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Ancient Greece Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the land like that separated the city-states?

a)

rocky and mountainous

b)

flat

c)

underwater

d)

rolling

2.

Which of the following is NOT a reason why the Greek city-states developed independently.

a)

deserts separated them

b)

mountains cut them off from one another

c)

fierce pride and loyalty to their home city-state

d)

unique culture

3.

What was the purpose of alliances?

a)

fewer city-states

b)

to avoid war

c)

boredom

d)

protection and trade

4.

What type of government did Athens develop?

a)

Democracy

b)

Monarchy

c)

Oligarchy

d)

Theocracy

5.

What was the purpose of colonies?

a)

for resources like land, food, and trade

b)

to have a friend

c)

because ants and moles have them

d)

to be more like the Chinese

6.

Which best scribes Sparta?

a)

An advanced society that developed great architecture.

b)

A warrior society that focused on obedience, toughness, and fighting.

c)

An intellectual state that advanced philosophy, literature, and mathematics.

d)

A peaceful city that never went to war.

7.
Greeks were the first people to develop the concept of __________.
a)

citizenship

b)

religion

c)

civilization

d)

city-states

8.

__________ united the Persians, built the world's largest empire, and took over the Anatolian city-states.

a)

Zoroaster

b)

Cyrus the Great

c)

Xerxes

d)

Themistocles

9.

Where did women have the most rights and freedom?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Corinth

10.

In a __________ like in Athens, each citizen can vote firsthand on laws and policies.

a)

Representative Democracy

b)

Oligarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Direct Democracy

11.

What does the quote mean: "Come home carrying your shield or being carried on it"?

a)

Shields are hard to make.

b)

It's better to die in battle than to surrender your shield.

c)

If you lose your shield, you won't get another one.

d)

The spear is the most important piece of equipment.

12.

Greek's ___________ to their city-state kept them divided.

a)

language

b)

fierce loyalty

c)

religion

d)

views on work

13.

Who was called a citizen in Athens?

a)

everyone

b)

women

c)

free male land owners

d)

any man

14.

Spartans valued __________ and obeying orders.

a)

being kind

b)

being tough

c)

weight

d)

money

15.

True or false: A Spartan would rather surrender than die in battle.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Women from _______ had more freedom than in any other city-state.

a)

Athens

b)

Thebes

c)

Sparta

d)

Corinth

17.

What is one reason the Greeks colonized?

a)

They were bored.

b)

The population grew and resources were limited.

c)

The population shrank.

d)

Great wars took place.

18.

Why did the Peloponnesian War start?

a)

Greedy Athens and Sparta attacked at the same time.

b)

Trustworthy Athens attacked greedy Sparta to see how they'd do.

c)

Trustworthy Sparta snuck up on greedy Athens.

d)

Untrustworthy Sparta attacked Athens, who was power-hungry.

19.

What led to Athens loss in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Athens surrendered.

b)

Sparta allied with the Persian Empire.

c)

Sparta came into a lot of money.

d)

Pericles made poor choices for Athens.

20.

Who becomes a threat to Greece after the Peloponnesian War?

a)

King Darius of Persia

b)

King Tut of Egypt

c)

King Philip II of Macedonia

d)

Emperor Qin of China

21.

The _______ adopted ideas from Athenian democracy like citizenship.

a)

United States

b)

Spartans

c)

government of Russia

d)

Indians

22.

Persia took over city-states in which area that led to the Persian Wars?

a)

Anatolia area with city-states like Ionia

b)

Crete and other islands

c)

China and India

d)

mainland Greece

23.

Persia was known for its kindness and __________, with many kind rulers.

a)

religious intolerance

b)

tolerance

c)

hatred

d)

disgust

24.

Who had more soldiers: Greece or Persia?

a)

Greece

b)

Persia

25.

The Battle of __________ is still remembered today for the man who ran 26.2 miles to announce Athens had won.

a)

Salamis

b)

Thermopylae

c)

300

d)

Marathon

26.

The Greeks had smaller and faster ________ which led to their victory at the Battle of Salamis.

a)

men

b)

ships

c)

horses

d)

tanks

27.

What is the Golden Age of Greece?

a)

a time of advancements in art, architecture, philosophy, and literature

b)

when gold was made

c)

when king midas turned things to gold

d)

a time of gold equity

28.

_________ was thought of as greedy, Sparta as untrustworthy

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Corinth

29.

What wiped out nearly 1 in every 4 Athenians during the Peloponnesian Wars?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

plague

d)

COVID-19

30.

Persia helped ________ in the Peloponnesian Wars.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

China

31.

Though everyone "lost," ________ was victorious at the end the Peloponnesian Wars.

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Corinth

32.

__________ of Macedonia conquered the Greek city-states.

a)

King Philip II

b)

King Tut

c)

Benjamin Franklin

d)

Emperor Han

33.

Alexander the Great took over Greece, ________, Persia, and Egypt.

a)

India

b)

China

c)

America

d)

Peru