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Greece

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What were the two main city-states of Ancient Greece?
a)
Rome & Alexandria
b)
Corinth & Olympia
c)
Thebes & Argos
d)
Sparta & Athens
2.
What was the primary focus of much of the culture of the city-state of Sparta?
a)
Food & parties
b)
War & fighting
c)
Music & books
d)
Painting & sculpture
3.
What was the primary focus of the culture in the city-state of Athens?
a)
War & fighting
b)
Athletics & competition
c)
Power & conquest
d)
Art & education
4.

The Greeks believed in many gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, & Hades. This means the Greeks were _______________.

a)

Monotheistic

b)

Democratic

c)

Islamic

d)

Polytheistic

5.

The invasion of what army helped bring the city-states of Athens and Sparta together (united them)?

a)

Egyptian

b)

Byzantium

c)

Persian

d)

Mongolian

6.
How did Alexander spread Greek culture?
a)
He developed friendships with many lands in Europe.
b)
He adopted many Asian ways.
c)
He created a vast empire in Europe, Asia, & Africa.
d)
He rooted for the Cubs to win the World Series.
7.

Athens is credited with the development of _________________, a form of government where the people choose how they are ruled.

a)

Monotheism

b)

Anarchy

c)

Monarchy

d)

Direct Democracy

8.
What were the two combined cultures that made the Hellenistic culture?
a)
Greek & African
b)
Greek & Asian
c)
Greek & China
d)
Asian & African
9.

What important military tactic did the Greeks use to beat the Persians?

a)

Philosophy

b)

Phalanx

c)

Hammer & anvil

d)

Run & shoot

10.

Which of the following best explains what caused the end of the Golden Age of Greece?

a)

They started to allow women to become citizens.

b)

Their apples all became rotten.

c)

Peloponnesian War, a war between Greek city-states

d)

All of the above

11.

Why were the Olympics held?

a)

To compete against other countries

b)

For gods and goddesses to compete

c)

To show off their mad skillz

d)

To honor the god Zeus

12.

True or False: Athens & Sparta women both held the same social class.

a)

True

b)

False

13.
What is the first epic Homer wrote?
a)
Harry Potter
b)
The Iliad
c)
The Stories of Greece
d)
The Tortoise and the Hare
14.

Greece is a(n) _______ because it is surrounded on three sides by water.

a)

island

b)

peninsula

c)

continent

d)

mountain

15.
Which type of landscape best describes much of the region of Ancient Greece?
a)
flat
b)
mountainous
c)
desert
d)
rainforest
16.
In what continent is Greece located?
a)
Europe
b)
Australia
c)
America
d)
Asia
17.

In order to find resources some Greeks established _________________ around the Mediterranean or Black Sea.

a)

vacation resorts

b)

forts

c)

colonies

d)

temples

18.

What is a 'city-state?'

a)

A city within a state

b)

Your address

c)

The government of Greece

d)

A city that acts like a small country

19.

Which city-state had a Democracy where citizens voted?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

20.
Which city-state started training soldiers at age 7? 
a)
Sparta
b)
Athens
c)
Both
d)
Neither 
21.

Which city-state believed in a well-rounded education (reading, writing, singing, fighting, etc)?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

22.

Which city-state helped defeat the Persians in the Persian Wars?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

23.

In which city-state did women have more rights?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

24.

Which city-state won the Peloponnesian War?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

25.

In which city-state did the helots (slaves) greatly outnumber the citizens?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

26.

Which city-state had mandatory military training?

a)

Sparta

b)

Athens

c)

Both

d)

Neither

27.
What best describes the government in Sparta?
a)
The Council of Elders prepared laws and could stop those they disagreed with.
b)
The two kings inherited their power.
c)
The 28 Council members were elected by the Assembly and served for the rest of their lives.
d)
All of the answers are correct.
28.
Whose armies conquered the land as far east as modern Pakistan?
a)
Cyrus the Great
b)
Darius III
c)
Philip II
d)
Alexander the Great
29.

Who created very harsh laws in Athens?

a)

Solon

b)

Draco

c)

Peisistratus

d)

Cleisthenes

30.

