopping center and news outlet are best compared to which of the following Greek institutions?
The acropolis
The agora
The helots
The amphitheater
What was the outcome of the Peloponnesian War?
The Melians were defeated by the Athenians.
Both Athens and Sparta were vulnerable to invasion.
Corinth established superiority over Athens.
Greece defeated Persia.
