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Ancient Greece quiz

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the ancient Greek word for 'city'

a)

police

b)

polis

c)

parthenon

d)

acropolis

2.

Which word means

'a fortified area within a larger city. It is usually located on top of a hill and at the centre of the city'?

a)

Acropolis

b)

Polis

c)

Parthenon

d)

Assembly

3.

When were male citizens of Athens given the vote?

a)

808 BC

b)

708 BC

c)

608 BC

d)

508 BC

4.

When did Alexander the Great take control of Greece?

a)

538 BC

b)

438 BC

c)

338 BC

d)

238 BC

5.

When did the Romans defeat Greece and Greece become part of the Roman Empire?

a)

246 BC

b)

146 BC

c)

146 AD

d)

246 AD

6.

Who was a mathematician, astronomer and inventorr who discovered displacement law of physics?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Aristotle

c)

Herodotus

d)

Plato

7.

Who is known as 'the father of history'?

a)

Archimedes

b)

Aristotle

c)

Herodotus

d)

Plato

8.

Who was a mathmetician who is famous for his work on triangles?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Herodotus

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Pythagoras

9.

Which Greek god or goddess were the Olympics held in honour of?

a)

Zeus

b)

Athena

c)

Ares

d)

Apollo

10.

Who do some historians call the first Greeks?

a)

The Minoans

b)

The Myceneans

c)

The Athenians

d)

The Spartans

11.

Who could vote in the Athenian democracy?

a)

All citizens

b)

Only wealthy citizens

c)

Only male citizens

d)

Anyone

12.

How far east did Alexander the Great get when he was creating his Empire?

a)

Turkey

b)

Egypt

c)

India

d)

China