Under Solon’s constitution what did all free men living in Athens become?

a)

slaves

b)

tyrants

c)

citizens

d)

students

31.

Who are people who have the right to participate in government?

a)

citizens

b)

democrats

c)

republicans

d)

oligarchians

32.

Under which brilliant elected leader did democracy in Athens reach its height?

a)

Peisistratus

b)

Pericles

c)

Cleisthenes

d)

Draco

33.
Which philosopher was a student of Socrates?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Alexander
34.
Who was a student of Aristotle?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Zeus
35.
Which philosopher was known as the greatest scientist of the ancient world?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Hercules
d)
Aristotle
36.
Which philosopher willingly drank a cup of poison in prison?
a)
Socrates
b)
Plato
c)
Posiedon
d)
Aristotle
37.
Which philosopher started an Academy in Greece?
a)
Aristotle
b)
Socrates
c)
Plato
d)
Zeus
38.
Which philosopher was a student at Plato's Academy?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Hades
39.
Which philosopher opened a school named Lyceum that focused on teaching the sciences?
a)
Plato
b)
Aristotle
c)
Socrates
d)
Mittens
40.
Which philosopher wrote "The Republic"?
a)
Plato
b)
Socrates
c)
Aristotle
d)
Confucious
41.

Herodotus was.......

a)

Greek Historian

b)

Roman Historian

c)

Medieval Historian

d)

None of the above

42.

Considered to be the greatest historian of the ancient world.

a)

Plato

b)

Sophist

c)

Thucydides

d)

philosophers

43.

How were decisions made in an Assembly?

a)

Discussion

b)

Fighting

c)

Voting

d)

Competitions

44.

How many people had to be in an Assembly?

a)

600

b)

500

c)

60000

d)

6000

45.

Mark all the people that were not allowed to vote in Athenian Democracy.

a)

Men

b)

Women

c)

Slaves

d)

Immigrants

46.
Who fought in the Persian War?
a)
Greece and Sparta
b)
Greece and Athens
c)
Greece and Persia
d)
Greece and Macedonia
47.
Which leader sent his ships to Marathon to fight to punish the Greek mainland for meddling in his empire?
a)
Darius I
b)
Xerxes
c)
Cyrus the Great
d)
Pericles
48.

What legendary trip did the long distance runner, Philippides make?

a)

Marathon to Athens

b)

Athens to Marathon

c)

Athens to Sparta

d)

Sparta to Marathon

49.
Which popular sporting activity resulted from the first battle of the Persian Wars?
a)
The Marathon
b)
The Triathlon
c)
The Olympics
d)
The Pentathlon
50.
The 300 died at what battle? 
a)
Palatea
b)
Marathon
c)
Thermopylae
d)
Salamis
51.

The Spartan leader who led the Greek army at Thermopylae was

a)

Lycurgus

b)

Themistocles

c)

Leonidas

d)

Pheidippides

52.

This naval battle fought in 480 BCE was a decisive victory for the Greeks

a)

Thermopylae

b)

Marathon

c)

Salamis

d)

Sardis

53.
Who ultimately won the Persian War?
a)
Greeks
b)
Spartans
c)
Persians
d)
Athens
54.
What was the name of the League that Athens led?
a)
Pelopenesian League
b)
Delian League
c)
Xerxeian League
d)
Darian Leagud
55.
What was the name of the league that Sparta led?
a)
Pelopenesian league
b)
Delian Leàgue
c)
Xerxeian League
d)
Darian League
56.
What were the two things about the Persian army that made them successful?
a)
Immortals and a large army
b)
Archers and Immortals
c)
Immortals and cavalry
d)
Cavalry and large armies
57.

Father of natural science

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Democritus

d)

Hippocrates

58.

•Called the “father of numbers” – mathematician who believed everything could be numbered

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Democritus

d)

Hippocrates

59.

•Everything made of atoms so small they cannot be divided

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Democritus

d)

Hippocrates

60.

•Hippocratic Oath – still taken by medical personnel today

a)

Thales

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Democritus

d)

Hippocrates

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