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Ancient Greece Test Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following was caused the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Struggles between Greece and Persia
b)
Struggles between Athens and Sparta
c)
Struggles between Greece and Macedonia
d)
Struggles between Greece, Persia and Macedonia.
2.
What was the name of the group whose members agreed to protect each other from Persia and give money or ships for defense?
a)
Persian League
b)
Pelopponesian League
c)
Delian League
d)
Spartan League
3.
Why did Sparta want to weaken Athens’s power in ancient Greece?
a)
feared Athens’s control over the Delian League
b)
resented Athens’s fame as a center of art and learning
c)
feared Athens’s democratic form of government
d)
resented the power of the Delian League
4.
Which of the following completes the analogy?
Athens is to Democracy as Sparta is to ____________________
a)
military
b)
dictatorship
c)
oligarchy
d)
autocracy
5.
Which of the following was the most famous for a mathematical theorem named after him?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Archimedes
d)
Pythagoras
6.
What was the main political unit in ancient Greece?
a)
village
b)
polis
c)
agora
d)
Peloponneseus
7.
What was the Greek phalanx composed of?
a)
soldiers on horseback
b)
Spartan women
c)
aristocrats
d)
foot soldiers
8.
In what kind of government do citizens elect other people to make decisions on their behalf?
a)
aristocracy
b)
oligarchy
c)
direct democracy
d)
representative democracy
9.
At the Battle of Marathon, who did the Athenian phalanxes defeat?
a)
Spartans
b)
Ionians
c)
Persians
d)
Sicilians
10.
What alliance did the oligarchies of Greece form for mutual protection?
a)
Spartan League
b)
Ionian League
c)
Delian League
d)
Pelopponesian League
11.
Why was the Athenian victory at Marathon so surprising?
a)
Athenians were less trained militarily.
b)
Athenians had less weapons.
c)
Athenians were outnumbered.
d)
All of the above.
12.

Which two cities united to fight the Persian Empire?

a)

Olympia and Troy

b)

Knossos and Athens

c)

Sparta and Argos

d)

Sparta and Athens

13.

Who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Homer

d)

Pericles

14.

Herodotus is known as what?

a)

The Father of Medicine

b)

The Father of Writing

c)

The Father of Trade

d)

The Father of History

15.

Where is the Parthenon (both original and replica) located?

a)

original in Athens, replica in Nashville

b)

original in Delphi, replica in Memphis

c)

original in Knossos, replica in Memphis

d)

original in Olympia, replica in Nashville

16.

a2 + b2 = c2 is called the Pythagorean theorem. Who is this named for?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Plato

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Aristotle

17.

Childhood focused on educations, democratic government, and women in the home are all traits of which culture?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Troy

d)

Argos

18.

Which three are famous philosophers of ancient Greece?

a)

Plato, Aristotle, and Socrates

b)

Sophocles, Pericles, and Aristotle

c)

Herodotus, Hippocrates, and Plato

d)

Socrates, Plato, and Sophocles

19.

The geography of Greece led to the creation of what?

a)

separate city-states

b)

separate countries

c)

one country

d)

one city-state

20.

The Greeks were able to have a widespread trading network. Why?

a)

they had excellent ship-building skills

b)

they created the first vehicle

c)

they made friends from distant lands

d)

they built many roads throughout the Mediterranean

21.

Who was the Father of Medicine, and what is named for him?

a)

Hippocrates, Hippocratic Oath

b)

Pericles, Pericleic Oath

c)

Sophocles, Sophocleic Oath

d)

Homer, Homeratic Oath

22.

The Peloponnesian Wars were the result of competition for control of the Greek world between which two cities?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

Athens and Knossos

c)

Sparta and Delphi

d)

Troy and Sparta

23.

Sparta had a stronger control on their citizens than Athens had on theirs. Why?

a)

to prevent rebellion

b)

to encourage on-time tax payment

c)

to increase voting participation

d)

to prevent the government from being overthrown

24.

A childhood focused on military and a monarchic government are two traits of which city?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Olympia

d)

Delphi

25.

