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Greek Civilization

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The king of Greek gods was

a)

Apollo

b)

Zues

c)

Ares

d)

Posiden

2.

The most famous oracle in ancient Greece was at the temple of

a)

Aphrodite at Rome

b)

Athena at Athens

c)

Apollo at Delphi

d)

Zeus at Sparta

3.

The story of war and the Trojan horse is told in

a)

The Iliad by Homer

b)

The Tortoise and the Hare by Aesop

c)

a myth about Zeus and Hera

d)

The Odyssey by Homer

4.

A(n) ___________ is a long poem that tells the adventures of a brave hero.

a)

epic

b)

fable

c)

myth

d)

drama

5.

Two types of ___________ are tragedy and comedy.

a)

epic

b)

myth

c)

drama

d)

fable

6.

The most famous writer of Greek comedies was

a)

Aristophanes

b)

Homer

c)

Alexander

d)

Sophocles

7.

What is the Socratic method?

a)

A mathematical formula

b)

a way of asking questions

c)

a medical technique for treating sick people

d)

a way of investigating historical facts

8.

The Sophists were best known for teaching rhetoric

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Who was a philosopher who studied and wrote about government, astronomy, political science and biology?

a)

Homer

b)

Aristotle

c)

Archimedes

d)

Thales

10.

Who is considered the Father of History?

a)

Plato

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Herodotus

d)

Socrates

11.

He was a historian who rejected the idea that the gods affected human history.

a)

Thales

b)

Homer

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Thucydides

12.

What is Pythagoras famous for?

a)

writing the History of the Peloponnesian War

b)

writing a history of the Persian War

c)

developing an important mathematical theorem

d)

his early studies in astronomy

13.

Who created a list of rules for doctors?

a)

Herodotus

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Thales

d)

Thucydides

14.

The main military goal of Phillip II of Macedonia was to

a)

conquer Rome

b)

defeat the Persian Empire

c)

destroy every Greek city-state

conquer Egypt

15.

Before he was killed, Phillip had become the ruler of most of Greece.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What happened in the battle of Granicus in 334 B.C.

a)

Alexander's army was temporarily defeated

b)

Alexander's cavalry crushed the Persian forces

c)

The entire Roman Empire was finally defeated

d)

Alexander conquered Athens

17.

The famous city of Alexandria was built in

a)

Asia Minor

b)

northwestern Turkey

c)

Egypt

d)

Mesopotamia

18.

How far east did Alexander lead his armies?

a)

to Persia

b)

to India

c)

to Mesopotamia

d)

to Syria

19.

Why did Alexander lead his men back home in 327 B.C.?

a)

He was tired of fighting

b)

He had conquered all the lands he wanted

c)

He missed his new city, Alexandria

d)

His soldiers were tired and refused to go further

20.

Alexander's military successes marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era.

a)

True

b)

False

21.

Sculptors in the Hellenistic Era carved statues of realistic-looking humans showing emotions.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

The most famous scientist of the Hellenistic Era was

a)

Helen

b)

Archimedes

c)

Eratosthenes

d)

Euclid

23.

Aristarchus and Eratosthenes made important contributions in the field of

a)

philosophy

b)

biology

c)

astronomy

d)

mathematics

24.

What was one important contribution of Archimedes?

a)

He discovered that Earth circles around the Sun

b)

He figured out the value of Pi

c)

He discovered that Earth is round

d)

He measured the circumference of Earth

25.

Rome took control of Greece because the four kingdoms formed from Alexander's empire would not work together.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Father of Medicine

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Archimedes

c)

Hipparchus

d)

Hypatia

27.

Found the Earth is round

a)

Aristarchus

b)

Pythagorus

c)

Euclid

d)

Eratosthenes

28.

Principles of Geometry

a)

Pythagorus

b)

Hypatia

c)

Archimedes

d)

Euclid

29.

Earth revolves around the Sun

a)

Aristarchus

b)

Hipparchus

c)

Archimedes

d)

Euclid

30.

Explained how the planets and sun moves

a)

Hipparchus

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Hypatia

d)

Aristarchus

31.

Expanded knowledge of math and knowledge

a)

Hypatia

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

32.

Established the science of physics

a)

Archimedes

b)

Thales

c)

Euclid

d)

Plato

33.

Organized and wrote about geometry

a)

Euclid

b)

Herodotus

c)

Socrates

d)

Thales