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Chapter 5 Test Review

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a mass of land that projects out and is surrounded by water on three sides?

a)

Island

b)

Peninsula

2.

Which city-state was located on Attica and was considered to be the birthplace of democracy?

a)

Sparta

b)

Corinth

c)

Attica

d)

Athens

e)

Thebes

3.

What is an independent city with its own government and economic system?

a)

City-State

b)

State-State

c)

City-Union

d)

State-City

4.

What was held once every four years in Olympia as a series of games in order to honor Zeus?

a)

Greek Olympiad

b)

Zeus Games

c)

Olympic Games

d)

None of These

5.

Who were the earliest Greek People?

a)

Dorians

b)

Mycenaeans

c)

Minoans

d)

Ionians

6.

What is a military formation in which hoplites fought together in closely spaced rows with overlapping shields?

a)

Pylon

b)

Shield March

c)

Pylanx

d)

Phalanx

7.

What is the name of the epic poem written by Homer that tells the events of the Trojan War?

a)

The Odyssey

b)

The Iliad

8.

Which city-state was known for their strong military and usually won at the Olympics?

a)

Athens

b)

Sparta

c)

Thebes

d)

Corinth

9.

What was the name of the time period when the Dorians had come to take over Greece and it seemed that all aspects of Greek life were lost?

a)

Dark Age

b)

No Learny

c)

Darky Dark

d)

No Writing

10.

What was the name of an infantry soldier who carried a long spear?

a)

Spearhead

b)

Stabbies

c)

Hoplite

d)

None of These

11.

What is the name of the marketplace that served as the main public meeting place where Greeks discussed ideas about government and philosophy?

a)

Agora

b)

Athora

c)

Zathora

d)

Greek Market

12.

What is the Greek word for "parent city"?

a)

Polis

b)

Acropolis

c)

Metropolis

d)

Zetopolis

13.

What is the fortified hill in the center of the Greek city?

a)

Polis

b)

Metropolis

c)

Bigcropolis

d)

Acropolis

14.

What was the name of the slaves that lived in Sparta?

a)

Helot

b)

Zelot

c)

Gelot

d)

Pelot

15.

Where was the temple for the most important Oracle in Greek myth?

a)

Athens

b)

Megara

c)

Delphi

d)

Sparta

16.

What is name of the highest mountain in Greece where the gods were said to live?

a)

Mt. Olympus

b)

Mt. Everest

c)

Mt. Othyris

d)

Mt. Sinai

17.

At what age were Spartan boys taken from their homes and placed in the military barracks?

a)

5

b)

6

c)

7

d)

8

e)

9

18.

What is a priest or priestess that the gods spoke through?

a)

Priestess

b)

Apollo

c)

Delphi

d)

Oracle

19.

What is a form of government that means rule by nobility?

a)

Tyranny

b)

Aristocracy

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

20.

What were paintings made on wet plaster?

a)

Frescas

b)

Frescoes

c)

Fresces

d)

Frosces

21.

Who was the leader of Athens from 450 - 430 BC, and was considered to be the mastermind behind building the Parthenon?

a)

Draco

b)

Pericles

c)

Solon

d)

Peisistratus

e)

Cleisthenes

22.

What is a form of government where the ruler illegally gains power, but had the people's support and brought better life to the people?

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

23.

Which of the following means "cruel and severe"?

a)

Pedistrian

b)

Bulgarian

c)

Draconian

d)

Indigestion

24.

What is a form of government where the power lies in the hands of the people?

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

25.

Who was the most important oracle in Greek Mythology?

a)

Oracle at Delphi

b)

Oracle at Olympia

c)

Oracle at Corinth

d)

Oracle at Megara

26.

What is a form of government where only a few wealthy people held power?

a)

Aristocracy

b)

Tyranny

c)

Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

27.

What is using as few words as possible when speaking?

a)

Laconic

b)

Plebian

c)

Phoenetic

d)

Phoenician

28.

Who was the Greek philosopher that wrote the book "The Republic"?

a)

Plato

b)

Pericles

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

29.

Who considered to be the greatest Greek philosopher of all time and was also the tutor to Alexander the Great?

a)

Plato

b)

Pericles

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

30.

Which author wrote the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey?

a)

Homer

b)

Riordan

c)

Alexander

d)

Plato

31.