What are two things that led to the development of separate city-states within Greece?

a)

geography and availability of natural resources

b)

the seas and trade networks

c)

geography and control of the Greek world

d)

wars and availability of natural resources

26.
What word best describes the land of the Greek peninsula?
a)
rocky and mountainous
b)
flat
c)
desert
d)
rolling plains
27.
The ancient Greeks were  
a)
Monotheistic  
b)
Polytheistic
c)
Atheist
d)
Scientologist
28.
One of the most famous ancient Greek poets who wrote the Iliad was...
a)
Homer.
b)
Athena.
c)
Sandburg. 
d)
Pericles
29.
What type of government is run by the richest and most powerful citizens?  
a)
Democracy
b)
Monarchy
c)
Oligarchy
d)
Theocracy
30.
Greek has many _________that are like mini countries.
a)
counties
b)
city-states
c)
provinces
d)
parishes
31.
The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called
a)
Goodwill Games
b)
Marathons
c)
Olympics
d)
Triathlons 
32.
Which government has one person in charge who rules by force and with total authority?
a)
monarchy
b)
oligarchy
c)
tyranny
d)
democracy
33.
Who could vote in Ancient Athens?
a)
Only male citizens
b)
Only female citizens
c)
Both male and female citizens
34.
What was a major consequence of the Peloponnesian War?
a)
There were no significant consequence following the war
b)
Athens became the central governing authority of all Greece
c)
Greece was weekend and divided, allowing for Macedonia's rise to power
d)
Sparta created a Greek Empire after winning the war
35.
The 300 died at what battle? 
a)
Palatea
b)
Marathon
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Salamis
36.
Why did the first Persian War start?
a)
Persia wanted to punish Athens for interfering in the Ionian Revolt.
b)
Sparta and Athens were competing to be the best city-state .
c)
Persia wanted revenge for their defeat at Marathon.
d)
Sparta and Athens both wanted to defeat Persia.
37.
What was a Greek soldier called and what was the name of the formation that he often fought in?
a)
Hoplite, phalanx
b)
Hoplite, trireme
c)
Spartan, greaves
d)
Cuirass, hoplite
38.
______________ controlled and dominated the Delian League.
a)
Athens
b)
a peace keeping Sparta
c)
Persia
d)
Macedonia
39.
_____________ controlled and dominated the Peloponnesian League
a)
Athens
b)
Sparta
c)
Ionia
d)
Troy
40.
The Odyssey begins at the end of
a)
The Trojan War
b)
The Civil War
c)
The Greek War
41.
Alexander the Great is from 
a)
Greece
b)
Macedonia
c)
Sparta
d)
Persia
42.

Why did ancient Greece have so many independent polis? Greece had...

a)

many people

b)

many rivers

c)

many seas and oceans

d)

many mountains and hills

43.

What large body of water touches Greece? The...

a)

Mediterranean Sea

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Atlantic Ocean

44.

In geographical terms, the land of Greece is a large...

a)

peninsula

b)

island

c)

isthmus

d)

continent

45.

Which best defines a polis?

a)

high hill where a military fort was located

b)

marketplace where goods were traded

c)

small city-state in Greece

d)

period of great achievement

46.

Over time, the Greek people living in city-states...

a)

disliked their polis

b)

loved Greece more and more

c)

began to identify with their polis

d)

fled their polis

47.

Under which leader did democracy in Athens work best?

a)

Pericles

b)

Solon

c)

Draco

d)

Peisistratus

48.

Which polis gained wealth from slaves who worked on their land?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Delphi

d)

Sparta

49.

Who was the philosopher who taught by asking questions?

a)

Plato

b)

Sophocles

c)

Socrates

d)

Homer

50.

Who won the Peloponnesian war?

a)

Athens

b)

Corinth

c)

Persia

d)

Sparta

51.

This type of tightly packed formation of foot soldiers was very successful for the Greeks.

a)

an agora

b)

a phalanx

c)

a polis

d)

a colony

52.
Remains on an ancient seafaring nation were discovered on the island of Crete. What was the name given to this civilization?
a)
The Mycenaeanss
b)
The Dorains
c)
The Hellenes
d)
The Minoans
53.
These ruins show the remains of an ancient Greek city on the mainland. This walled city was built by which of the following peoples?
a)
The Hellenes
b)
The Minoans
c)
The Mycenaeans
d)
The Dorians
54.
What did Spartans use for money?
a)
gold coins
b)
iron bars
c)
olive branches
d)
silver coins
55.
Spartan women had more rights than other Greek women.  What proves this?
a)
Spartan women could own their own  property.
b)
Spartan women learned how to care for their households.
c)
Spartan women could become members of the Council.
d)
Spartan women served in the military.
56.
What were the people called who the Spartans conquered?
a)
perioikoi
b)
helots
c)
barracks
d)
citizens
57.
What is true of education in Athens?
a)
Its purpose was to create good citizens with strong minds and bodies.
b)
Its purpose was to create people who could protect the city-state.
c)
Both women and men were trained to fight.
d)
Reading and writing were taught but were not considered important.
58.

According to the ancient Greeks, the gods and goddesses lived...

a)

in Athens

b)

In Sparta

c)

on Mt. Rushmore

d)

on Mt. Olympus

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