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Greece (Persian wars - Alexander the Great) and early Rome

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the name of the Alliance that Athens formed to help protect them and its members from Persia?

a)

Peloponnesian League

b)

Delian League

c)

Axis powers

d)

Corinthian League

2.

At which mountain pass did the Spartans stay and fight to the end?

a)

Marathon

b)

Salamis

c)

Thermopylae

d)

Sardinia

3.

Who fought each other during the Persian wars?

a)

Athens and Sparta

b)

the Greek city states and Persia

c)

Greeks and Egyptians

d)

Alexander the Great and Sparta

4.

What led to the Peloponnesian War?

a)

A rivalry between Athens and Sparta

b)

A new ruler in Athens

c)

a rivalry between Persia and Greece

d)

a new ruler in Sparta

5.

What was the name of the naval battle between the Persians and the Athenians?

a)

Battle of Thermopylae

b)

Battle of Salamis

c)

Battle of Plataea

d)

Battle of Corinth

6.

Who were historians?

a)

Sophocles and Aristophanes

b)

Euclid and Pythagoras

c)

Socrates and Plate

d)

Herodotus and Thucydides

7.

Which great empire threatened Greece in the 5th Century BC?

a)

Roman

b)

Persian

c)

Babylonian

d)

Egyptian

8.

Who conquered the Perisans and most of the known world?

a)

Xerxes

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Philipp II

d)

Darius

9.

Father of Philosophy

a)

Sophocles

b)

Socrates

c)

Thales

d)

Thucydides

10.

Pythagorean Theorem

a)

Sophocles

b)

Euclid

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Homer

11.

Father of Medicine

a)

Homer

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Socrates

d)

Plato

12.

said "Know thyself"; taught by asking questions

a)

Homer

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristophanes

d)

Eratosthenes

13.

Astronomer and geographer

a)

Euclid

b)

Eratosthenes

c)

Artistophanes

d)

Pythagoras

14.

Father of History

a)

Euclid

b)

Herodotus

c)

Thales

d)

Hippocrates

15.

Father of Geometry

a)

Eratasthenes

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Euclid

d)

Socrates

16.

wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey

a)

Herodotus

b)

Sophocles

c)

Homer

d)

Hippocrates

17.

What played an important role in protecting Greece from invaders?

a)

Its strong military force

b)

its Geography

c)

Its powerful neighbors

d)

a great wall

18.

On which river was Rome founded?

a)

Tiber River

b)

Tigris River

c)

Euphrates River

d)

Nile River

19.

For how long did a Roman Senator serve in the Senate?

a)

one year

b)

life

c)

6 years

d)

2 years

20.

According to legend, who founded Rome?

a)

Romulus and Remus

b)

Cain and Abel

c)

Moses

d)

Julius Caesar

21.

What was the term for the authority that the early Roman kings held?

a)

imperium

b)

Ultimatum

c)

Constitution

d)

Magna Carta

22.

What were the two social classes of Rome?

a)

patricians and plebeians

b)

Senate and Assembly

c)

peasants and nobles

d)

Democrats and Republicans

23.

Which social class represented the wealthy people of Rome?

a)

patricians

b)

plebeians

c)

peasants

d)

Assemblies

24.

Which social class represented the common people like farmers, traders, and craftsmen?

a)

patricians

b)

plebeians

c)

Senate

d)

Nobility

25.

What were the three branches of Government in the Roman Republic?

a)

Senate, Assemblies, Consuls

b)

Executive, Judicial, and legislative

c)

Supreme court, consuls, assemblies

d)

Senate, House of Representatives, Consuls

26.

Which branch of the Roman Republic had the most power?

a)

Consuls

b)

Assemblies

c)

Senate

d)

House

27.

What was the name of the first written code of law for the Romans?

a)

Law of 12 Tables

b)

Ten commandments

c)

Hammurabi's code

d)

Bill of rights

28.

Which people group conquered the Latins and ruled over them until 509 BC?

a)

Greeks

b)

Etruscans

c)

Macedonians

d)

Persians

29.

The Law of the 12 Tables was important because

a)

  It resembled the American Constitution

b)

It resembled the Declaration of Independence

c)

It was the 1st Roman Law written down and made everyone equal before the law

d)

It abolished the distinction between patricians and plebeians

30.

The Carthaginians were descendants of Canaanites who were from:

a)

Egypt

b)

Phoenecia

c)

Asia Minor

d)

Babylon

31.

The Carthaginian General who marched over the Alps to attack Rome was:

a)

Hannibal

b)

Hamilcar

c)

Scipio

d)

Julius Caesar

32.

An elected official who represented the interests of the plebeians

a)

Senator

b)

Tribune

c)

Consul

d)

Patrician

33.

The Punic Wars were fought between:

a)

Rome and Athens

b)

Rome and Carthage

c)

Athens and Sparta

d)

Rome and the Etruscans

34.

Which branch of the Roman Republic most resembles the U.S. Congress?

a)

consuls

b)

Senate

c)

Tribunes

d)

Law of 12 Tables

35.

What is the Law of 12 Tables most similar to in the U.S. gov't?

a)

Bill of Rights

b)

Congress

c)

Supreme Court

d)

President

36.

What branch of the Roman Republic closely resembles our Executive branch (President)?

a)

Senate

b)

Consuls

c)

Assemblies

d)

Law of 12 Tables

37.

What were Sophocles and Aristophanes known for?

a)

Drama/writing plays

b)

writing history

c)

philosophy

d)

medicine

38.

Historian of the Peloponnesian War

a)

Thucydides

b)

Aristophanes

c)

Hippocrates

d)

Euclid