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Ancient Greece Review

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In which country did the Olympic Games first begin?

a)

Greece

b)

USA

c)

China

2.

Greece is considered a ?

a)

Peninsula

b)

Hill

c)

Valley

3.

The first Olympic Games were held in the city of ?

a)

Olivia

b)

Olympia

c)

Olympus

4.

In the Olympic games athletes were given a _____after winning.

a)

Crown of leaves

b)

Crown of thorns

c)

Crown of flowers

5.

In the ancient Olympic games who was not allowed to participate?

a)

Men

b)

Women

6.

One main idea we received from Greece was_____.

a)

Democracy

b)

Division

c)

Departments

7.

What does democracy mean?

a)

Loved by the people.

b)

Ruled by the people.

c)

Ruled by the king.

8.

Which city state gave us the idea of democracy?

a)

Phoebes

b)

Athens

c)

Olympia

9.

Who won the battle at Thermopylae?

a)

Persians

b)

Germans

c)

Spartans

10.

In Greece who was not allowed to vote?

a)

Men and women

b)

Slaves and women

c)

Slaves and men

11.

Ancient Greece has given us many ideas or_____.

a)

People

b)

Gifts

c)

Papers

12.

The Greeks were the first to organize what two things?

a)

Schools and hospitals

b)

Schools and libraries

13.

The Greeks also developed mathematical ideas such as_____.

a)

Fractions

b)

Addition

c)

Multiplication

14.

Greeks were the first to study this to see how it works.

a)

Shoes

b)

The body

c)

Pets

15.

The Greeks were the first to put on these in theaters.

a)

Plays

b)

Movies

c)

Dances

16.

What does the word Spartan mean?

a)

Plain

b)

Colorful

c)

Singer

17.

Spartan boys were great ______.

a)

Singers

b)

Warriors

c)

Athletes

18.

How old were spartan boys when they were taken from their families to be trained as soldiers?

a)

5

b)

12

c)

7

19.

What were spartan girls trained to be?

a)

Athletes

b)

Poets

c)

Warriors

20.

Who live to the east of Greece who like taking over land?

a)

Athens

b)

Ionians

c)

Persians

21.

After the Persians landed in Marathon, who was sent to Sparta to get help?

a)

Pheidippides

b)

Phillip

c)

Filodeedees

22.

What did the Spartans tell Pheidippides?

a)

Go away.

b)

We’ll help after our festival has finished.

c)

We’ll help right now.

23.

Who won the battle of marathon?

a)

Persians

b)

Greeks

24.

Who was the king who invaded Greece the first time?

a)

King Zeus

b)

King Brutus

c)

King Darius

25.

After the Persians were beaten in marathon, they decided to do what?

a)

Sign a peace treaty

b)

Run away/return to Persia

c)

Become friends

26.

The Athenians were so happy to have won the battle at marathon they sent Pheidippides back to Athens to tell them the good news. His last words before he died were what?

a)

We are great

b)

It is over

c)

We are victorious

27.

10 years after marathon, who from Persia invaded Greece?

a)

King zirconium

b)

King Xerxes

c)

King Darius

28.

The Persians had built up a huge army. They decided to land at a place called what?

a)

Thermopylae

b)

Crete

c)

Athens

29.

When they got to Thermopylae they met how many spartan soldiers?

a)

600

b)

200

c)

300

30.

Who was the king of the Greek gods?

a)

Zeus

b)

Hera

c)

Poseidon

31.

Who was the god of the oceans?

a)

Zeus

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Poseidon

32.

Who won the Trojan war?

a)

The Greeks

b)

The Trojans

33.

The Greeks were able to sneak into the city of Troy by building a giant what?

a)

Horse

b)

Dog

c)

Ship

34.

Instead of learning how to fight, Athenian boys went to what?

a)

War

b)

School

c)

Trainers

35.

In Athens, the girls were required to learn how to____.

a)

Be gentle

b)

Be athletes

c)

Fight

36.

What large building did the people of Athens build?

a)

The Parthenon

b)

The capital

c)

The church

37.

People who are great thinkers and lovers of wisdom are called what?

a)

Kings

b)

Pheidippides

c)

Philosophers

38.

Who was the philosopher who loved to ask questions?

a)

King Darius

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

39.

Who was a student of Socrates?

a)

Plato

b)

Alexander the great

c)

Aristotle

40.

Who was Alexander the great’s teacher?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

41.

Who was a philosopher who wondered about plants, animals, and people?

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

42.

Alexander the great was famous for what?

a)

Conquering many lands

b)

Being a great teacher

c)

Ruling Rome

43.

Alexander the great created the largest empire in the world up to his time.

a)

True

b)

False

44.

The Olympic games honored Zeus.

a)

True

b)

False

45.

The wife of Zeus was the goddess. ____.

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Hera

c)

Arachne