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The Ancient Greeks Test

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A market and a place where people meet and debate.

a)

Agora

b)

Acropolis

c)

Polis

2.

A Greek City-State

a)

Acropolis

b)

Agora

c)

Polis

3.

A fortified area, usually on a hill

a)

Agora

b)

Acropolis

c)

Polis

4.

A person who takes power by force and rules with total authority

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Tyrant

5.

The Spartan name for a captive worker.

a)

Ephor

b)

Helot

c)

Polis

d)

Tyrant

6.

A few people hold power.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Tyrant

7.

All citizens share in the running of the government.

a)

Oligarchy

b)

Democracy

c)

Tyrant

8.

Which civilization was first to arise in ancient Greece?

a)

Phoenicians

b)

Dorians

c)

Minoans

d)

Mycenaeans

9.

Under the Greek definition of “citizen” who qualified for citizenship?

a)

Free native-born men who owned land

b)

Freed slaves who owned land

c)

Wealthy woman who owned land

d)

Foreign born men with land

10.

In a direct democracy, who decides government matters?

a)

All the people

b)

Women

c)

Elected Representatives

d)

The king

11.

The Greeks won the Battle of Salamis because their ships

a)

Could move around quickly

b)

Outnumbered their enemies

c)

Came from the Spartan Navy

d)

Sank

12.

The Delian League began as an alliance to

a)

Protect the Greeks from the Persians

b)

Make Athens rich

c)

Make trade more profitable

d)

Build faster ships

13.

The religion of Persia

a)

Zoroastrianism

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Greek Mythology

14.

Means "Protector of the Kingdom"

a)

Philosopher

b)

Satrap

c)

Zoroastrianism

d)

Ephor

15.

The son of Darius

a)

Xerxes

b)

Darius the Second

c)

Philip the Second

d)

Alexander the Great

16.

A thinker who ponders questions about life

a)

Philosopher

b)

Pericles

c)

Ephor

d)

Tyrant

17.

A dominant figure in Athenian politics

a)

Pericles

b)

Tyrant

c)

Philsopher

d)

Ephor