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The Ancient Greeks

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A market and a place where people would meet and debate in ancient Greece was called

a)

acropolis

b)

satrap

c)

agora

d)

polis

2.

In an oligarchy, _____ hold(s) power.

a)

everyone

b)

the king

c)

a few people

d)

religious teachers

3.

In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?

a)

Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.

b)

Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports

c)

Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.

d)

Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.

4.

The time around 600 BC is called the Dark Age because

a)

People forgot how to make candles

b)

People forgot how to read and write

c)

there was a great famine

d)

there was a terrible plague

5.

The Delian League began as an alliance to

a)

Protect the Greeks from the Persians

b)

make trade more profitable

c)

make Athens rich

d)

build faster ships

6.

Who could be citizens of Greek city-states?

a)

native-born men and women

b)

free, native-born, land-owning men

c)

land-owning women

d)

foreign-born men

7.

Athens and Sparta were both examples of

a)

empires

b)

city-states

c)

rivers

d)

monotheistic societies

8.

The Parthenon was

a)

a temple honoring Athena

b)

a storehouse for weapons

c)

a theatre

d)

a courthouse

9.

The phalanx was a Greek

a)

god

b)

court

c)

philosophy

d)

military tactic

10.

Socrates was known for

a)

his military experience

b)

his philosophical teachings

c)

being Athens' greatest leader

d)

being king of Sparta

11.

The Greek alphabet was created based off of the ancient..

a)

Sumerians

b)

Egyptians

c)

Phonecians

d)

Assyrians

12.
Greeks went to special places called _______ to ask the gods questions.
a)
Agoras
b)
Temples
c)
Oracles
d)
Temples
13.

Democracy was developed in

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Larisa

d)

Volos

14.

Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War________________.

a)

by burning the city

b)

because they killed the leaders in the Athenian army

c)

when they received assistance from Macedonia

d)

by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city

15.
One of the most famous ancient Greek poets who wrote the Iliad was...
a)
Homer.
b)
Athena.
c)
Sandburg. 
d)
Pericles
16.
The games held every four years at a festival to honor Zeus were called
a)
Goodwill Games
b)
Marathons
c)
Olympics
d)
Triathlons 
17.
Which development eventually led to the Peloponnesian War?
a)
Creation of the Peloponnesian League and the Delian League
b)
Rivalry between Athens and Sparta for power in Greece
c)
Athens' jealousy over Persian support of Sparta
d)
Persian attacks on the colonies in Ionia
18.

Sparta and Athens had similar ideas about government and society.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Who said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”?

a)

Zeno

b)

Socrates

c)

Euripides

d)

Aristotle

20.

The age that began with Alexander the Great’s

conquests was

a)

the Persian Empire

b)

the Hellenistic Era

c)

the Age of Pericles

d)

the Enlightenment