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WorksheetsAncient Greece Review
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
In which country did the Olympic Games first begin?
Greece
USA
China
Greece is considered a ?
Peninsula
Hill
Valley
The first Olympic Games were held in the city of ?
Olivia
Olympia
Olympus
In the Olympic games athletes were given a _____after winning.
Crown of leaves
Crown of thorns
Crown of flowers
In the ancient Olympic games who was not allowed to participate?
Men
Women
One main idea we received from Greece was_____.
Democracy
Division
Departments
What does democracy mean?
Loved by the people.
Ruled by the people.
Ruled by the king.
Which city state gave us the idea of democracy?
Phoebes
Athens
Olympia
Who won the battle at Thermopylae?
Persians
Germans
Spartans
In Greece who was not allowed to vote?
Men and women
Slaves and women
Slaves and men
Ancient Greece has given us many ideas or_____.
People
Gifts
Papers
The Greeks were the first to organize what two things?
Schools and hospitals
Schools and libraries
The Greeks also developed mathematical ideas such as_____.
Fractions
Addition
Multiplication
Greeks were the first to study this to see how it works.
Shoes
The body
Pets
The Greeks were the first to put on these in theaters.
Plays
Movies
Dances
What does the word Spartan mean?
Plain
Colorful
Singer
Spartan boys were great ______.
Singers
Warriors
Athletes
How old were spartan boys when they were taken from their families to be trained as soldiers?
5
12
7
What were spartan girls trained to be?
Athletes
Poets
Warriors
Who live to the east of Greece who like taking over land?
Athens
Ionians
Persians
After the Persians landed in Marathon, who was sent to Sparta to get help?
Pheidippides
Phillip
Filodeedees
What did the Spartans tell Pheidippides?
Go away.
We’ll help after our festival has finished.
We’ll help right now.
Who won the battle of marathon?
Persians
Greeks
Who was the king who invaded Greece the first time?
King Zeus
King Brutus
King Darius
After the Persians were beaten in marathon, they decided to do what?
Sign a peace treaty
Run away/return to Persia
Become friends
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?
We are great
It is over
We are victorious
10 years after marathon, who from Persia invaded Greece?
King zirconium
King Xerxes
King Darius
The Persians had built up a huge army. They decided to land at a place called what?
Thermopylae
Crete
Athens
When they got to Thermopylae they met how many spartan soldiers?
600
200
300
Who was the king of the Greek gods?
Zeus
Hera
Poseidon
Who was the god of the oceans?
Zeus
Aphrodite
Poseidon
Who won the Trojan war?
The Greeks
The Trojans
The Greeks were able to sneak into the city of Troy by building a giant what?
Horse
Dog
Ship
Instead of learning how to fight, Athenian boys went to what?
War
School
Trainers
In Athens, the girls were required to learn how to____.
Be gentle
Be athletes
Fight
What large building did the people of Athens build?
The Parthenon
The capital
The church
People who are great thinkers and lovers of wisdom are called what?
Kings
Pheidippides
Philosophers
Who was the philosopher who loved to ask questions?
King Darius
Socrates
Aristotle
Who was a student of Socrates?
Plato
Alexander the great
Aristotle
Who was Alexander the great’s teacher?
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Who was a philosopher who wondered about plants, animals, and people?
Plato
Socrates
Aristotle
Alexander the great was famous for what?
Conquering many lands
Being a great teacher
Ruling Rome
Alexander the great created the largest empire in the world up to his time.
True
False
The Olympic games honored Zeus.
True
False
The wife of Zeus was the goddess. ____.
Aphrodite
Hera
Arachne
