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Ancient Greece (VA WHI SOL .5) Review

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a government ruled by the people--direct or representative?

a)

tyrrany

b)

democracy

c)

monarchy

d)

Athenian

2.

What is a government ruled by one person in absolute control (especially during times of trouble in Ancient Greece)?

a)

tyrrany

b)

oligarchy

c)

monarchy

d)

democracy

3.

Athens was on the _____________ peninsula, while Sparta was on the _____________________ peninsula.

a)

Ionian, Balkan

b)

European, Peloponnesian

c)

Peloponnesian, Balkan

d)

Balkan, Peloponnesian

4.

The ____________ Sea lies to the east of Greece and separates it from Asia Minor

a)

Mediterranean

b)

Yellow

c)

Aegean

d)

Ionian

5.

What was the mountainous kingdom to the north of ancient Greece?

a)

Hindu Kush

b)

Macedonia

c)

Olympus

d)

Balkan

6.

What was the name of Greece's rival city that was on the coast of Asia Minor, and which was their opponent in the Trojan War?

a)

Persia

b)

Macedonia

c)

Troy

d)

Crete

7.

"A" on the map above is

a)

the Mediterranean Sea

b)

the Indian Ocean

c)

the Aegean Sea

d)

the Balkan Peninsula

8.

"D" on the map is

a)

Jerusalem

b)

Athens

c)

Troy

d)

Rome

9.

"C" on the map is labeling the

a)

mountain called Olympus

b)

city of Sparta

c)

Balkan Peninsula

d)

Greek agricultural colonies

10.

What two factors led the ancient Greeks to colonize surrouding land and islands?

a)

overpopulation and drought

b)

poor economy and poor soil

c)

overpopulation and limited arable land

d)

Greed and economic need

11.

Greece's geography contributed most directly to

a)

the development of polytheistic religion

b)

the development of independent city-states instead of a unified state

c)

the Peloponnesian War

d)

the Persian Wars

12.

Which term desribes citizen involvement in government decision making?

a)

polis

b)

democracy

c)

civic life

d)

assembly

13.

Which of the following Athenians did NOT make reforms that led to or expanded democracy?

a)

Draco

b)

Socrates

c)

Solon

d)

Pericles

14.

Which is the correct order of the stages of governement in ancient Athens?

a)

Monarchy, Aristocracy, Tyranny, Democracy

b)

Monarchy, Tyranny, Democracy, Aristocracy

c)

Tyranny, Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchy

d)

Myceanaeans, Draco, Solon, Pericles

15.

What word makes this statement true? Citizens in Sparta participated ____________ in government than those in Athens.

a)

more

b)

more frequently

c)

less

d)

less enthusiastically

16.

Which word best describes Sparta's system of government?

a)

monarchy

b)

militia

c)

tyranny

d)

oligarchy

17.

Who were the original settlers of ancient Greece?

a)

Ionians

b)

Aryans

c)

Mycanaeans

d)

Olympians

18.

The Iliad and The Odyssey are __________.

a)

Plays

b)

epic poems

c)

religious texts

d)

myths

19.

What "category" would Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle fit best in?

a)

mathematicians

b)

scientists

c)

entrepeneurs

d)

philosophers

20.

To whom is the following quote attributed?

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

a)

Archimedes

b)

Socrates

c)

Plato

d)

Aristotle

21.

What type of column is pictured above?

a)

Roman

b)

Doric

c)

Ionian

d)

Corinthian

22.

The top of what type of column is pictured here?

a)

Ionian

b)

Doric

c)

Olympian

d)

Corinthian

23.

What type of column is this?

a)

Correlle

b)

Ionian

c)

Olympian

d)

Corinthian

24.

Compared to dieties in other ancient religions, Greeks viewed their many gods/goddesses as being ______________.

a)

more powerful

b)

human-like

c)

weaklings

d)

always kind

25.

This is the __________________ located in ________________.

a)

Colosseum, Rome

b)

Ziggurat, Sumer

c)

Parthenon, Athens

d)

Parthenon, Olympia

26.

Athens created an alliance called ___?____

a)

Greek Polytheism

b)

the Peoloponnesian League

c)

the Delian League

d)

the Persian League

27.

Sparta created an alliance called __?___

a)

Greek polytheism

b)

the Delian League

c)

the Olympian League

d)

the Peloponnesian League

28.

What were the two major Athenian (Greek) victories in the Persian War?

a)

Marathon and Salamis

b)

Sardis and Susa

c)

Marathon and Olympia

d)

Agean Sea and Salamis

29.

The Macedonians were able to conquer Greece in part because of __?___

a)

Athens' loss in the Persian War

b)

casualties at the Battle of Thermopylae

c)

weakening caused by the Peloponnesian War

d)

lack of arable land in Greek city-states

30.

Which of these was not a part of Alexander's Empire

a)

Egypt

b)

India

c)

Rome

d)

Athens