What is the belief in many gods?

a)

Manygodism

b)

Montheism

c)

Polygodism

d)

Polytheism

32.

What was the name of a free person living in Sparta that did not have rights?

a)

Spartan

b)

Metic

c)

Perioeci

d)

Helot

e)

Athenian

33.

What was the name of a free person living in Athens that did not have rights?

a)

Spartan

b)

Metic

c)

Perioeci

d)

Helot

e)

Athenian

34.

What was the name of the league formed by Athens and their allies after the Persian War?

a)

Delian League

b)

Athenian League

c)

Delphian League

d)

League of Legends

e)

Greek League

35.

Who was the Goddess of Wisdom

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Athena

c)

Artemis

d)

Hestia

e)

Persephone

36.

Who was the Goddess of Love?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Athena

c)

Hestia

d)

Hera

e)

Persephone

37.

Who was the God of the Arts and the Sun?

a)

Zeus

b)

Apollo

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Dionysus

e)

Ares

38.

Who was the God of Grapes and Wine?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Zeus

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Apollo

e)

Ares

39.

Who was the God of Fire and Forge?

a)

Dionysus

b)

Ares

c)

Hephaestus

d)

Apollo

e)

Hades

40.

Who was the Goddess of the Hearth?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Athena

c)

Hestia

d)

Persephone

e)

Demeter

41.

Who was the Goddess of the Hunt, Wilderness, Wildlife, and the Moon?

a)

Artemis

b)

Aphrodite

c)

Hestia

d)

Hera

e)

Demeter

42.

Who was the Goddess of Spring and Queen of the Underworld?

a)

Hera

b)

Persephone

c)

Demeter

d)

Aphrodite

e)

Artemis

43.

Who was the Messenger of the Gods?

a)

Hermes

b)

Ares

c)

Poseidon

d)

Zeus

e)

Hades

44.

Who was the God of War?

a)

Ares

b)

Hermes

c)

Poseidon

d)

Hades

e)

Zeus

45.

Who was the God of the Underworld?

a)

Hades

b)

Hermes

c)

Poseidon

d)

Ares

46.

Who was the God of the Sky and Thunder as well as King of the Gods?

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hades

d)

Ares

47.

Who was the Goddess of Marriage and Family as well as Queen of the Gods?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Demeter

c)

Hera

d)

Athena

48.

Who was the Goddess of the Harvest?

a)

Hera

b)

Persephone

c)

Athena

d)

Demeter

49.

Who was the God of the Sea?

a)

Zeus

b)

Poseidon

c)

Hades

d)

Apollo

50.

Who was the King of Macedonia that conquered the entire known world by the time he was 16 and was tutored by Aristotle?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Mr. Amelang

c)

Plato

d)

Mr. Miller

51.

What is a play where the lead character struggles against fate only to be doomed to an unhappy and tragic ending?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

52.

What is a play with humorous themes and happy endings?

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

53.

What was the name of the temple built in Athens to honor Athena as their patron goddess?

a)

Athena Temple

b)

The Parthenon

c)

Temple of Athens

54.

What was invented by Socrates that forced students to defend their statements and clarify their beliefs?

a)

Questioning

b)

Socratic Method

c)

Scientific Method

d)

Clarify Method

55.

What word is used to describe something built to show distance as it appears to the human eye?

a)

Prospective

b)

Praspective

c)

Perspective

d)

Perspactive

56.

What was the period of great innovation in democracy, art, philosophy, drama, and poetry?

a)

Dark Age

b)

Golden Age

c)

Innovative Age

d)

Democracy Age

57.

Who was the ruler of Athens that established a written legal code of law with very harsh penalties in 621 BC?

a)

Cleisthenes

b)

Draco

c)

Pericles

d)

Solon

58.

Who was the archaeologist that discovered evidence of the Minoans existence in the city of Knossos in 1900?

a)

Peter Quill

b)

Howard Carter

c)

Sir Arthur Evans

d)

Indiana Jones

e)

Nathan Drake

59.

What is the name of the boat used by the Greeks during war?

a)

War Boat

b)

Iron Clad

c)

Battleship

d)

Trireme

60.

Who was the Greek philosopher that created the Socratic Method, and was forced to drink hemlock juice for corrupting young minds?

a)

Pericles

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Aristotle