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WorksheetsAncient Greece Assessment Check-in for Part B
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 5hrs 0mins
What were most of the wars about in ancient Greece?
A woman
Power and control
Money
The crown
The Persian Wars were fought because
Athens helped the Ionians revolt against Persia.
Persia wanted control over Greece.
Xerxes wanted to avenge his father's defeat.
All answers are correct.
The Peloponnesian War was fought because
The Persians were helping the Spartans fight against Athens.
Sparta thought Athens was gaining too much power.
Ionia revolted against Persian control.
The elephants and whales weren't getting along.
What was a main difference between Athens and Sparta?
Sparta valued military training, while Athens valued education.
Sparta liked gold and Athens liked silver.
Sparta and Athens both believed in gods and goddesses.
Both city-states gave their youth over to the military at age seven.
Why are many famous people from ancient Greece still remembered today?
Because of the food they ate.
They invented/achieved many things we use in modern society.
They all participated in the Olympics.
They are related to royalty.
Which of the following events occurred first?
The Trojan War
The Persian Wars
The Peloponnesian War
Alexander the Great's Conquests
The Peloponnesian War made Greece's main city-states weak. Who was able to take over because of this?
Darius and Xerxes
King Menelaus and King Agamemnon
King Philip and Alexander of Macedonia
Spongebob and Patrick
True or False? 30% of the English language is made up of Greek words.
True
False
Why was the Peloponnesian War known as the War of the Elephant and the Whale?
Those animals don't get along and neither do people who fight in wars.
Those animals are the strongest on land and in the sea, like Sparta and Athens.
Xerxes owned both as pets.
Elephants and Whales are historically animals of war.
Why was Alexander the Great respected by the people of the lands he conquered?
He allowed them to keep pets.
He loved cheese just like they did.
He allowed them to keep their language and culture.
He made them pay lots of taxes.
Where would you see letters of the Greek Alphabet in America today?
On your favorite cereal box
In the names of politicians
On your Italian quiz
In the names of college fraternities and sororities
True or False? The ancient Greeks once had great ideas in mathematics, theater, philosophy and medicine.
True
False
Which was a city-state that practiced early democracy?
Sparta
Athens
Which city-state allowed women more freedom?
Sparta
Athens
Which city-state focused on trading and building good relationships with other city-states?
Sparta
Athens
Which city-state gained assistance from the Persians during the Peloponnesian War?
Sparta
Athens
Which of the three wars used trickery to win?
Peloponnesian and Trojan
Trojan and Persian
The Ionian Revolt
Persian and the Peloponnesian
Bi-, Tri-, Penta-, and Deca are
Greek letters
Greek suffixes
Greek number forms
Tzatziki sauce on the side
Many scholars throughout history have known how to read Greek. Which of the following events was helped by this?
Making a Greek salad
The spread of the Greek Olympics
The creation of the marathon
The decoding of the Rosetta Stone
Why did city-states like Athens and Sparta have different governments?
Greece's isolating geography caused independent governments to form.
The kings wanted it that way.
They didn't want to be like the dynasties of Egypt.
They wanted the citizens to have all the power.
