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Unit 3 - Classical West

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why did ancient Greece divide into small city-states?

a)

They didn't like each other

b)

There were a lot of mountains that made space hard to find

c)

To protect them from invasion

d)

To give themselves room to grow

2.

Which city-state was characterized by a love of art, learning, poetry and philosophy?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

3.

Which city-state was characterized by a harsh government and a focus on the military

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

4.

Spartan men were expected to...

a)

Write a play

b)

Have philosophical debates

c)

join the military

d)

create sculptures

5.

Which place was the very first Direct-Democracy

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Persia

6.

Who was allowed to vote in Athens?

a)

Everyone in the city

b)

All adult male citizens

c)

All adult female citizens

d)

Only non-citizens

7.

Which culture had a fascination for art and architecture with perfect proportions?

a)

Greece

b)

Persia

c)

Egypt

d)

Judea

8.

The very first works of Drama, Comedy, and written histories were made in...

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Sparta

d)

Thessolonica

9.

Who were Socrates, Aristotle, and Plato?

a)

Soldiers

b)

Senators

c)

Philosophers

d)

Athletes

10.

A Greek mathematician came up with the formula A2 + B2 = C2 to find the side of a right triangle.


What is the name of this formula?

a)

Euclid's Formula

b)

Pythagorean Theorem

c)

Archimedes' Spiral

d)

The Diogenes Equation

11.

Which leader conquered Persia and spread Hellenistic culture?

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Achilles

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Caesar Augustus

12.

What is the name of the culture spread by Alexander the Great that combines Greek culture with other cultures like Persian, Indian, and Egyptian?

a)

Super Greek

b)

Roman

c)

Hellenism

d)

Mesopotamia

13.

Where was the first Republic in the history?

a)

Greece

b)

Rome

c)

Egypt

d)

Persia

14.

Who takes control of the Roman Republic but is then murdered in the Senate?

a)

Caesar Augustus

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Socrates

d)

Julius Caesar

15.

What was the name of the publicly posted laws in Rome?

a)

The Twelve Tables

b)

Hammurabi's Code

c)

The Code of Justinian

d)

The Bill of Rights

16.

What new invention did Rome use to complete the roads that connected the Empire?

a)

Steel

b)

Concrete

c)

Plastic

d)

Wood

17.

What is this thing?

a)

A bridge

b)

A road

c)

an aqueduct

d)

an aqua duck

18.

Which religion did Rome persecute that it later converted to?

a)

Judaism

b)

Buddhism

c)

Christianity

d)

Hinduism

19.

True or False: Our justice system today is based off of Rome's.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

-Poor Economy

-Bad Harvests

-Weak Emperors


The list above is describing...

a)

reasons why the Roman Empire fell

b)

issues that occurred during the Republic

c)

problems that the Spartans dealt with

d)

one of Socrates' debates

21.

How did Rome try and save itself from collapsing?

a)

Draft everyone into the military

b)

Split the empire in two

c)

Sell off Spain

d)

Create a time machine

22.

What was the event that finally destroyed the Roman Empire?

a)

the Emperor forgot to pay the rent

b)

Persia invaded from the Mediterranean

c)

Barbarians ransacked the city of Rome

d)

Greece asked nicely to leave the empire

23.

What happened to the areas that used to be the Western Roman Empire after it fell?

a)

the people did better than before

b)

Much of the education and advancements were lost

c)

The Barbarians became very peaceful

d)

Everyone stopped using the Roman roads

24.

If you lived in a fancy house like this one, which class of Roman citizen would you be?

a)

Plebeian

b)

Patrician

c)

Non-Roman Citizen

d)

Slave

25.

Who makes the decisions in a Direct-Democracy

a)

The king

b)

the Senate

c)

The voters

d)

The military