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Classical Greece

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who introduced direct democracy in Athens?

a)

Solon

b)

Cleisthenes

c)

Alexander

d)

Pericles

2.

How did Athens benefit from forming the Delian League?

a)

Athens drew military and political leaders from the league

b)

Athens paid the league to conquer neighboring city-states

c)

Athens relied on the league to expand its colonies

d)

Athens used league money to build a powerful navy

3.

Who is ancient Greek king of the gods?

a)

Apollo

b)

Poseidon

c)

Zeus

d)

Hermes

4.

What different plans did Athens and Sparta develop to win the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Athens used more warriors; Sparta used better technology

b)

Athens had more food; Sparta had more weapons

c)

Athens relied on siege tactics; Sparta relied on alliances

d)

Athens used sea power; Sparta used land power

5.

What happened when Athens attacked Syracuse?

a)

Macedonia conquered all Greek city-states

b)

Persia intervened to end the war

c)

Sicily became a Greek colony

d)

Sparta destroyed the Athenian fleet

6.

What did Phillip II of Macedonia want to do?

a)

ally with Thebes

b)

colonize Egypt

c)

conquer Persia

d)

destroy Sparta

7.

Who accomplished Philip's II military goal?

a)

Alexander

b)

Aristotle

c)

Pericles

d)

Sophocles

8.

How far did the Macedonian Empire stretch by 323 B.C.?

a)

from Egypt to Spain

b)

from Greece to India

c)

from Italy to Macedonia

d)

from Macedonia to Persia

9.

Who left a lasting legacy in philosophical thinking?

a)

Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

b)

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

c)

Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

d)

Homer, Aesop, and Aristophanes

10.

Which Greek historians recorded events in Ancient Greece?

a)

Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles

b)

Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

c)

Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon

d)

Homer, Aesop, and Aristophanes

11.

What kind of government did Pericles introduce?

a)

oligarchy

b)

artisocracy

c)

limited democracy

d)

direct democracy

12.

What did Athens use money from the Delian League for?

a)

to build a powerful navy

b)

to conquer other city-states

c)

to expand Mediterranean colonies

d)

to pay military and political leaders

13.

Which art form deals largely with ancient Greek gods and goddesses?

a)

fables

b)

histories

c)

myths

d)

philosophies

14.

What advantage did Sparta have in the Peloponnesian War?

a)

better ships

b)

fewer people to feed

c)

greater land power

d)

more money

15.

How did Sparta respond to Athens' attack on Syracuse?

a)

destroyed most of the Athenian navy

b)

made peace and joined the attack

c)

surrendered and retreated to Sparta

d)

turned its attention to other city-states

16.

What land did Philip II of Macedonia want to conquer?

a)

Anatolia

b)

North Africa

c)

Persia

d)

Spain

17.

What leader greatly expanded the Macedonian Empire?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Darius I

c)

Pericles

d)

Philip II

18.

What does Hellas mean in Greek?

a)

Macedonia

b)

Greece

c)

Alexander

d)

Philip

19.

Who were Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon?

a)

gods

b)

historians

c)

playwrights

d)

sculptors

20.

Who were Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates

a)

philosophers

b)

poets

c)

political leaders

d)

warriors