WorksheetsGreek Civilization
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
The king of Greek gods was
Apollo
Zues
Ares
Posiden
The most famous oracle in ancient Greece was at the temple of
Aphrodite at Rome
Athena at Athens
Apollo at Delphi
Zeus at Sparta
The story of war and the Trojan horse is told in
The Iliad by Homer
The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop
a myth about Zeus and Hera
The Odyssey by Homer
A(n) ___________ is a long poem that tells the adventures of a brave hero.
epic
fable
myth
drama
Two types of ___________ are tragedy and comedy.
epic
myth
drama
fable
The most famous writer of Greek comedies was
Aristophanes
Homer
Alexander
Sophocles
What is the Socratic method?
A mathematical formula
a way of asking questions
a medical technique for treating sick people
a way of investigating historical facts
The Sophists were best known for teaching rhetoric
True
False
Who was a philosopher who studied and wrote about government, astronomy, political science and biology?
Homer
Aristotle
Archimedes
Thales
Who is considered the Father of History?
Plato
Hippocrates
Herodotus
Socrates
He was a historian who rejected the idea that the gods affected human history.
Thales
Homer
Pythagoras
Thucydides
What is Pythagoras famous for?
writing the History of the Peloponnesian War
writing a history of the Persian War
developing an important mathematical theorem
his early studies in astronomy
Who created a list of rules for doctors?
Herodotus
Hippocrates
Thales
Thucydides
The main military goal of Phillip II of Macedonia was to
conquer Rome
defeat the Persian Empire
destroy every Greek city-state
conquer Egypt
Before he was killed, Phillip had become the ruler of most of Greece.
True
False
What happened in the battle of Granicus in 334 B.C.
Alexander's army was temporarily defeated
Alexander's cavalry crushed the Persian forces
The entire Roman Empire was finally defeated
Alexander conquered Athens
The famous city of Alexandria was built in
Asia Minor
northwestern Turkey
Egypt
Mesopotamia
How far east did Alexander lead his armies?
to Persia
to India
to Mesopotamia
to Syria
Why did Alexander lead his men back home in 327 B.C.?
He was tired of fighting
He had conquered all the lands he wanted
He missed his new city, Alexandria
His soldiers were tired and refused to go further
Alexander's military successes marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era.
True
False
Sculptors in the Hellenistic Era carved statues of realistic-looking humans showing emotions.
True
False
The most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era was
Helen
Archimedes
Eratosthenes
Euclid
Aristarchus and Eratosthenes made important contributions in the field of
philosophy
biology
astronomy
mathematics
What was one important contribution of Archimedes?
He discovered that Earth circles around the Sun
He figured out the value of Pi
He discovered that Earth is round
He measured the circumference of Earth
Rome took control of Greece because the four kingdoms formed from Alexander's empire would not work together.
True
False
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
Archimedes
Hipparchus
Hypatia
Found the Earth is round
Aristarchus
Pythagorus
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Principles of Geometry
Pythagorus
Hypatia
Archimedes
Euclid
Earth revolves around the Sun
Aristarchus
Hipparchus
Archimedes
Euclid
Explained how the planets and sun moves
Hipparchus
Hippocrates
Hypatia
Aristarchus
Expanded knowledge of math and knowledge
Hypatia
Hippocrates
Socrates
Plato
Established the science of physics
Archimedes
Thales
Euclid
Plato
Organized and wrote about geometry
Euclid
Herodotus
Socrates
Thales
