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Green IA (2) Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What material did the Egyptians use for writing and painting?

a)

scribes

b)

papyrus

c)

hieroglyphics

d)

stylus

2.

What is the primary function of the pyramids?

a)

as a museum for artwork

b)

as grain storage

c)

as a resting place for high officials

d)

to protect Egyptians

3.

Ramses II was known as a great warrior, peacemaker and _______.

a)

destroyer

b)

farmer

c)

writer

d)

builder

4.

What did Egyptian hieroglyphic pictures stand for?

a)

financial transactions

b)

objects, ideas, sounds

c)

building blueprints

d)

cooking instructions

5.

Hatshepsut was the first woman to become ________.

a)

a queen

b)

a seamstress

c)

a Pharaoh

d)

a farmer

6.

Hippocrates contributed important ideas to which field?

a)

medicine

b)

government

c)

literature

d)

history

7.

What is representative democracy?

a)

all citizens vote on the issues

b)

citizens elect officials to make the laws

c)

no separations of powers

d)

all men, women and children can vote

8.

Why did the ancient Greeks invent myths?

a)

to please the gods

b)

to explain how the world works

c)

to amuse children

d)

to teach people how to read and write

9.

Why are Aesop's fables still important today?

a)

They are part of Buddha's writings.

b)

They teach lessons about life and how to live.

c)

They were found in early cave dwellings.

d)

They explain how to read hieroglyphics.

10.

Why did Spartan women have more rights than Athenian women?

a)

Spartan women were smarter than men.

b)

Spartan women needed to take the place of men when they were at war.

c)

Spartan women were a higher social class than men.

d)

Spartan women were better educated than men.

11.

Which body of water surrounded Ancient Greece?

a)

the Aegean Sea

b)

the Adriatic Sea

c)

the Mediterranean Sea

d)

the Black Sea

12.

What was the main purpose of the Olympics?

a)

to entertain

b)

to honor the gods

c)

to determine the best athletes

d)

to determine the fastest runner

13.

Socrates contributed to which field?

a)

sculpture

b)

geometry

c)

medicine

d)

philosophy

14.

How were Athens and Sparta different?

a)

Athens was a military state and Sparta was a cultural center with direct democracy.

b)

Sparta was a military state and Athens was a cultural center with direct democracy.

c)

Sparta was a trading center and Athens was an educational center.

d)

Sparta was run by merchants and Athens was an athletics center.

15.

Who fought each other in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Turkey and Greece

b)

Persian and Athens

c)

Athens and Sparta

d)

Sparta and Egypt

16.

Which author wrote the famous epic poems, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey"?

a)

Sappho

b)

Socrates

c)

Homer

d)

Zues

17.

What was one effect of the end of the Peloponnesian War?

a)

democracy flourished in Athens

b)

decreased corruption in Athens

c)

ended the "Golden Age" of Athens

d)

all of the above

18.

Who was a powerful Athenian leader who had the Parthenon built?

a)

Socrates

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Pericles

d)

Plato

19.

If you lived in Ancient Greece, you would most likely believe that the changing seasons was caused by

a)

the battle between Mother Earth and the gods of Olympus

b)

Hera's sadness that the harvest season was over

c)

Zeus's anger with humans

d)

Demeter's grief that her daughter returned to the Underworld