WorksheetsThe Ancient Greeks
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
A market and a place where people would meet and debate in ancient Greece was called
acropolis
satrap
agora
polis
In an oligarchy, _____ hold(s) power.
everyone
the king
a few people
religious teachers
In what way did a boy's life in Athens differ from a boy's life in Sparta?
Athenian boys went to school; Spartan boys served in the military.
Athenian boys studied combat; Spartan boys played sports
Athenian boys lived in barracks; Spartan boys lived at home.
Athenian boys became citizens at 30; Spartan boys became citizens at 18.
The time around 600 BC is called the Dark Age because
People forgot how to make candles
People forgot how to read and write
there was a great famine
there was a terrible plague
The Delian League began as an alliance to
Protect the Greeks from the Persians
make trade more profitable
make Athens rich
build faster ships
Who could be citizens of Greek city-states?
native-born men and women
free, native-born, land-owning men
land-owning women
foreign-born men
Athens and Sparta were both examples of
empires
city-states
rivers
monotheistic societies
The Parthenon was
a temple honoring Athena
a storehouse for weapons
a theatre
a courthouse
The phalanx was a Greek
god
court
philosophy
military tactic
Socrates was known for
his military experience
his philosophical teachings
being Athens' greatest leader
being king of Sparta
The Greek alphabet was created based off of the ancient..
Sumerians
Egyptians
Phonecians
Assyrians
Democracy was developed in
Sparta
Athens
Larisa
Volos
Sparta finally was able to defeat Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War________________.
by burning the city
because they killed the leaders in the Athenian army
when they received assistance from Macedonia
by destroying their naval fleet and blockading the city
Sparta and Athens had similar ideas about government and society.
True
False
Who said that “the unexamined life is not worth living”?
Zeno
Socrates
Euripides
Aristotle
The age that began with Alexander the Great’s
conquests was
the Persian Empire
the Hellenistic Era
the Age of Pericles
the Enlightenment
