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Ancient Greece

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

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Class
Date
1.

The Greek Myth of the Minotaur is an example of what in Greek culture?

a)

Myths to explain the natural world (Earthquakes)

b)

Fun stories made for kids

c)

Something we believe in today

d)

None of the above

2.

City-States were created because mountains and seas made controlling all of Greece difficult is an example of what?

a)

Why myths are made

b)

How geography affects culture and history

c)

How poor leadership brings down a nation

d)

Geography having little impact on civilizations

3.

Cities on the mainland of Greece often made alliances against island cities is an example of what?

a)

Why myths were made

b)

How poor leadership brings down a nation

c)

How geography affects culture and history

d)

Geography having little impact on civilizations

4.

What set of words best describe Sparta?

a)

Military, strong, war, muscles

b)

Brains, talking, education, thinking

c)

Trade, travel, building, language

d)

Invention, movement, music, food

5.

What set of words best describe Athens?

a)

Military, strong, war, muscles

b)

Brains, talking, education, thinking

c)

Trade, travel, building, language

d)

Invention, movement, music, food

6.

The movie Percy Jackson retelling old Greek stories is an example of what?

a)

Ancient Greek culture impacting people today

b)

Hollywood has very little imagination

c)

Greece having little impact on the world

d)

How little we know about ancient Greece

7.

The buildings in Washington DC being designed to look like ancient Greece is an example of what?

a)

Ancient Greek culture impacting people today

b)

Construction workers having very little imagination

c)

Greece having little impact on the world

d)

How little we know about ancient Greece

8.

What types of theater plays did Greece create?

a)

Religious and scientific

b)

War and drama

c)

Action and horror

d)

Comedy and tragedy

9.

What does the word impact mean?

a)

How something changed something else. Good or bad

b)

Giving the physical description of something

c)

What is important

d)

Telling how two things are similar to each other

10.

Who created the first Democracy?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Troy

d)

Ithaca

11.

What makes creating peace between civilizations difficult?

a)

Nations not willing to compromise

b)

Leaders only thinking about what they want

c)

Nations taking things from each other

d)

All of the above

12.

What is polytheism?

a)

The belief in one god

b)

The belief in many gods

c)

A government run by everyone

d)

A government with one leader