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Ancient Greece Assessment Check-in for Part B

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What were most of the wars about in ancient Greece?

a)

A woman

b)

Power and control

c)

Money

d)

The crown

2.

The Persian Wars were fought because

a)

Athens helped the Ionians revolt against Persia.

b)

Persia wanted control over Greece.

c)

Xerxes wanted to avenge his father's defeat.

d)

All answers are correct.

3.

The Peloponnesian War was fought because

a)

The Persians were helping the Spartans fight against Athens.

b)

Sparta thought Athens was gaining too much power.

c)

Ionia revolted against Persian control.

d)

The elephants and whales weren't getting along.

4.

What was a main difference between Athens and Sparta?

a)

Sparta valued military training, while Athens valued education.

b)

Sparta liked gold and Athens liked silver.

c)

Sparta and Athens both believed in gods and goddesses.

d)

Both city-states gave their youth over to the military at age seven.

5.

Why are many famous people from ancient Greece still remembered today?

a)

Because of the food they ate.

b)

They invented/achieved many things we use in modern society.

c)

They all participated in the Olympics.

d)

They are related to royalty.

6.

Which of the following events occurred first?

a)

The Trojan War

b)

The Persian Wars

c)

The Peloponnesian War

d)

Alexander the Great's Conquests

7.

The Peloponnesian War made Greece's main city-states weak. Who was able to take over because of this?

a)

Darius and Xerxes

b)

King Menelaus and King Agamemnon

c)

King Philip and Alexander of Macedonia

d)

Spongebob and Patrick

8.

True or False? 30% of the English language is made up of Greek words.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Why was the Peloponnesian War known as the War of the Elephant and the Whale?

a)

Those animals don't get along and neither do people who fight in wars.

b)

Those animals are the strongest on land and in the sea, like Sparta and Athens.

c)

Xerxes owned both as pets.

d)

Elephants and Whales are historically animals of war.

10.

Why was Alexander the Great respected by the people of the lands he conquered?

a)

He allowed them to keep pets.

b)

He loved cheese just like they did.

c)

He allowed them to keep their language and culture.

d)

He made them pay lots of taxes.

11.

Where would you see letters of the Greek Alphabet in America today?

a)

On your favorite cereal box

b)

In the names of politicians

c)

On your Italian quiz

d)

In the names of college fraternities and sororities

12.

True or False? The ancient Greeks once had great ideas in mathematics, theater, philosophy and medicine.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which was a city-state that practiced early democracy?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

14.

Which city-state allowed women more freedom?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

15.

Which city-state focused on trading and building good relationships with other city-states?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

16.

Which city-state gained assistance from the Persians during the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

17.

Which of the three wars used trickery to win?

a)

Peloponnesian and Trojan

b)

Trojan and Persian

c)

The Ionian Revolt

d)

Persian and the Peloponnesian

18.

Bi-, Tri-, Penta-, and Deca are

a)

Greek letters

b)

Greek suffixes

c)

Greek number forms

d)

Tzatziki sauce on the side

19.

Many scholars throughout history have known how to read Greek. Which of the following events was helped by this?

a)

Making a Greek salad

b)

The spread of the Greek Olympics

c)

The creation of the marathon

d)

The decoding of the Rosetta Stone

20.

Why did city-states like Athens and Sparta have different governments?

a)

Greece's isolating geography caused independent governments to form.

b)

The kings wanted it that way.

c)

They didn't want to be like the dynasties of Egypt.

d)

They wanted the citizens to have all the power.